Once you have your documents in Mendeley, you can cite and reference them within Word and LibreOffice by installing plug-ins. Once installed, you will have tool bar buttons that will allow you to cite a document, generate a bibliography, or manually edit any entry.
Aimed only at Mac, BibDesk is an intuitive bibliography and reference management software. Yet another free and open-source program in this list, it provides a front-end for creating, editing. While on the word document: 1. Press CTRL+SHIFT+. to show paragraph mark icon 2. Press ALT+F9 to show index 3.
Go to Tools > Install... and select the plugin you wish to add. (Word must be closed.)
When creating a paper, click on Insert Citation in the toolbar to cite a document from your Mendeley Library.
Mendeley Word Plugin Problem
If you are using Word on Windows, a box will appear allowing you to search for references by author, title or year.
When you find the reference you want to cite, click OK and you're done. You can cite multiple references by using semicolons to separate them. You can also add page numbers to your reference.
- To add a page number, highlight the reference and a box will appear that allows you to insert a page number (or chapter heading...).
Mendeley Desktop Citation Plugin
- If you need to edit this reference later on, do not change it in the Word file. Instead, highlight the citation (footnote, endnote, parenthtical documentation) and the Insert Citation button in the Mendeley Cite-O-Matic tab will change to Edit Citation. Click Edit Citation and the editing box will reappear.
If you prefer to find references using Mendeley Desktop, press the 'Go to Mendeley' button beneath the search box, which brings up Mendeley Desktop. Then select the document in Mendeley Desktop, and click Cite in the Mendeley Desktop Toolbar.
Again, you can cite multiple documents. Just hold the Ctrl key and left click the documents you want to cite.
You can select your preferred citation style in the drop down menu. Additional styles may be added to your list of installed styles. See the box below for instructions.
Generate the bibliography by clicking Insert Bibliography.