AFewKeyFeaturesofMendeley:Readbeforenextclass
CreatingFolders
Foldersallowyoutoquicklyfileyourreferencesunderdifferenttopicheadings.You
candraganddropreferencesfromyourlibraryontothefoldernameintheleft
paneltoaddthatreferencetoafolder.Youcanalsocreatefolderswithinexisting
folders.
Referencesnotaddedtoafolder
willappearin‘unsorted’
AddingReferences
TherearemanywaystoaddreferencestoMendeley.
1. DragandDropaPDFtogetthefull-textandthecompleterecord*
2. Copy&PastethePMIDintothePMIDfieldusingthe“AddEntryManually”
optiontogetacompleterecord*
3. Copy&PastetheDOIintotheDOIfieldusingthe“AddEntryManually”to
getacompleterecord*
4. UsetheWebImporter“bookmarklet”that’sonyourbrowsertogeta
completerecord*
5. Typeinarecordmanuallyusingthe“AddEntryManually”option
*Keepinmind:youMUSTreviewthedetailsoftherecordinformationand
edit/addwhateverisincorrect/missing.
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Sync
SyncingisacoreconceptinMendeley.WheneveryoumakechangesinMendeley,
you’llneedtosyncinordertopushthosechangesupintocloudstorage.It’sagood
ideatosyncregularlytoensurethatyourdocumentsandannotationsaresaved
inthecloud.
SearchYourDocuments
Mendeleyoffersapowerfulsearchtooltohelpyoutolocateitemsinyourlibrary.
Justenteryoursearchterminthefieldwhichappearsinthetoprightcornerand
Mendeleywillfilteryourcurrentviewtoshowreferenceswhichcontainthatterm.
ItwillalsosearchwithinthefulltextofPDFpaperswhichappearinyourlibrary.
PDFViewer
Onceyou’veaddedPDFstoyourlibrary,you’llalsobeabletoopenthemforreading
withinMendeley.Thisoffersyouanumberofopportunities…
• YoucanhighlightimportantpassagesusingtheHighlighttool-justasyou
wouldwhenreadingaphysicalcopy.
• Youcanalsoaddnotestothepapertohelporganizeyourthoughts.These
canbedoneeitherintheNotesboxwhichappearsinthedocumentdetail
panels.
• Alternatively,youcanadd‘stickynotes’tospecificlocationsinthetext.
Theseallowyoutomakecontent-specificnotesataparticularlocation.You
canusetheseentriestojumptotheappropriatelocationwithinthepaper-
allowingyoutoretrieveyournotesincontext.
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Cite
Mendeleymakesitaloteasiertoinsertproperlyformattedcitationsthroughouta
paperyou’rewriting-andwillautomaticallygenerateabibliographyforyou.
Nomoretedioushoursspentmanuallywritingyourbibliographies.Mendeleywill
doalltheworkforyou!
Oncethecitationplug-inisinstalled,thecitationtoolbarappearsinWord
automatically
Mac
Windows
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