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Mendeley

How to use Mendeley to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

Installing Mendeley

  • Go to Mendeley.com
  • First select "Create account", which is located in the upper right hand corner. You will be taken to new page to do this.

Image of Mendeley homepage highlighting where to create an account 

 

Note: You will need to put in an email. While you can put in your Emory email, we recommend using a personal email so you can use your Mendeley account even after you graduate from Emory. 

  • Once you have created a account you will want to download two things:
    • Mendeley Reference Manager
      •  The desktop application for Mendeley. It runs on Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems. 
    • Mendeley Web Importer
      • An extension for your browser that allows you to pull references and PDFs in your browser. Works with Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

If you have trouble installing the app you can consult the Mendeley Support Center or contact the library.

Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley Reference Manager desktop application allows you to store and organize references. It also has a built in PDF reader where you can read and annotate PDFs.  

Image of Mendeley Reference Manager highlighting features such as login and where to create collections.