1. Cite Your Sources Easier and Faster with
Chloe Riley | Research Commons Librarian |

2. Need help with Mendeley after today?
Contact me by or phone, or set up a skype appointment
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3. How are you managing your references right now?

4. Why should I use Mendeley?
Import, organize, share, and manage your citations and documents.
Create correctly formatted in-text citations & bibliographies in almost any style.
Keep your research material and your notes together: You can annotate PDFs directly within Mendeley.
Share your work: Mendeley makes it easy to find and join research groups, create a research profile to share your publications, and see who is reading your papers.

5. Today’s agenda Register for a Mendeley account
Download & install Mendeley + install the Web Importer & MS Word Plugin
Add citations
Organize your sources (folders, tags)
Create a bibliography
Explore other features (annotating PDFs, groups)

6. Register for a Mendeley account (it’s free)
Do not use this sign-in option, as there are limitations to the features.

7. Download & install Mendeley desktop

8. Open Mendeley desktop & login
After you log in, Mendeley will likely prompt you to install the Web Importer and the MS Word plugin. Go ahead and install them!
If you aren’t prompted, click on “Tools” and select “Install Web Importer” and “Install MS Word Plugin.”

9. Add sources to Mendeley
Designate a Watch Folder
Add sources from your browser (using the Web Importer)
Drag and drop PDFs

10. Designate a Watch Folder

11. Add citations to Mendeley using the Web Importer
Find the Mendeley icon in your browser
Click on the Mendeley icon in your browser to add a source.
Your new source will show up in your library.
(If it doesn’t show up immediately, click “Sync”)

12. Add citations by drag + drop

13. Organize your sources
Add sources to folders
Add or browse tags

14. Organize sources in folders
Create new folders.
Drag + drop sources into folders

15. Organize sources using tags
Add tags to sources
Browse tags

16. Create citations and references
By drag + drop (references only)
Right-click to copy formatted citations from items in Mendeley (references only)
Use Citation Plugin in Word or LibreOffice (in-text citations and references)

17. Set the citation style in Mendeley
Set your preferred style:
Click on “View”
Select “Citation Style” and choose from the list of styles.

18. Add references by drag + drop
Open a word document (e.g. MS Word, GoogleDocs)
Drag source(s) from your Mendeley library into the document

19. Copy references by right-clicking in Mendeley
Select items for your bibliography.
Right-click and select “Copy As,” then choose “Formatted Citation” from the drop-down menu.
Paste the copied content into a word document (MS Word, GoogleDocs, etc.)

20. Find the Citation Plugin in Word
The Word Plugin should install automatically. If it doesn’t, click on “Tools” and “Install Word Plugin”

21. Add in-text citations in a given style
change citation style
add citations

22. Cite readings in-text with page numbers
1. Choose Insert Citation, and search for the source you want to cite.
2. Double click on the citation inside the Mendeley search bar to add a page number. Then press Enter to add the citation!

23. Create a bibliography

24. Explore other features
Highlight & annotate PDFs right in Mendeley Desktop
Create groups & invite your colleagues
On Mendeley web, explore networking features
Mobile apps available for iOS and Android

25. Double click to read, highlight & annotate PDFs

26. Create a group, invite your colleagues

27. Explore social networking features
Log in on the Mendeley website
Search and join existing groups
Create a research profile
Explore your Feed to find recommendations, and connect with other researchers and communities

28. Need help with Mendeley after today?
Contact me by or phone, or set up a skype appointment
| | chloeannriley
Contact the citation management experts:

29. Image Credits
All icons used were published with CC-BY licenses. They all come from Denis Sazhin’s collection “Cat Commerce,” available on The Noun Project: thenounproject.com
Cat Suit by Denis Sazhin Cat Phone by Denis Sazhin
Trash Digging Cat by Denis Sazhin Cat Calculator by Denis Sazhin
Reading Cat by Denis Sazhin Cat Mail by Denis Sazhin
Information Cat by Denis Sazhin