Mendeley guide

You can find Mendeley Cite add-in in the Word Home menu tools Add-ins, where it can be activated.  It will then appear as a red icon in the References tab of Word.

Please note that you can use the utility only after you sign up to Mendeley.

Inserting and editing a citation

You can add citations in a Word document in the following way:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert a citation in your document.
2. Open Mendeley Cite add-in by clicking the red icon, which opens a window showing all your Mendeley references.
3. Select the check box of the reference(s) you wish to insert.
4. Finally, click Incert citation.

You can edit citations as follows:

1. Click on the reference you want to edit.
2. Click Edit citation, which will open the edit window.
3. Make the necessary changes to the reference and click Done.

Choosing a citation style

The appearance of references and bibliography is determined by the style that is currently used. Centria University of Applied Sciences uses the Harvard referencing style. Mendeley doesn't have the exact style Centria uses, but it's mostly Taylor & Francis - Harvard X, for example. To apply for that style, go to the Citation Settings tab in the Mendeley Cite window, which displays the style currently in use. Click the Change Citation style button, which opens a list of all the reference styles installed. Search and select the style and then click Update citation style. After the change, your work will be updated to use the new style.

You can make the style look like the one that Centria is using by making changes to both references and bibliography.

Creating a bibliography

After you have inserted one or more citations you can use Mendeley Cite to automatically create a bibliography of all the references you’ve cited.

1. Position the cursor where you want the bibliography to appear in your document.
2. In Mendeley Cite, click ... (= dot icon) > Insert Bibliography.