This hands-on session introduces you to Mendeley - a free citation management tool. Mendeley helps you organize references and PDFs and allow you to easily create bibliographies using a number of different predetermined styles. This session guides you through using both the online and desktop versions of Mendeley, introduces you to the layout of Mendeley, works through the different ways to import citations and PDFs, and demonstrates using the word-plug in to create bibliographies.
In this session, participants will:
- Learn the benefits of using Mendeley as a citation management tool
- Create a Mendeley account and organize it using folders and groups
- Compare and contrast the different ways to import references and PDFs into Mendeley
- Use the MS Word Plug-In with Mendeley to create in-text citations and bibliographies