How to use Mendeley Desktop, Web Importer & MS Word Plugin (Full Tutorial)

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Learn how to use Mendeley Desktop, Web Importer & MS Word Plugin to manage your references and citations with ease. This tutorial walks you through the process step by step, from installation to citation in Word.
Covered in this video:
00:00 Intro & Overview
00:45 - Installation & Setup
01:35 - Reference Building
06:27 - Citation & Bibliography Creation
08:51 - Inserting a reference list
09:25 - Recap
Installation & Setup:
- How to install Mendeley Desktop
- How to install Mendeley Web Importer
- How to install the Mendeley MS Word Plugin
Tutorial - Reference Building:
- How to populate Mendeley using drag & drop
- How to populate Mendeley using Mendeley literature search
- How to populate Mendeley using Web Importer
- How to populate Mendeley using manual entry
Tutorial - Citation & Bibliography Creation:
- How to change the reference style in Word
- How to add new reference styles in Word
- How to insert citations in Word
- How to edit citations to give the author the leading voice
- How to create a reference list/bibliography
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[@festnotfirst]

I literally put my hands on my head when he inserted the bibliography. Obviously, I've been doing it manually making things difficult for myself. Thanks for the video

[@snsf14]

my mouth dropped damn

[@memmmmmwooooooo4241]

yes!!!! that was my reaction as well.

[@Deborah28277]

SAME!!! This will be so helpful. Now I have to find how to tell Mendeley to update my references if I remove a citation. Anyone know?

[@sunnygibbs925]

😂

[@Amba_Aradam]

Did your universities show you these programs? Mine didn't, and it's such a shame, lot of tedious work and time that could have been saved so easily. The ability to use this software really should become a part of the curriculum.

[@ugochiegbeagu9784]

Thanks Derek. Your tutorial just made referencing so easy. This is time saving. No more manual/analogue method of referencing

[@msadiqshah]

One of the best tutorial i have ever watched

[@tanya.3812]

I've had Mendeley installed for two years now. Been using Word like the last person who commented...and now it's time to innovate my referencing methods. :D

[@arturosotogonzalez2445]

This is the best introduction to Mendeley I ever had. Thanks, Derek

[@GradCoach]

Great to hear that :)
Good luck with your research

[@janemutune6110]

Thank you for helping transit from analogue to digital literature search and citation , Kudos!!!!

[@mutsyahidana7544]

never thought it was this easy. thanks for this straight forward tutorial!

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This was a very helpful video. well done and keep on making more stuff like this.

[@sriparnapaul8888]

Thank you, Grad Coach for this brilliant introductory to Mendeley. I were unable to open in my laptop but with the help of your guidance I am able to work on Mendeley software now. Thank you so much for this informative video. Keep creating more videos like this.

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Really, it is a great piece of information

[@idealmatt7812]

Thanks for the info, Can't wait to start my thesis with this new tool!

[@pallavidhabekar4958]

Thank you so much, I understood mendley software in just 10 mins because of your easy tutorial. Keep doing good work! 😊

[@GradCoach]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@farukaliyu8193]

Derek, your teaching method is so amazing, easy to follow and faster to practice. You really make my day. Great.

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[@spanda4758]

Thanks a lot. Really no one had ever helped me in preparing literature review. thanks again

[@willlumi5919]

Saved my life! Now I can finally write my thesis in a more optimal way. Thank you so much :DDD

[@GradCoach]

It's a pleasure, Williane :)

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This is awesome. You just saved me a lot of stress and won for yourself a new subscriber!

[@kjohn4330]

Thank goodness for Derek! Total newbie starting out on an MSc - this will save me soooo much time and energy - thank you!

[@iganyaabba5214]

Thank you so much Derek, i had been doing my referencing manually but this is great! Thank you for this video.

[@rupalisetia]

Thank you so much! This has helped me in citing references for my first paper. In these times CZcams is really helping. Keep on making more informative videos.

