

Mendeley will extract citation information for that file. Drag and drop a PDF file or folder of PDFs into the desktop application.Note: We do not recommend Watching your Downloads folder, as Mendeley will attempt to import anything it finds there.You can set Mendeley up to see whenever you download a new PDF to a folder.In Preferences or Options go to the Watched Folders tab.From the 'References' tab in Mendeley Cite select the reference(s) you wish to insert, and select ‘Insert citation’ Generating Citations with MS Word Note: There is a slight difference with MS Word on Mac as the Cite-O-Matic will appear as its own toolbar. The citation tool installs very quickly and will confirm once it finishes. Open Mendeley Reference Manager and select 'Tools' and then 'Install Mendeley Cite for Microsoft Word.' If the plugin is already installed, this option will be changed to 'Uninstall MS Word Plugin.' Mac OSX: Mendeley will detect which word processor(s) you have installed, so the options available to you may vary. Notice that the Insert Citation icon now has a Mendeley logo superimposed. Adding Citations to a Word Document: (windows, see above for Mac) Open your Word document and click on the References tab in the ribbon. Once you have completed this sign in process, you should use your Mendeley account email address and password to sign in to Mendeley Desktop rather than your institutional (Shibboleth) credentials.Open Mendeley Desktop and click on Tools, Install MS Word Plugin.


Enter your account password and choose ' Continue and connect'.When prompted, type your existing Mendeley or Elsevier account email address and click ' Continue'.Go to and logout if you are signed in.If you already have a Mendeley or Elsevier account, you can connect it to your institutional (Shibboleth) credentials to benefit from MSU's Mendeley Institutional Edition (MIE) subscription. Increase in number of private groups, from one to unlimitedĪlready have a personal Mendeley account but want to connect to the MSU Institutional account?.Increase in private group size, from 3 to 25 members.Increase in group storage, from 100 MB to 20 GB.Increase in personal library size for each user, from 2 GB to 5 GB.Interested in a FREE Mendeley Institutional account?
