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MENDELEY USING GUIDE
CONTENT
Gain access Mendeley Institutional account
Create new Mendeley Institutional account Upgrade existing free Mendeley account
Start Using Mendeley
Download the desktop program Install the web importer
Adding references from databases and websites
Adding references by using 'Save to Mendeley' button
Adding references in a classical way
Adding references by creating RIS file
Adding references manually
Adding references by dragging PDFs files
Adding references from existing software (Refworks)
Organizing Mendeley library
Folders & sub-folders Filters Records view Record's details View and annotate PDFs
Share
Create citations and bibliography
Install MS Word Plug In Insert citations Create bibliography Citation styles
CREATE MENDELEY INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNT
Access to Mendeley Institutional edition (free service to all Technion community) requires* a Technion user account (CAMPUS, STAFF, TX or T2).
To gain access to Mendeley Institutional edition, you should create new Mendeley Institutional account or upgrade existing free account:
Create new Mendeley Institutional account Upgrade existing free Mendeley account
CREATE NEW MENDELEY INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUN T
To create new Mendeley Institutional account, go to Technion Mendeley Institutional Edition and click 'Join this Group' :
Fill in required fields (first and last name, email, password) and click 'Get Started'.
*You can use your Technion or another account.
The verification e-mail will be send to your Technion e-mail. Click on the link inside to join:
UPGRADE EXISTING FREE MENDELEY ACCOUNT TO THE INSTITUTIONAL
To upgrade existing free Mendeley account, sign in search for the group 'Technion Israel Institute of Technology' on Mendeley website:
Click 'Join this group' :
You will be asked to confirm your Technion user account (CAMPUS, STAFF, TX or T2):
The verification e-mail will be send to your Technion e-mail. Click on the link inside to join:
- Right-click on the button and choose to add this link to your bookmarks.
*You can do this later from the Dashboard tab in the Tools menu on the online version or from 'Tools' menu in Mendeley desktop.
Mendeley Web Importer supported sites (please scrawl dawn).
ADDING REFERENCES FROM DATABASES AND WEBSITES
There are some ways to import/ enter records metadata:
Adding references by using 'Save to Mendeley' button
Adding references in a classical way
Adding references by creating RIS file
Adding references manually
Adding references by dragging PDFs files
Adding references from existing software (Refworks)
ADDING REFERENCES BY USING 'SAVE TO MENDELEY' BUTTON
'Save to Mendeley' button is compatible with the most popular Technion Databases:
Engineering Village (Compendex, Inspec, NTIS), Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
Full list of Mendeley 'Web Importer' supported sites (please scrawl dawn).
To ‘grab’ the reference, click on the 'Save to Mendeley' button:
If there are multiple references, click the sign 'plus' next to each reference you wish to export from the list on the right hand side of the page:
If there is one reference, choose the folder to store it and click 'Save' :
*The option to include the PDFs is available for references with free or Technion access.
Next time you sync Mendeley Desktop, saved articles will appear in the 'Recently Added' folder:
SCIFINDER
If there are multiple references, mark each reference you wish to export and click 'Export'.
Select the option 'Citation export format (*.ris)' and click 'Export':
During the download, select 'Open File' option to export it directly to your Mendeley Desktop.
Saved articles will appear in the 'Recently Added' folder.
ADDING REFERENCES MANUALLY
To add references manually, click 'Add Files' button on the in the upper-left corner of the interface and from the drop- down list select 'Add Entry Manually' :
A pop-up window will appear. Select the type of material you wish to add (e.g. book, book section, document, journal article, etc.), fill in metadata fields and click 'Save' :
ADDING REFERENCES BY DRAGGING PDF FILES
DRAG AND DROP
Individual PDFs or folders can also be dragged from your computer into your Mendeley Desktop.
Mendeley will try to automatically extract the citation information.
Verify that the information is accurate and full. Missing details can be added manually by typing them in the relevant fields:
*Not all PDFs will automatically convert into Mendeley records.
ADDING REFERENCES FROM EXISTING SOFTWA RE (REFWORKS)
EXPORT YOUR LIBRARY
Log into your RefWorks account.
To export all references go to 'References' menu and click 'Export' :
Select 'Bibliographic Software' as the export format and click 'Export References':
To export references from a special folder, click name of this folder from folders area to the right of the window:
*Note: Alternatively you can export in BibTeX format
IMPORT REFERENCES INTO MENDELEY DESKTOP
Open Mendeley Desktop.
Go to File menu and click 'Add Files' :
Select the file you exported from RefWorks.
All references should be imported automatically.
To import references by folder, you should firstly create a new folder in the Mendeley Desktop and select it while importing.
To create folders in Mendeley Desktop click right and choose 'New Folder' :
*Note: To add PDF files from RefWorks to Mendeley you will need to download them manually and add them to Mendeley.
To add references to the new folder/ sub-folder, drag them from the 'Recently Added' folder:
*References can be put in more than one folder.
FILTERS
TAGS
To organize your references you can assign tags.
To add tag/tags to the reference you’ve added to your Mendeley desktop, click on the field 'Tags' on the pane of record's details:
To find all articles with a particular tag, select 'Filter by My Tags' from the drop-down list to the bottom left of the screen and click the appropriate tag:
*Some references you’ve added to your Mendeley desktop can come with tags already.
FAVORITES
Use star icon to mark favorite documents:
READ/UNREAD
Mark documents as read or unread using the green circle:
RECORD'S DETAILS
To add/ change details for a special record, click on the particular field on the 'Details' tab:
To attach PDF file to metadata, scroll down to the field 'Files' , click 'Add File' , navigate to the folder where the PDF is stored, select a document and click 'Open'.
To check where Mendeley has saved PDF on your computer, right mouse click on a pdf and select 'Open Containing Folder' :
VIEW AND ANNOTATE PDFS
Once PDFs have been added to your Mendeley Desktop, you can click the PDF icon or double-click on the reference to read, highlight and annotate attached documents. The PDF will be opened by the PDF viewer in a separate tab:
Your annotations can be viewed in the 'Notes' tab, next to the 'Details' tab on the right pane:
To share PDF file with annotations and notes, click 'Share' button.