[@abdiigadaa5923]

Before I watched your video, I don't have a skill of using software for citation. Know, I am benefited from your tutorial! Thank you very much!

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Man, thank you so much for this!!!! I am working on my master thesis right now and I did not know this software before!!! A HUGE HELP!!!! thank you so much!

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Dude, you are a legend! Thanks for this

[@thanura.m]

Did all things manually until now! Thanks for the clear explanation !! This helps !!!

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You guys certainly have a way of making things look so easy ... very encouraging, thank you

[@GradCoach]

Thanks for the feedback, Tinashe.

[@sunnyyoda5511]

Extremely helpful video Thank You So Much!

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This is absolutely amazing, so much easier to understand...especially when studying through distance learning.

[@GradCoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lizlaura2323]

Thanks Man! How can I thank you enough!!

[@connyb515]

I can't thank you enough! That was very helpful. Using it already for my bachelor thesis :))

[@williamvaledis1915]

Excellent tutorial, much appreciate it. It was clear, quick and got to the point so many thanks.

[@paigelewington1475]

Great video, really clear and to the point! Much appreciated

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Great Man! you are a COACH. thank you for helping people who are struggling in writing research work.

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Great job! I have learned a lot from this video. I really appreciate how you are bringing the classroom to our rooms.

[@GradCoach]

Thanks, Daniel :)

[@TheBathroomGirl]

thanks so much for this tutorial.. really helpful!!

[@paolalique2044]

Thank you so much. I always struggle with medicine articles references but now I believe it might be much much easier.

[@mmerte7166]

this video taught me mendeley from scratch in a few minutes. good job

[@GradCoach]

Great to hear that.

[@RLWolf-pr3zr]

Excellent tutorial. Can't wait to start using Mendeley.

[@etxeberre1]

Before this, i was doing it manually in word like an idiot.

[@drnvz]

Feel your pain... me too! Cannot do that for my Doctorate... I could never get the other ref managers to work properly. Fingers crossed that all goes well with this. Good luck your side.

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Here's one more idiot, Me Me Me!! lol

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And me. Lol

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You are indeed a coach. My supervisor ask me to use Mendeley but I struggled with it in the past. Thanks a lot.

[@GradCoach]

You are so welcome!

[@Nickster7]

what an amazingly helpful video, thank you so much!!

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Hello, thank you for giving an easy and clear explanation. Cheers!

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Fantastic software. Well explained and easy to follow the instructions. Thanks Direk.

[@professor_ricardo_castro]

Thanks a lot for the simplicity of the tutorial, helped a lot!

[@GradCoach]

Pleasure, Ricardo!

[@sterlingteaches]

Thanks for the clear concise explanation!

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This guy is a good teacher, he is on point explains in a way that is irresistible. Thumbs up

[@GradCoach]

Thanks!

[@Lou-dn1kc]

A sincere ''thank you'' to you, sir. Simple, helpful, to the point. Cheers.

[@GradCoach]

You're welcome! Thanks for the kind words.

[@christavanschalkwyk3616]

Saving me loads of time! Thank you!!

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AMAZINGGGGG .. millions of thanks Derek :)

[@jbarneft4427]

i was stressing over having to learn this last year and you made it so easy for me, thank you.

[@GradCoach]

Glad I could help!

[@shabangomaa]

Thank you, very clear illustration.

[@manasilimaye5144]

you were really clear thank you! helped a lot

[@plussportive]

you just made Mendeley easy your video is the best. Easy to understand and well explained

[@zainoliprm]

Very helpful, save a lot of time writing up the reference. Cheers

[@rasidaapandi2546]

Very great instructions and easy to understand! Thanks!

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This was so useful! Thank you!

[@MisterAadj]

still relevant today, great vid.

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Great descriptions, God bless you.

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Cheers brother!

[@peshetu]

You just saved my Masters...thank you!

