Mendeley recently released Reference Manager, which can be used instead of Desktop. Which should you choose?
1. Go to mendeley.com to create an account. Sign in from the MIT network to get extra storage.
Important notes if using Mendeley Desktop:
2. Download Mendeley Reference Manager or Mendeley Desktop (see above box for more information).
3. Add the Web Importer to your browser.
4. Search for an article in a database. Click the Mendeley button to save a citation from a website.
5. You will be prompted to sign into your account if you are not already. Mendeley will try to find the bibliographic information from that website. Choose a folder and click Save.
5. Install Mendeley Cite. See the help guide. Can't find your Mendeley Cite add-in? Look under Insert > My Add-ins.
6. See the Mendeley Quick Start Guide for more information. Note that this is for Mendeley Desktop. Mendeley Reference Manager will look similar, but have fewer features.
With MIT's Mendeley Institutional account you get:
Access our subscription:
You cannot import information directly from our Barton catalog, however, the import does work from Bartonplus (this catalog searches resources in our library as well as articles from some of our electronic databases).
Mendeley can automatically import citations and PDFs that are stored in Zotero. This can be a useful set up if you find that Mendeley does not import well from the databases you regularly search in.
Contact us at: cite-write-tools@mit.edu