Transcript Your paper - World Health Organization

Managing References :
Mendeley
Table of Contents
 Why use a reference management software and
what is reference management software?
 Mendeley features and functionality:
 Accessing Web and downloading Earth
version (free)
 Creating your Mendeley library
 Managing documents and references
 Citing references
Typical researcher writing a paper…
Source: flickr/toennessen
Problem statement…
Your topic:
article
article
article
article
Your paper
citations
book
book
conference
conference
conference
paper
paper
paper
• Lots of typing
• Lost references
• Mistakes
reference list/bibliography
Use a reference management tool!
article
article
article
article
Your article
citations
book
book
conference
conference
paper
conference
paper
paper
EndNoteWeb
Mendeley
Etc.
reference list/bibliography
Reference management softwares
• Tools that help scholars to create and manage
their lists of references for research projects.
• Most tools are designed to organize citations
into specific formats for the preparation of
manuscripts and bibliographies.
• Many search tools provide ways to download
references into reference management tools.
What is Mendeley?
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.
Syncs Desktop & Web
applications
Desktop – a free academic software
to manage, share, read, annotate
and cite your research papers
Web - a research network to
manage your papers online,
discover research trends and
statistics, and to connect to likeminded researchers
This is the Web version of
Mendeley which is used to
manage your papers online.
Tabbed menu
or Resources
Main menu or
Function menu
My Library/
Collections
References
References
Collections
This is the Desktop version
of Mendeley which is used
to manage, annotate and
cite your research papers.
Filters
Reference
details
The basic or Earth version of
Mendeley is free.
On top of the free version, you can
also upgrade to their premium plans
with additional features for a fee.
To register and use Mendeley, go to the following address:
http://www.mendeley.com
From the Mendeley homepage, you will see the Sign up for
free and Sign in box. Click on Sign up for free to Register.
You can also use your Facebook account to Sign in.
Once you click on Sign up for
free, the short Registration page
will display.
Please provide all the required
information and click on Finish.
Once you’re signed in, you have
the option to Download Mendeley
Desktop. You can choose to
download it right away or later.
If you choose to
download Mendeley,
click Save so that you
can use the file again
- if you decide to
install it in other
computers or laptops.
To be able to share your profile and
make it searchable to other users of
Mendeley, you must verify your account.
Open the email address that you use
during the sign up/registration.
Click on the URL or the link
provided in the email to verify
your Mendeley account.
After clicking on the URL or link,
you will be sent to this page that
verifies your account.
Exercise 1
1. Open your preferred web browser (IE,
Firefox, Chrome, etc.)
2. Go to the website: www.mendeley.com
3. Sign up for an account
and download the Mendeley Desktop.
Creating your Mendeley Library
There are several ways:
• Search references within the Mendeley
website
• Add a PDF
• Add a folder of PDFs
• Drag and drop PDFs in Mendeley Desktop
• Import/export to and from other reference
management software
• Add reference manually
• Watch folders to automatically add PDFs to
Mendeley Desktop
• One-click Web Importer
You can also search references
within the Mendeley website.
In Mendeley Web click the Papers
tab and perform a search.
Within the search results, just click
either Save PDF to library or Save
reference to library.
If you want to have access to your PDFs from
anywhere, activate the Sync Library feature
from Mendeley Desktop. By enabling this
feature you are able to access your PDF files in
your Mendeley Web library.
Note: Always use the Sync Library in Mendeley
Desktop every time you use the Mendeley Web
to add references to your library.
In Mendeley Desktop, click
Add Documents, browse to
the location of the pdf and
click the Open button.
This slide shows that the pdf has been added to
your library.
Mendeley will attempt to automatically detect the
document details (bibliographic data).
Any documents whose details Mendeley is
uncertain about will be added to the Needs
Review section for manual verification.
Click Add Folder, browse to
the location of the folder.
Then click the OK button.
This slide shows that all PDFs have been
added to your library. Two were added.
Mendeley will attempt to automatically detect
the document details (bibliographic data).
Any documents whose details Mendeley is
uncertain about will be added to the Needs
Review section for manual verification.
Drag & drop PDFs here to
add them to your library.
Export and Import to and from other
reference management software
Add Entry manually lets you add
references to Mendeley Desktop
by completing a form.
Exercise 2
1. Log in to your Mendeley Web account then click
the Papers tab.
2. In the search box, search for the article:
The scientific foundation for tobacco harm
reduction, 2006-2011 by Brad Rodu
3. Save it to your library.
4. Open your Mendeley Desktop and click Sync
Library. The article should be displayed.
Exercise 3
1. In Mendeley Desktop, click File - Add Entry
Manually.
2. Select Book and enter the following:
Title: Tuberculosis Control in the Western Pacific
Region - 2010 Report
Author: World Health Organization. Regional
Office for the Western Pacific
Publisher and publication date:
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific,
2011.
3. Click Save.
Exercise 4
1. Download the following article and save to
your desktop:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis today
by A Matteelli et al.
Click to get full text pdf
2. Drag and drop the pdf file in the Reference
section of your Mendeley Desktop.
3. Review the details of the article before clicking
the button - Details are Collect.
Exercise 5
1. In EndNoteWeb, export any of your references.
Click Format – Export references. Choose
RefMan (RIS) Export as the export style then
click Save.
2. In Mendeley Desktop, click Add Documents,
locate the file you exported from EndNoteWeb
then click Open.
Note: you will need an account in EndNoteWeb
which is available via HINARI’s Reference Sources
drop down menu.