Import papers, web pages and other documents directly into your reference library from search engines and academic databases. Mendeley Web Importer is available for all major web browsers.
Mendeley Web
In Mendeley Web, click on the drop-down arrow icon in the upper, right corner of the main toolbar.
Click "Download Mendeley" from the drop-down menu.
Click the "Find out more" button underneath the "Web Importer" section.
Click the "Get Web Importer for [browser]" button.
Follow your web browser's instructions.
Mendeley Desktop
In Mendeley Desktop, click on the Tools tab of the menu bar.
Click "Install Web Importer" from the drop-down menu.
Follow your web browser's instructions.
Once you are on the web page/resource you want to save, click on the "Mendeley Web Importer" icon in your browser navbar.
Click on the folder icon to choose where you want the imported reference to live. Otherwise, all references will be imported into the "All Documents" folder.
Click on the "+ Add to Mendeley" button.
NOTE: If there are other references on the page, Mendeley will also list them as well in case you want to import them too.
General Notes on Word's Mendeley Cite
Mendeley Cite, the Word plugin for Mendeley, will be located as a subsection of the References tab of Word’s main navigation bar.
From there, you can log into your Mendeley account to insert in-text citations and bibliographies based on the references you have in your library.
You can also change the citation style of the document mid-writing, and it will reorganize your in-text citations and reference list accordingly.
Installing Word's Mendeley Cite
Mendeley Web
Make sure that both Microsoft Word and Outlook are closed.
In Mendeley Web, click on the drop-down arrow icon in the upper, right corner of the main toolbar.
Click "Download Mendeley" from the drop-down menu.
Click the "Find out more" button underneath the "Citation Plugin" section.
Click the "Get Mendeley Cite" button.
Follow your web browser's instructions.
Mendeley Desktop
Make sure that both Microsoft Word and Outlook are closed.
In Mendeley Desktop, click on the Tools tab of the menu bar.
Click "Install MS Word Plugin" from the drop-down menu.