Section outline
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Mendeley: Effective Citation Management course is a self-learning guide designed to help users master the Mendeley reference management tool. Mendeley is a free reference management tool that helps researchers, students, and academics organize citations, annotate documents, and create bibliographies automatically. It simplifies the research workflow by storing all references in a single library, enabling users to insert citations directly into documents with plugins for applications like Microsoft Word, and allowing them to collaborate with others online.Through this course, users will learn how to organize their research efficiently, manage citations, create and insert references and bibliographies in various citation styles, and collaborate with other researchers online. The course covers key functionalities of Mendeley such as adding references manually, by identifiers or PDFs, using the web importer, organizing libraries with tags and collections, and integrating with word processing software like Microsoft Word for easy citation insertion.
The importance of this course lies in equipping users with skills to simplify referencing and citation processes, ensuring faster, more accurate academic writing without formatting errors. It enhances research productivity by allowing seamless management and sharing of research materials, which is crucial for academic success and scholarly communication. -
This section highlights on the introduction to Mendeley Reference Manager website and software application that help user to manage citation easily, the functions available and how to use its features effectively.
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In this section, you will learn on how to install Mendeley for Windows, Mac and Linux users.
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Completion requirements
In this section, you will learn on how to build and organize your library.
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In this section, you will learn on how to manage and understand your library.
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In this section, you will learn on how to read the article in attachment and to understand the use of annotation & highlights in your document.
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In this section, you will learn on how to use the Mendeley Cite in Microsoft Word and to generate references according to different citation style.
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In this section, you will able to know how to share references and annotate in groups.