This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on reference management systems using Mendeley. It discusses what reference management systems are, the benefits of Mendeley, how to set up a Mendeley library by adding documents and managing references, citing sources in papers, and additional features of Mendeley including its social networking capabilities. The presentation includes both discussion and hands-on activities for using Mendeley.

1. www.mendeley.com
ADEGBILERO-IWARI, IDOWU
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Reference Management Systems for
Research Support
Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti
June 2020

2. Reference Management Systems in Brief
What is Mendeley?
 Your profile
 Creating your library
 Managing your documents & references
 Inserting citations & generating bibliographies
 Sharing references using groups
Mendeley: More than a reference manager
*Then, Hands-on
Agenda

3. A side talk
• Open Science?

4. Open Access, briefly
• Open Access is the free,
immediate, online
availability of research
articles, coupled with the
rights to use these
articles fully in the digital
environment - See more
at:
http://www.sparc.arl.org/is
sues/open-
access#sthash.EzrFGvc1
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• Ways authors can
provide open access:
• self-archiving their journal
articles in an open
access repository, also
known as 'green' open
access, or
• publishing in an open
access journal, known as
'gold' open access
• *Hybrid Open access

5. Which One?
OR
• Open • Locked

6. Some open access sites
• Sage Open:
• http://sgo.sagepub.com
• Social Science Research Network
(SSRN):http://www.ssrn.com/en/
• arXiv (Physics):
• http://arxiv.org/
• Directory of Open Access
Journals:
• www.doaj.org
• Directory of Open Access Books:
• www.doabooks.org
• Economics
• www.ideas.repec.org

7. Ponder this!
• Every morning in Africa, a Zebra wakes up it knows
that it has to run faster than the fastest lion or it will be
killed
• Every morning a lion wakes up it knows that it has to
run faster than the slowest zebra or it will starve to
death
• In Africa, it doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a
Zebra; when the sun comes up you had better be
running!

8. Reference Management System

9. Reference Management Software
• Reference management software are
electronic tools or programs that can help a
researcher carry out referencing (in-text
citations, footnotes or endnotes, and
reference lists/bibliographies)
• They are also automatic referencing tools
that help researchers control their information
sources by grouping and managing the
research materials used in their research
projects.

10. Purpose of Reference
Management Software
• To automatically import
references/citations from variety of
sources;
• To organize these references/citations
and create personal online database for
the researcher;
• To automatically generate both in-text
citation and reference lists/bibliographies
in any style chosen by the researcher

11. Benefits of Reference
Management Systems
• They save a lot of time.
• They minimise tendency for mistakes
made when typing up your reference list.
• They are platforms for archiving your
citations.
• They reduce drudgery associated with
understanding diverse citation styles and
collating reference lists in numerous
styles.

12. Examples of Reference
Management Systems
s/n Reference Management Systems
Subscription-based Free
1 EndNote *Mendeley
2 RefWorks *Zotero
3 NoodleTools Qiqqa
4 JabRef ReadCube

13. What is Mendeley?

14. Dragon Crew Capsule by SpaceX
Not rocket science,
certainly

15. Based in London, Mendeley are 30+ researchers, graduates and
software developers from...
...backed by co-
founders and former
executives of:
Supported by:
Elsevier
Elsevier
Elsevier

16. What is Mendeley?
Mendeley is free academic software
(Win, Mac & Linux) to manage, share,
read, annotate and cite your research
papers...
...and a research network to manage
your papers online, discover research
trends and statistics, and to connect to
like-minded researchers.

19. Your profile
mendeley.com

20. 1 - Click to view your profile
2 – View Profile: Research field, Publications,
Awards and Grants, Biographical Information,
CV, Contact Information

21. 2 – You can search…
1 – Some statistics about your publication

22. Creating your library

23. What is Mendeley?
Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications
Add tags & notes and edit document details
Library showing all your documents (citation or table view)
Set up and manage your reference groups

24. Adding your papers
You have different options to set up your library:
• Add single files or an entire folder
• “Watch a folder” to automatically import PDF files
• Drag and drop PDFs into Mendeley Desktop
… and Mendeley will try to extract the document
details automatically
You can also:
• Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases
• Sync with other reference management webapps
• Use Mendeley Web Importer to add from online
databases
• Add from the Mendeley Research Catalog

25. Document details lookup
Enter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and
click on the magnifier glass to start lookup
Missing info is added automatically

26. Web Importer
To install the Web Importer,
drag & drop the bookmarklet
to your Favorites/Bookmarks
in your internet browser
Supported sites
www.mendeley.com/import
The Web Importer
helps you grab citations
off the web

27. Using the Web Importer
On the web page with
the reference(s) you
want to capture: click on
the bookmarklet…
…then click on “Import” to import
the reference/paper to your
Mendeley library. If
possible/available, also the
associated PDF will be imported.

28. Synchronize and manage your library online
You can also add
references and
edit & manage your
library online

29. Managing your documents & references

30. Manage your library
Star your favorite papers
Documents can be marked read/unread
Filter by authors, tags, publications or keywords
Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer

31. Search as you type

32. Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer

33. Annotate and highlight

34. Mendeley‘s File Organizer
You can find the
File Organizer in
Tools > Options >
File Organizer

35. Citing and sharing references

36. Citing in Word & Open Office
Click on “Insert Citation” in Word

37. Citing in Word & Open Office
Citation will show up based on selected style
Cite into Google
documents
or other editors by
copy & paste
Generate a bibliography in one click!

38. Mendeley: More Than
Reference Manager
• Literature search
• Academic Social network
• Research data management
(RDM) platform
• Impact measurement tool
• Funding and jobs database

39. Create your professional research profile

40. Search the Mendeley Research Catalog

41. Get readership information on papers

42. Leave feedback and see what’s coming next
Visit http://feedback.mendeley.com
to see what others are saying, leave
feedback, request features or report
bugs.

43. Help Spread the Word About Mendeley
Our global network
of advisors help test
new features and
introduce Mendeley
to friends and
colleagues.
Apply to be an Advisor at www.mendeley.com/advisors/

44. PRACTICAL
• ENGAGE YOUR HANDS