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Using the Microsoft Word Plugin

In addition to helping you manage your materials and organise your research, Mendeley can significantly speed up the process of writing your own papers. The Citation Plugin allows you to quickly and easily cite materials that you’ve added to your Mendeley library - as well as generating a full bibliography of the materials you’ve referenced in the paper. Best of all, it allows you to completely restyle all of the references you’ve inserted into a paper with just a couple of clicks.

Install the Plugin in 2 steps

1. Close all Word documents

2. Click on "Install MS Word Plugin" under the "Tools" menu

Insert citations in MS Word

1. Open your Word document and you can find the Mendeley Plugin under the "References" tab (In Microsoft Word for Mac, the tool will appear as a separate panel which can be positioned wherever you like.)

2. Position your cursor where you want your citation to appear and click the "Insert Citation" button on the tool bar.

3. Search for the reference you want and insert the citation.

4. To manage the citation style, you can use the "Style:" dropdown list on the tool bar. It's recommended to choose "American Psychological Association 6th edition" as your default citation style.

5. After inserting all the citations you need, you can use the "Insert Bibliography" button on the tool bar to create a bibliography of all the materials you’ve cited.

Some tips for citing with Mendeley

Copy any citation directly from Mendeley for pasting into email or text documents

Right click the reference and select "Copy As" and choose "Formatted Citation" in Mendeley Desktop. Then, you can paste the citation into email or text documents.

You can select more than one citation at a time. The citation style could be changed under "Citation Style" in the "View" menu.

Adding multiple citations

Instead of pressing "OK" after identifying a source in the Citation Editor, simply search for another source to reference using the same interface.

You can also merge citations into a single, properly styled reference by highlighting the references you need to merge and press the "Merge Citations" button on the toolbar.

More Citation Style

You can open the Citation Styles menu by selecting "More Styles..." under the "Style:" dropdown list, and:

Collaborating with colleagues

You can share your working document with other colleagues who are also using Mendeley. However, if they don't have a cited reference in their library, they will be prompted to add the missing item.

So, please choose the appropriate group from the dropdown menu in the Citation Editor and ensure any papers you intend to cite are also added to this group.

Generating Citations with the MS Word Plug-ins