Transcript Keeping up to Date with Evidence 2

Mendeley
Sue Robertson Libraries Manager
OUH libraries @NOC and Horton
Why Mendeley?
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Does everything you would expect
Free and promises to remain so?
Easy to use/good support
Suitable for all sizes of project
Can save folders or single documents
Enables collaborative work
Mendeley : in 2 parts
• Mendeley web
– www.mendeley.com
• Mendeley desktop
– Download Mendeley Desktop
• Available when registered
Desktop version
Citation details
Abstract description
Keywords, URL, Identifiers
Web version
Imports references and documents from academic
databases
using Web Importer
Search disciplines
• Medicine
– Orthopaedics
• Low back pain
– Range motion
» Gait
And for me….
• Storing pdf if full-text supplied
• Storing literature searches on subject
areas
• To link my libraries to NHS Evidence
• Creation of bibliographies
• Current awareness
Any questions?