Mendeley Cite is compatible with Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Word versions 2016 and above and with the Microsoft Word app for iPad ®. If you are using an earlier version of Word, you can use the existing Mendeley Citation Plugin for Word available with Mendeley Desktop. Find out more here. This video will show you how to install medeley plugin for MS word in Mac Operating System. This video will show you how to install medeley plugin for MS word in Mac Operating System.
Mendeley allows you to import citations and bibliographic information directly in to your Word document. (See installing the Word plug in).
Depending on whether you're working on a Mac or Windows computer the location and look of the Mendeley plugin will be slightly different, though the functionality is the same.
For Windows users the plugin will appear in the References tab of MS Word.
For Mac users the plugin will appear in the Add-ins tab of MS Word.
Before you begin adding citations you will want to select a citation style. If your style does not appear in the existing list, click the 'More Styles' link at the end of the list. Mac users click the 'Choose Citation Style' link in the Add-ins toolbar.
Here you can search for your preferred style to add it to your style list.
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To add a citation to your document first make sure you've selected your chosen citation format, then click the Insert Citation button. This is will bring up a search box which will allow you to search your existing citations.
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The search function allows you to search any part of the citation, i.e. author, title, journal, etc...
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Click on the result you would like to cite and the properly formatted citation will be added to your paper.