Mendeley

Overview

Mendeley is a reference management programme. 

You can:

  • Collect, store and organise your research sources; including pdfs
  • Import/export references from databases, Google Scholar and library catalogues
  • Manually input your own references
  • Create bibliographies
  • Use Mendeley Cite plugin in MS Word to add in-text citations and references as you write your paper.

 There are two versions of Mendeley:

  • Mendeley Reference Manager Desktop
    • Using Mendeley desktop means you can use the Mendeley Cite feature in Word which inserts in-text citations and creates bibliographies.
    • The Mendeley desktop software can also be downloaded free on your personal device.
  • Mendeley online (known as Mendeley Reference Manager)
    • The web version of Mendeley can be used standalone or can integrate with Mendeley desktop. Mendeley online can be accessed off campus as well as on campus.
    • Your online version can be accessed at any time from https://www.mendeley.com/library and will include the same references as your desktop account. However, you must use the desktop version if you want to incorporate your references into Word.

University Mendeley training

Please see the Mendeley Reference Software page on Moodle for help guides, videos and information on booking a training session.

Mendeley also provides training materials on their website: https://www.mendeley.com/guides

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