MANAGING & CITING YOUR
SOURCES USING MENDELEY
(www.mendeley.com)
Library Service & Information Unit | Perkhidmatan Perpustakaan & MaklumatUNISEL Library | Perpustakaan UNISEL
1. Mendeley Desktop: A software that organises PDFs, create references and helps you write papers.
2. Mendeley Web: A research catalogue of 350M documents from 2M researchers, 100Kcollaborative groups.
3. Mendeley Importer: Create your library while surfing the web. Import of references from various websites.
4. MS Word Plugin: Writing & citing your research in MS Word made easy via mendeley
MENDELEY COMPONENTS
ORGANISE
Setting Up Your Mendeley Library
Step 1: http://www.mendeley.com/download-desktop/
ORGANISE:
Signing up
Step 2: Download Mendeley Desktop
ORGANISE:
Signing up
Step 3: Build your library
ORGANISE:
Your Desktop Library
ORGANISE:
Manage your library
Create category folders
Documents can be marked read/unread
Star your favourite papers
Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer
View what type of document attached (pdf, pptx, docx, xls, etc.)
ORGANISE:
Adding Documents
Click at the Import Additional Doc icon
ORGANISE:
Document Details Lookup
If you need to amend the details of a selected paper, click into the appropriate field Mendeley’s document details panel and apply the required changes.
Mendeley adds missing information automatically.
For more information, kindly refer to the APA Formatting and Style Guide Manual by UNISEL Library.
IMPORTANT: Whenever you add a new reference to your library, it is highly recommended that your review its details for accuracy.
ORGANISE:
Adding References Manually
Click File Add Entry Manually
1. Tools Install Web Importer
ORGANISE:
Web Importer
2 (a). Installation for Chrome
2 (b). For IE, drag the ‘Save to Mendeley’ button to your Bookmarks Bar
3. Search for articles. 4. Click the ‘Save to Mendeley’ bookmark or
‘Import to Mendeley’ icon.
5. Review the
details and Save
ORGANISE:
Web Importer1. Click ‘Save to Mendeley’ bookmark OR ‘Import to Mendeley’ icon
to import references from your search results.
2. Select an article and import the references to your library in one click. Mendeley will also save
the PDF, if available.
ORGANISE:
Sync
• Mendeley backs up your library online.
• Your Mendeleylibrary data will be securely stored on the Mendeleyservers so you can access it on any machine anywhere you go.
• Add new references to your library in Mendeley Web.
SYNC your library to access it anywhere & read across devices
ORGANISE
Managing your library
ORGANISE:
Mendeley’s File Organiser
Moves files from wherever they are imported to a designated Mendeley directory on your hard drive.
Tools
Options
File organizer
Organize my files
Browse
New Folder
Apply
OK
ORGANISE:
Manage your library
Filters by Authors, Tags, Publications or Keywords
Free text search or limit by title, author, years, notes, etc.
ORGANISE:
Annotate + Highlight your papers
MENDELEY CITE-O-MATIC
Citation Plug-In
CITATION PLUG-IN:
Installation
The tool bar appears in Word automatically
CITATION PLUG-IN:
Generate In-Text Citations in Word
1. Click ‘Insert Citation’
2. Search by author, title or year or select manually from your Mendeley library
3. Select the article or book and click ‘Cite’ to automatically cite that text in Word.
CITATION PLUG-IN:
Inserting Your Bibliography
1. Click ‘Insert Bibliography’
2. Choose your style
3. Done!
DISCOVER
New research, Recommendations + Impact
DISCOVER: Literature search in Mendeley Desktop
Find new research easily. If full text is
available, you’ll see a download icon
Search the Mendeleycatalogue
Save new research to your library with one click
HERE TO HELP
NUR ADNA BINTI RODUANLibrarian
03-32808051 [email protected]
HAFIZ B. ABDUL RAHIMSenior Librarian
03-55223565 [email protected]
ZAIRIL AZWAN B. OSMANLibrarian
03-32805085 [email protected]
BESTARI JAYA CAMPUS
SHAH ALAM CAMPUS
Perpustakaan Universiti Selangor or UNISEL Library
library.unisel.edu.my
KHUZAIMAH BT. ZAKARIALibrarian
03-55223566 [email protected]