mendeley for researchers
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A presentation run for ScHARR staff and students showing them the benefits of the social reference management tool MendeleyTRANSCRIPT
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MANAGE your References and other Information Sources for
your Essays and Dissertation
Mendeley
Image copyright – Mendeley.com
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.Automatically generate bibliographiesCollaborate easily with other researchers onlineEasily import papers from other research softwareFind relevant papers based on what you’re readingAccess your papers from anywhere onlineRead papers on the go, with their iPhone app or the unofficial Android apps
•A web-based reference management system•Allows you to store references to books, book chapters, journal articles, websites, etc•Importing a reference can be as simple as a single click of your mouse•You can ‘tag’ references with keywords that will help you to retrieve them later•Allows you to both import to, and export from, traditional electronic reference management systems including Reference Manager and EndNote•Allows you to generate bibliographies in formats such as Harvard, Chicago, MLA and Vancouver
•Better still, Mendeley is a discovery tool and allows you to locate references that other users have found•You can keep your own references private or make them public for other users to access•Can be helpful in drawing attention to your own publications and any that are generated by your research project
What are the benefits?Primarily, Mendeley is a SHARED resource - all members of a research team can access it
Secondly, it is COLLABORATIVE - all the members of the research team can contribute their own knowledge and be involved in the information-gathering process
Thirdly, it is MOBILE - you can access your references from any place that has a computer and internet connection
Mendeley comes in two flavoursOff-line – downloadable software version
On-line Web based, social network, searchable database version
Use both…
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Mobile appsGoMobile
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It is free…but you can pay for more
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RememberDownload the Mendeley Guidehttp://www.mendeley.com/downloads/Getting_Started_Guide.pdfDownload Mendeley onto your PCInstall the Web ImporterAdd the Citation button to WordTo synch your library!!!!!
Also.Try looking for peers/contacts/potential collaborators and them and their references!
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Other Notable tools
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For further Mendeley/Reference Management support go to:
Mendeleyhttp://www.mendeley.com/getting-started/http://www.mendeley.com/faq/ScHARR LibraryScHARR Library enquiry desk Tel: (0114) 222 5420@scharrlibScHARR Library Information Skills tutorials