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Thanks for the info! Great video!

[@chiranjitghosh8375]

This video solved my problem for which I spent a couple of hours for troubleshooting. Basic things are clearly described here. Thanks

[@GradCoach]

Great!

[@mufsinpp1699]

clear explanation. thank you!

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Thank you so much for covering this in great detail. You've really saved me so much time (and helped me not panic) :)

[@GradCoach]

Glad it helped!

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This is awesome. Thank you so much for the tutorial. this was very helpful.

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Thank you so much. Very helpful, Derrick.

[@GradCoach]

Glad it was helpful!

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Thank you so much for this tutorial. With just few minutes, I'm now ready to use Mendeley!

[@GradCoach]

Great!

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A great video, thank you for being so clear, concise, and informative. Keep it up!

[@GradCoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Super helpful, thank you!

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This is great. Thank you.

[@CSKIUGLT]

wonderful Derek... you made my day

[@DrDinooshDeLivera]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@GradCoach]

Welcome

[@tanyailieva2324]

Thank you, Derek! Very nicely designed, easy to understand and follow. Greetings from Bulgaria :)

[@GradCoach]

You're very welcome!

[@turalrzazade8626]

Thank you for your explanation! Quite useful!

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Thank you for the tutorial! Helps me a lot. So easy to understand. 😍

[@GradCoach]

It's a pleasure - glad it helped you!

[@amethyst202002]

Great Job! Thank you...concise and informative

[@maureenlibwob3612]

Thanks, you've saved my life.

[@earlishawhitfieldphd4278]

I was manually writing my references 😮! Thank you!

[@arinzeashiakpa5984]

Thank you so much Mr. Derrick

[@manus.achuthan9819]

Thanks Derek, that was pretty useful

[@UmarRuhi]

Great tutorial Derek! just a note that the "Literature Search" feature in Mendeley is based on a community crowd-sourced research database, and not the original publisher databases. The implication here is that we shouldn't depend on the source entries to be accurate or complete. Just thought I'd add this here for the benefit of your viewers.

[@GradCoach]

Great comment, Umar. Yes, one should always double check all info in each entry to make sure its 100%.

[@dr.faisalramzan]

Then which other source we use for this purpose?

[@suefranklin968]

Thanks Derek for this video, super helpful!

[@GradCoach]

You're welcome, Sue.

[@ngoclanpham696]

OMG I'm new to Mendeley and your tutorial is just awesome. It saves me lots of time now. Thank youuu

[@GradCoach]

You're welcome. Glad it was useful.

[@kd1only]

Thanks a million. This is helpful.

[@yohannesm3592]

Dear Derek from Grad Coach, Good job bro and it was nice video. You addressed key things with in 10 minutes. Thank you very much and I appreciate that.

[@GradCoach]

Thanks Yohannes! Appreciate the feedback

[@faliloudiouf4953]

Hi, Derek. Great series of tutorials. Leaning quite a lot. Thanks.

[@GradCoach]

Glad you like them!

[@juanpaulofernando909]

Thank you so much Dude (y) very helpful to my project study. :)

[@danicvisionseyecare]

Referencing made easy. Thank You Derek for this wonderful lecture

[@GradCoach]

You're very welcome!

[@theresaschmid984]

this is amazing, thanks for your help !

[@GradCoach]

My pleasure, Theresa :)

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thank you so much !!!

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Thanks. Very helpful! Cheers!

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Thank you for sharing this!

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valuable video,help me a lot thank you.

[@MariaKiloukiotou_markilou]

thank you Derek, very very very useful!

[@GradCoach]

You're welcome, Maria.

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Short and sweet!! I can start working on my literature review right away!

[@GradCoach]

Glad it helped :)

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This is so easy, informative, and straightforward tutorial. Job well done.

[@GradCoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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this is really helping me out,thank you

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thanks! very helpful

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Very helpful, thanks!