1. Mendeley http://www.mendeley.comhttp://www.mendeley.com What is it? How is it different from other “Bibliographic databases” like End Note and Reference Manager

2. Mendeley & Other databases Mendeley  Open software  Access it from anywhere  Syncs desktop and website application  Automatically extract document details when you upload PDF documents  Shares collections with colleagues and closed groups Reference Manager Database  Commercial software  Need to carry your laptop and connect to your network  It is only desktop application  Doesn’t pull the PDF descriptive metadata

3. Syncs Desktop & Web Desktop – a free academic software to manage, share, read, annotate and cite your research papers Web - a research network to manage your papers online, discover research trends and statistics, and to connect to like-minded researchers

4. What is Mendeley Set up and manage your collections Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications Library showing all your documents (citation or table view)

5. Creating Library- Adding papers You have different options to set up your library: Add single files or an entire folder Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases, or… “Watch a folder” to automatically import PDF files …drag & drop PDF files into the library pane… … and Mendeley will try to extract the document details automatically Add tags & notes and edit document details

6. Supported Sites for Importing Documents

7. Synchronize and manage your library online Synchronize your library You can also add references and edit & manage your library online

8. Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer

9. Annotate and highlight

10. Citing in Word Click on “Insert Citation” in Word Highlight the paper you want to cite

11. Cite & Create bibliographies in Word “Send citation” to Word Citation will show up based on selected style Cite into Google documents or other editors by copy & paste

12. Creating bibliographies Insert a bibliography based on the citations

13. Shared Collections A shared collection allows a research group to create a private, shared library and to collaboratively edit and annotate documents and references. Only the members of this collection can see it online

14. Create your professional research profile

15. Discover research statistics