Mendeley: Creating Bibliographies & Working with Word

To install the MS Word plug in:

To quickly copy a few references into a text document, like an email to share with a colleague or your mentor, select them in your Mendeley library and choose Edit > Copy AS> Formatted citation.  Then paste it into your document. or email.

Or simply drag and drop the highlighted citations from your Mendeley library to your document, and the formatted references will be added.

Note: There is a slight difference with MS Word on Mac.  The mac toolbar floats and looks like this:

Detailed instructions.

Insert a citation

Once the citation plugin has been installed, add your citations.

1. Place you cursor exactly where the citation will be used.
2. Click the Insert Citation button on the Word toolbar and search for references by author, title, or year from your library.  Or, click Go to Mendeley, highlight your reference and click on the temporary cite button on the desktop toolbar.  
3. After a reference has been selected, click OK.  The reference will appear in your selected area.
4. After a citation has been inserted, you may change the citation style using the drop down box titled Style.

Create a Bibliography

After at least one citation has been added to your document, click in your document, then select the Insert Bibliography option to add the bibliography.  If more citations are added, click the Refresh option to update the bibliography.

Click View → Citation Styles → More Styles to search for citation styles on Mendeley Desktop. Or use the toolbar in Microsoft Word.