Last Updated on April 1, 2023
If you are a researcher, lecturer, or student, you will definitely be faced with making a report file with sources or citations and references. However, you often have difficulty in making and organize references properly. Especially if the number of references used is quite a lot.
If you are a researcher or lecturer, you must use citations and references when making a research proposal or publishing research results. As for students, the use of citations and references will be widely used when they have begun to work on their final project or thesis. Sometimes students also need references when they are working on college assignments.
To facilitate you in managing citations and references, you certainly need help. Example of citation software that often uses is Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, and others. But, this article will discuss one of the citation software. As the title of this article, it will discuss what is Mendeley? What are the advantages of using that software?
Access Your Library (Reference) Anywhere
You can access, add, and retrieve articles or papers directly from your browser with a few clicks or import any document from your desktop. Moreover, access can be done from anywhere. From devices based on Windows, Mac, Linux to all browsers.
You can safely access it on any computer through a desktop client, web browser, or using your mobile application. Your library is back up in the cloud when you synchronize and is always available to you.
Easier For Reference Citing
With Mendeley, you can generate references, citations, and bibliography in various journal styles with just a few clicks. For your convenience, Mendeley has ensured that its plugin is compatible with Word (including Word for Mac) and LibreOffice. It also supports BibTeX exports for use with LaTeX.
You Can Read and Give Notes to Articles in Mendeley
You will be easy to add your comments to documents in your own library, even from a mobile device. To facilitate collaboration, you can also share documents with groups of colleagues and take notes together.
You Can Import References Easily using Mendeley
You can import articles, papers, (in .pdf, .doc, or .jpg format) and other documents from existing desktops, libraries or websites quickly and easily. On the other hand, Mendeley also will automatically capture the author, title, and publisher’s information.
Some Tools and Add-Ons Simplify Your Work
Get tools and add-ons to further enhance your research. One of the tools that can be obtained are:
Web Importer
In Mendeley, you can add articles to your reference library directly from any supported website with just one click!
Citation Plugin in Microsoft Word
Mendeley offers quotes when you write plugins for Word, Word for Mac, and LibreOffice, including 8,000+ citation styles.
For other tutorials, you can see in the following articles:
- How to Install the Mendeley Desktop and Microsoft Word Citation Plugin
- Insert Citation and Bibliography Tutorial Using Mendeley Desktop
- Change the Citation Style with Mendeley
- Combining citations and adding some citations with Mendeley
- Connect with Researchers Around the World with Mendeley
Author: Ida Wahyuni
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