
If you have a question about using this product, please contact the Library Staff during normal business hours. The Library does not provide support for older versions of Mendeley, beta versions of Mendeley, non-Microsoft word processing software, or alternative operating systems. The Library provides support on the macOS operating systems if Microsoft Word 2013 or newer, or Office 365 is installed. The Library provides technical support for Mendeley Desktop, Mendeley MS Word Plugin, and Mendeley Web Importer on the Windows operating system. When students are ready to reference their sources, Mendeley makes it easy to create citations. Students will need to input the bibliographic data for physical books manually, however, the program automatically pulls citation information from most electronic resources.
Mendeley enables students to collect, organize, and cite their research sources in one easy-to-use platform. Next up, learn how to sync your library so that you have access to all your sources, folders and documents on the go.Students at RPTS are encouraged to use Mendeley, an RPTS endorsed tool that manages one’s bibliographic data.
are able to tweak your referencing style/s if required. have the knowledge to fix any incorrectly auto-formatted citations (no reference management tool is perfect!). know how to format your citations manually if required. Top tip: A reference management tool can save you hours of work by automating the process of citing sources in your document! Save yourself a lot of angst by becoming very familiar with your referencing style/s so that you: Check that the Mendeley functionality is visible under the References tab in Wordįor guidance on installing and getting the most functionality from the MS Word Plugin, see Mendeley's Using the Citation Plugin Guide. Install the MS Word Plugin via Mendeley Desktop To create and format your citations and bibliography when working with Mendeley Desktop in Word, we need to ensure that Mendeley and Word are "talking" to each other. Then watch the video below to learn how to insert and manage citations in your document. Read the text below to verify you have everything set up and ready to go. Sorry, dont have the time for step by step. This part of the guide provides an introduction to using Mendeley Desktop and Microsoft Word effectively.