If you are using an earlier version of Word, you can use the existing Mendeley Citation Plugin for Word available with Mendeley Desktop.
Check by visiting Tools > Install Word Plugin.
Note: for each of these methods, the data Mendeley can scrape from a PDF depends on how clean the source data is - garbage in, garbage out! Write a Paper (in Word)ĭepending on your version of Mendeley, the Word toolbar might appear under either References or Add-ins. Use the Mendeley Web Importer(available for many modern browsers)
How to add references to Mendeley web version Note: if you have a PubMed ID or digital object identifier (DOI), you can normally use the magnifying glass tool to auto-populate the fields.Click the drop-down arrow beside the Add icon or go to File > Add Entry Manually to bring up the dialog box to import a file manually.Mendeley will extract citation information for that file. Drag and drop a PDF file or folder of PDFs into the desktop application.Note: We do not recommend Watching your Downloads folder, as Mendeley will attempt to import anything it finds there.You can set Mendeley up to see whenever you download a new PDF to a folder.In Preferences or Options go to the Watched Folders tab.
Add References How to add references on Mendeley for desktop