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