Reference Management Software

Method One

1. Do a search on Library Plus.

2. From the list of results open the full record of a reference.

3. Click on Save to Mendeley in your favourites bar. In theory this should add the item to Mendeley, but all the details may not be carried forward.

4. When the pop-up screen appears, click on Open in Mendeley and add the missing details into the relevant space in the right hand column

Method Two

Alternatively you can export your results from Library Plus, then import them into Mendeley

1. Do a search on Library Plus

2. From the complete record of items, click on the Add to Folder icon. Do this for as many items as you want, jsut keep adding them to the folder.

3.Click on Export , keep the default Direct export in RIS format option and click on Save

4. In Mendeley, click on File and Import, then select RIS

5. Browse to the Download folder to find the file that you have saved

6. Double click on the file, and the contents will be added to Mendeley

Method Three

See the box below for more details about importing PDFs.

1. Open the PDF
2. Click on the download icon and save it to the desktop
3. Open Mendeley and click on +Add (web version)

4. Select Import Document from drop-down list that appears
5. It will open up your document explorer window for your device and you can select a single item, or you can select multiple items, and upload them.

NB: If you upload multiple items you will have to 'de-couple' them once they've been added to Mendeley. You can do this with a single click.

6. The bibliographic details will automatically be added although it is not unusual (with any reference manager, not just Mendeley) for certain details not to make it across. 
7. Always check each reference to ensure that, if you need to manually add the volume / issue/ page numbers (common items not harvested by Mendeley), you tidy up the record there and then rather than having to do it when you need the reference in your work.

1. Do a search for your subject on an EBSCO database (e.g. Art Full Text).

2. When you get the list of results, open the full record.

3. Click on Save to Mendeley in your favourites bar, and the reference will be saved into Mendeley with all bibliographic details, but not the attached PDF.

1. Do a search for your subject.

2. When you get the list of results, open the full record.

3. Click on Save to Mendeley in your favourites bar, and the reference will be saved into Mendeley with all bibliographic details, but not the attached PDF.

1. Do a search for your subject.

2. When you get the list of results, open the full record.

3. Click on Save to Mendeley in your favourites bar, and the reference will be saved into Mendeley with all bibliographic details.