Mendeley: On the Web and on Your Desktop

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An overview of Mendeley, social software for managing and sharing research papers, with both desktop and a web applications.

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Carol Shannoncshannon@umich.edu

UM Health Sciences Libraries

Social Bibliography on the Web and on Your Desktop

© 2009 Regents of the University of Michigan

Social Bibliography Tools

Free, easy-to-use, web-based programs that combine reference management with networking Organize, tag, & annotate references Share papers with colleagues

Examples: CiteULike, Connotea, Labmeeting, Mendeley, Papers

Differ in precise details, including platform (for example, Papers is for Macs only)

Mendeley

Works with PC, Mac, & Linux platforms Work on your desktop & on the web Automatically extracts metadata & references

from articles you import Browser bookmarklet captures metadata from

web sites easily Full-text searching throughout your library Automatically renames your PDFs Insert citations into Word & OpenOffice

documents & automatically create bibliographies

Mendeley

Helps you discover research trends in your field & statistics about your own publications

Lets you create a profile & follow the work of other researchers

Now works with CiteULike

Mendeley—keep in mind

Still in beta Will start charging for some features in

the near future BUT what’s free now will remain free

Mendeley Desktop

Mendeley DesktopGroups & Filters

Mendeley DesktopReferences

Mendeley DesktopReferences

Mendeley Desktop Tags & Notes, Metadata,

References

Mendeley Desktop Tags & Notes, Metadata,

References

Mendeley Desktop Metadata

Mendeley Desktop References

Mendeley Desktop Groups

Mendeley Desktop Groups

Mendeley Desktop Groups

Just drag & drop citations into the group

Mendeley Desktop Editing Metadata

Mendeley Desktop Editing Metadata

Mendeley Desktop Synch web & desktop libraries

Mendeley DesktopLink to web

Mendeley Web

Mendeley Web

Mendeley WebLibrary

Mendeley WebLibrary

Mendeley WebLibrary

Mendeley WebEditing the record

Mendeley WebEditing the record

Mendeley WebEdited record

Mendeley WebCreate a personal profile

Mendeley WebSearch for Other Researchers

Mendeley WebSearch for Other Researchers

Mendeley WebResearcher Profile

MendeleyUser Forum

MendeleyUser Forum

Mendeley WebStatistics—General

Mendeley WebStatistics—General

Mendeley WebStatistics—General

Mendeley WebStatistics—General

Mendeley WebStatistics—General

Mendeley WebStatistics—General

Mendeley WebStatistics—My Library

Mendeley WebFind something you like? Just

click.

Mendeley WebAdd it to your library

Mendeley WebDownload it easily

MendeleyAdding references to your

library

Drag & drop PDFs

Import from databases using the Mendeley bookmarklet

And, of course, manually

Mendeley Bookmarklet

Mendeley Bookmarklet

With a few click, import references from databases

References import one at a time

Can add tags & click to view online, if you wish

Mendeley Bookmarklet

Mendeley Bookmarklet

Mendeley Bookmarklet

Using another bibliographic management program?

Mendeley currently supports importing and exporting EndNote XML files, RIS files and BibTeX files.

It’s simple to export files. I’ll show you how to do this in EndNote.

Import from EndNote to Mendeley

Export your EndNote library or group & save to desktop

Import from EndNote to Mendeley

Choose your file, Save as type “XML”, & output style (RIS)

Import from EndNote to Mendeley

Import from EndNote to Mendeley

Click “Open” & you’re done!

Mendeley & WordInserting citations

Mendeley & WordInserting citations

Mendeley & WordInserting citations

Mendeley & WordInserting a bibliography

1. Select your output style.2. Place your cursor where you want your bibliography to start.3. Click “Insert Bibliography.”

Mendeley & WordInserting a bibliography

Mendeley: Social Bibliography on the Web and on Your Desktop

To find these slides:

Bootcamp: http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/

•Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/

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