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“ Mendeley: changing the way we do research in the Humanities ”

“ Mendeley: changing the way we do research in the Humanities ”. Felix B. Oke Advisor, Mendel e y/Anchor University Lagos +2347030271091 12th July, 2017 bfiliks4xt@gmail.com. Introduction to Mendeley.

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“ Mendeley: changing the way we do research in the Humanities ”

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  1. “Mendeley: changing the way we do research in the Humanities” Felix B. Oke Advisor, Mendeley/Anchor University Lagos +2347030271091 12th July, 2017 bfiliks4xt@gmail.com

  2. Introduction toMendeley

  3. Mendeley is a reference manager used to generate citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word.

  4. It is an academic social network that helps researchers to organise their research, share and discover papers and collaborate with others. • Mendeley is used by over 6 million researchers worldwide.

  5. Mendeley is designed to help you to achieve three main goals: • Organising your references, • Collaborating with others, • Discovering new research.

  6. It is also used for: • annotating your PDF files and • organising your reference library.

  7. Versions of Mendeley Mendeley is a FREE software which is available across a number of different platforms.

  8. How wecan actually use Mendeley Let’s talk about: • how the product works, • what it looks like and • how you might like to use it.

  9. The first thing you’ll need to do is to create an account via mendeley.com.

  10. This is completely free to do and only takes a few seconds. • You’ll need a Mendeley account to log into the different versions of the software. • Once you’ve created your account you’ll be prompted to download the appropriate version of Mendeley Desktop for your current machine.

  11. MendeleyDesktop offers the complete Mendeley experience. • It allows you to build, maintain and order your personal library. • It also allows you to access reading and writing functions.

  12. When you first open Mendeley Desktop, you’ll need to log into your Mendeley account. • This ensures that any changes you make are being made to your own account and will be carried across when you log into different devices.

  13. So let’s talk about how Mendeley can help you to bring organisation to your references.

  14. Setting Up A Library Adding Documents

  15. Finding New Research Mendeley Web Importer

  16. Mendeley Web Importer

  17. PDF Viewer Highlight and Annotate Documents

  18. A Rainbow of annotations: Coloured highlighting is here! • Your results may be black and white, but your research doesn’t have to be! • Mendeley now features the ability to annotate in multiple colours!

  19. A Rainbow of annotations: Coloured highlighting is here! • Howmanycolours? • Eightdifferentcolours! • Create a rainbow of annotations in your PDFs and sticky notes.

  20. Though the bright burst of colour is the one you will likely notice first, we’ve also made other changes to your reference manager to make your annotation experience quicker and more intuitive. 

  21. Menus will appear at your finger tips as texts or annotations are selected, and we also added some organising capabilities to your Web Library, with the ability to Drag ‘n’ Drop documents and folders into other folders.

  22. The features are live as of now, so if you’re not yet seeing them, be sure you restart your application while connected to the internet, and ensure you have the latest version of Mendeley (iOS 2.90, Desktop 1.16, Android 1.8.2)

  23. Cite Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In

  24. Cite • Generate In-Text Citations in Word • MergeCitations • Insert Your Bibliography • Find a Citation Style

  25. Thanks for listening!

  26. Activity • Have you heard about this referencing manager before? • If yes, how often do you use this software? • How do you find this workshop helpful/useful to your research?

  27. Activity 4. Do you see it necessary to recommend this referencing manager to your colleague? 5. How would you describe your experience in referencing before now? 6. Do you know of any referencing software? Name them.

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