What is Mendeley?
Mendeley is a reference manager and academic social network. The Central Medical Library offers a basic (free) account as well as an upgraded account (more info*)
With Mendeley you can ....
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Store and Access your Sources in One PlaceSecurely store and access your sources, PDFs and papers across devices, you can search and sort your references, documents and notes in one place - right down to the keyword you're looking for.
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Read and Annotate your PDFsUse Mendeley online or offline to access your PDFs on the move. Highlight, annotate and add sticky notes to capture your thoughts in context
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Create Citations and BibliographiesGenerate your citations and bibliography in the style of your choice - in just a few clicks. Compatible with Microsoft Word, LibreOffice and BibTeX. Mendeley does not support Google Docs
Mendeley account
Free Account Info:
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With a free account you get 2GB of cloud storage. You have to use Mendeley’s cloud storage in order to have a fully functioning account. However, 2GB should provide you with significant space for your collection.
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No limit to the amount of public groups that can be created (share references only). You are only allowed 1 private group with 3 private members and 100mb of storage.
New! Ask for an upgrade
The Central Medical Library is now certified as "Mendeley Library" This means we can offer Premium Upgrades to up to 500 users in the UMCG. Main benefits of the upgrade are:
- Upgrades valid for 12 months
- Includes 5 GB of personal storage instead of 2GB
- 20 GB of group/team storage and unlimited private/invite-only groups with up to 25 members in each.
- Email the library for more information about this upgrade.
Desktop and web
Mendeley Desktop: Mendeley Desktop is the downloaded part of the software installed onto your computer.
- On a UMCG computer: click the Start button and install Mendeley Desktop. When you can't find the install option for Mendeley Desktop, please contact the 'functioneel beheerder' of your department.
- On a RUG computer: click the Start button, search for Mendeley and install it.
- On a laptop or your own computer at home: Download Mendeley Desktop.
Mendeley Web: This is the Mendeley website where you can access the web version of your library, edit your profile and search for papers, groups or people. You can also access Mendeley's social features.To get started, visit www.mendeley.com
RefWorks
Besides Mendeley, we also offer RefWorks.
Take a look at our start pages about RefWorks (in Dutch & English):
Questions about Mendeley? Ask me!
Pure issues: pure@umcg.nl
Open Access issues: openaccess@umcg.nl
Reference management issues: refman@umcg.nl
Chat with a librarian
Ask your question to the Central Medical Library during opening hours.
Introductory workshops Mendeley
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Your experiences, remarks and comments
What are your experiences with the Central Medical Library? Do you have any questions, comments, suggestions or compliments for us? We would be happy to hear from you.
