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Mendeley Reference Manager

This guide helps you step-by-step use Mendeley to manage your sources/references.

Referencing in Word

Mendeley Cite, a plugin for Word, must be installed to use Mendeley while writing your document.

Mendeley Cite is compatible with Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Word versions 2016 and above and with the Microsoft Word app for iPad®. It is not currently compatible with Google Docs. If you are a Google Docs user, please consider using RefWorks or Zotero instead.

Download and Install Mendeley Cite

To use Mendeley and cite your sources directly in your Microsoft Word document, you must install Mendeley Cite.

You can either download Mendeley Cite directly from Mendeley website, Office Store, or from Tools in Mendeley Reference Manager and select "Install Mendeley Cite for Microsoft Word" and follow the instructions.

 

  1. Download and install the plugin, it will be automatically be added into Word.
  2. Open a new document in Word and go to the References tab and click on Mendeley Cite and Sign in.

 

 

 

       

Add In-Text Citations

Once you sign in to Mendeley Cite, your Mendeley library is downloaded from the cloud, so you don't need to have Mendeley Reference Manager open.

 

  1. Place the cursor where you would like to insert your in-text citation then go to the References tab and click on the Mendeley Cite button.
  2. Search by Author, Title or Year, and select the relevant reference(s) from the list. You can search for more articles if you are citing more than one
  3. Click on "Insert Citations"

 

 

 

 

Defining/Changing Citation Style

Select the citation style you will be using in the Mendeley Cite tab in Word on the right. If it does not appear in the list, then click on "Select another style" at the bottom of the box. 

Insert Bibliography

You can insert a bibliography at any point in your writing process:

 

  1. Place cursor where you would like your bibliography to be listed.
  2. Go to the Reference tab and click on Mendeley Cite.
  3. Click on the 3 dots and choose Insert Bibliography.

 

The bibliography will be generated in the style that you have defined and it will automatically update whenever a new in-text citation is added into the document.

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