HIN Mendeley Tutorials

Some web tutorials to get clients started using Mendeley:

1. Setting up an Account-http://www.screencast.com/t/mj3FbV4kEE
2. Creating Your Library-http://www.screencast.com/t/JFiGFxp99U
3. Get Full Text-http://www.screencast.com/t/LI1WFvmeAD
4. Organizing Your Library-http://www.screencast.com/t/bD2x3lEJUOx

Citation Management Materials on SharePoint

I have just posted a bunch of my recent instruction materials on reference management tools in the documents library on SharePoint. There are slides and handouts for my recent session on choosing a reference management tool, along with my EndNote in 30 Minutes presentation and handouts. Caitlin's recent summer  camp session on EndNote is there too. If you create materials for any citation management tools, please add them!

Refworks, Mendeley, Zotero

Dean Guistini has just posted a comparison of these 3 tools, identifying pros and cons.
http://blogs.ubc.ca/dean/2012/06/refworks-vs-mendeley-and-zotero/

Which citation manager works best with an iPad?

I'm on the HSL reference desk this afternoon, and received this interesting question. Which is the best? I left it in the hands of the client but thought I would share what I discovered and invite others to weigh in:

Mendeley:

• Has an app for iPad (and iPhone, iPod touch)


• The app is pretty awesome, syncs automatically with the web version of Mendeley


• Whatever PDFs you have synced will be stored in your app BUT you can't save new PDFs to the app, it must be saved to the desktop version of Mendeley


• Can access SFX links through the "web version" of the record

Refworks:

• Has a mobile version of the site, which is nice for smart phones BUT for iPad you are better off using the full version, this renders nicely on the iPad


• Don't get sfx links with mobile version (at least I couldn't see them)


• I said that this citation manager was best supported by staff and by vendor

Endnote:

• Has a mobile version of site

Mendelay Webinar

Mendelay for Librarians Webinar

Friday, May 20, 2011 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/280254680

Webinar Registration

Mendeley is a cross-platform application (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS) that helps researchers organize their research documents, collaborate with colleagues, and discover new research. Researchers can set up collaborative projects, work and discuss in groups, and share data on Mendeley’s web platform. Mendeley users’ research paper collections are anonymously pooled on the web platform, creating a crowdsourced research database with a unique layer of social information – each research paper is connected with socio-demographic information about its audience. This data is made available to the public via Mendeley’s API, enabling research groups to build applications on top of it.

This session will cover:

- Mendeley as a company

- How Mendeley works

- What librarians need to know about Mendeley

- The impact Mendeley is having on the research process

- Some specific examples / API demonstrations

- Q & A