Mendeley
Mendeley is a programme which allows you to save and annotate files, such as PDF files of articles, reports etc.. Citations to articles can be processed in Word. You can also collaborate in private groups in Mendeley and share documents.
Get going with Mendeley
- Open an account via the Mendeley website.
- Download and install Mendeley Reference Manager via the Mendeley website. Are you using a UvA computer and do you choose for Mendeley Desktop, install the program via Start > Software Center. Please note: the Software Center offers an outdated version; do not use it. (note date: 15062025)
- Make sure Word is closed. Install Mendeley Cite, via Tools > Install Mendeley Cite for Microsoft Word. Mendeley Cite becomes visible under the tab References. With this add-in or plug-in you can generate citations and bibliographies in Word documents on the basis of the references you have saved in Mendeley. Attention: On UvA-computers both Mendeley Cite-O-Matic and Mendeley Cite might be visible in the References Tab. In one-and-the-same document you cannot use both.
Upgrade to the Institutional Edition
When you log in into Mendeley Web from within the UvA network (connected to VPN or at a UvA location), you get access to the Mendeley Institutional Edition automatically. You can use this to create an unlimited number of private groups with max. 100 members. The shared storage space is expanded to 100GB.
Data privacy
The data you collect in Mendeley are literature references, references to web pages and publications. These are not confidential or only to a small extent. These are only accessible for yourself and for those whom you select yourself in case you collaborate in a Private group.