1. “Mendeley: changing the way we do research in the Humanities”
Felix B. Oke
Advisor, Mendeley/Anchor University Lagos
12th July, 2017

2. Introduction to Mendeley

3. Mendeley is a reference manager used to generate citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word.

4. It is an academic social network that helps researchers to organise their research, share and discover papers and collaborate with others.
Mendeley is used by over 6 million researchers worldwide.

5. S/N
Reference Software
Citation Styles
COST
Compatibility Mode 1.
EndNote
6506 styles
$299.95
N/A Linux, Android 2.
Mendeley
6781 styles
Free/2GB online storage + storage space
Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS App, Android App. 3.
RefMe
Various
Free
Windows only 4.
RefWorks
$100/year
N/A iOS App, Android App. 5.
SciRef
$38.90/free trial version 6.
Zotero
styles
Free/300MB online storage + storage space
Third party , iOS App, Android App.

6. Mendeley is designed to help you to achieve three main goals:
Organising your references,
Collaborating with others,
Discovering new research.

7. It is also used for:
annotating your PDF files and
organising your reference library.

8. Versions of Mendeley
Mendeley is a FREE software which is available across a number of different platforms.

10. How we can actually use Mendeley
Let’s talk about:
how the product works,
what it looks like and
how you might like to use it.

11. The first thing you’ll need to do is to create an account via mendeley
The first thing you’ll need to do is to create an account via mendeley.com.

13. This is completely free to do and only takes a few seconds.
You’ll need a Mendeley account to log into the different versions of the software.
Once you’ve created your account you’ll be prompted to download the appropriate version of Mendeley Desktop for your current machine.

14. Mendeley Desktop offers the complete Mendeley experience.
It allows you to build, maintain and order your personal library.
It also allows you to access reading and writing functions.

15. When you first open Mendeley Desktop, you’ll need to log into your Mendeley account.
This ensures that any changes you make are being made to your own account and will be carried across when you log into different devices.

16. So let’s talk about how Mendeley can help you to bring organisation to your references.

17. Setting Up A Library
Adding Documents

18. Finding New Research
Mendeley Web Importer

19. Mendeley Web Importer

20. Highlight and Annotate Documents
PDF Viewer
Highlight and Annotate Documents

21. A Rainbow of annotations: Coloured highlighting is here!
Your results may be black and white, but your research doesn’t have to be!
Mendeley now features the ability to annotate in multiple colours!

22. A Rainbow of annotations: Coloured highlighting is here!
How many colours?
Eight different colours!
Create a rainbow of annotations in your PDFs and sticky notes.

23. Though the bright burst of colour is the one you will likely notice first, we’ve also made other changes to your reference manager to make your annotation experience quicker and more intuitive. 

24. Menus will appear at your finger tips as texts or annotations are selected, and we also added some organising capabilities to your Web Library, with the ability to Drag ‘n’ Drop documents and folders into other folders.

25. The features are live as of now, so if you’re not yet seeing them, be sure you restart your application while connected to the internet, and ensure you have the latest version of Mendeley (iOS 2.90, Desktop 1.16, Android 1.8.2)

26. Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In
Cite
Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In

27. Cite Generate In-Text Citations in Word Merge Citations
Insert Your Bibliography
Find a Citation Style

28. Thanks for listening!

29. Activity Have you heard about this referencing manager before?
If yes, how often do you use this software?
How do you find this workshop helpful/useful to your research?

30. Activity
4. Do you see it necessary to recommend this referencing manager to your colleague?
5. How would you describe your experience in referencing before now?
6. Do you know of any referencing software? Name them.