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Referencing Using Mendeley by Reginald Ogu (FINAL)

The document provides an overview of referencing, emphasizing its importance in academic work to avoid plagiarism and properly acknowledge sources. It introduces Mendeley, a free reference management software that facilitates citation generation, collaboration, and document organization across various platforms. The document also outlines how to create a Mendeley account, install its desktop and web applications, and utilize its features for managing citations and bibliographies.

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Referencing Using Mendeley by Reginald Ogu (FINAL)

The document provides an overview of referencing, emphasizing its importance in academic work to avoid plagiarism and properly acknowledge sources. It introduces Mendeley, a free reference management software that facilitates citation generation, collaboration, and document organization across various platforms. The document also outlines how to create a Mendeley account, install its desktop and web applications, and utilize its features for managing citations and bibliographies.

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Referencing using

Mendeley
Presented @
1st Symposium on Special Topics
Theme: The Cyberspace and Emerging Cybersecurity Imperatives
By

Reginald Ekene Ogu


Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Owerri
What is Referencing?
• Referencing is the act of acknowledging the sources of information used.
• Referencing is done, in order:
To show that relevant sources have been investigated
To enable the person reading our work, trace the original sources
To provide documentary support for an argument
• Adequate referencing ensures that one is not accused of plagiarism.
• Works that should be referenced include:
theories,
ideas,
illustrations and
Diagrams
• Works not to be referenced:
Individual conversation that can not be retrieved.
Common ideas and concepts.
Terms associated with Referencing
Citation
• Citation is an expression in a work, showing the source(s) of information.
A citation can include the author's name, date, numbers etc.
Reference list
• A reference list presents all the information sources mentioned in the work.
Referencing and Citation Style
• A referencing and citation style is : a set of rules on how to acknowledge the sources.
 how the information is ordered, punctuated and formatted
• Examples of Referencing Styles Include:
APA (American Psychological Association) Style
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) style
MLA (Modern Language Association) style
Chicago Style
Introduction to Mendeley
• Mendeley is a free software by Elsevier.
 It is a reference manager and academic social networking platform.
Most Operating systems
• Mendeley can work in many operating systems.
 Windows, macOS and Linux
• Mendeley enables one to:
 Automatically generate citations and bibliographies,
 Collaborate easily with other researchers online, Most Browsers
 Easily import papers from other research software,
 Find relevant papers based on what you're reading,
 Access your papers from anywhere online,
 Read papers on the go, with Mobile apps

Desktop Web Mobile


Mendeley Introduction Cont.
• Mendeley Platforms include:
 Mendeley web: Online social network,
 Mendeley Desktop,
 Web Importer and
 Mobile Application.

• Mendeley requires the user to store all basic citation data on its servers.
Offers free 2GB web storage space for a registered user.
Storage space is upgradeable at a cost.

• User account enables one to utilize Mendeley.


Synchronization makes it possible for materials to be accessed from all platforms.
Create a Mendeley Account: www.mendeley.com
(Fill out the Form)
Mendeley Web: an online social network for researchers
Download and install the Mendeley desktop
 Download the Mendeley Desktop by
dropping down the arrow and selecting
Download.

 Download the Mendeley


Desktop.
Using Mendeley Desktop

• Launch the Mendeley Desktop.


• Sign in to your account.
 Launch the Mendeley Desktop

 Type in your account details to sign


in.

 Click on Sign In button.


Install the Web Importer and MS Word Plugin from Mendeley
Desktop

The Web Importer helps you to


grab documents from web pages.
The MS Word Plugin helps
Mendeley to work with your Word
Processor

Details of papers are


Books in the Library are displayed
displayed here.
here.
Populating the library
 Drop down the Add Tab, to add
files.
Importing Citation
 Click on File
 Select Import
 Select the Citation format
 You can create a
Library Management
folder
 Give it a desired  You can create a  Mark a document as Favorite.
name. group
 Give it a desired
name.

 Mark a
document as
Read.
 Filter the
documents to
display
Preview Panel
 Open PDF Viewer
 The preview panel
PDF Viewer
 Open PDF Viewer  Details of the PDF
document
Using the Web Importer
 Launch the Web Importer
Adding Citation to a document

 Search citation by
Author’s name, year,
keyword
 Select from a list of
suggested citations
 Drop your cursor where  Click Ok
you want to insert the
citation.
 Click on the Insert Citation
Tab
Adding Bibliography with Mendeley

 Drop your cursor


where you want to
insert the Reference
List.
 Click on the Insert
Bibliography Tab.
Choosing the Referencing Style

 Select the
desired
referencing
style
Thank you for Listening
Reginald Ekene Ogu
[email protected]

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