Managing Your Citations: An Overview of Citation Managers

Please refer to Mendeley Quick Start for instructions and links to resources that will help you begin using Mendeley. I invite you to email me with any questions you have or to schedule an individual consultation for personal assistance.

Managing Citations with Mendeley Workshop | Kimberly Vardeman

This 1-hour workshop will provide you with a beginner-level overview of Mendeley Desktop, a citation manager used to organize references, create a searchable library of research articles, and generate in-text citations and bibliographies. References saved to a Mendeley account are accessible from any device using the desktop software or by visiting Mendeley.com.

This workshop covers how to create a Mendeley account and install the software and plug-ins; import PDFs into Mendeley, organize a reference library, and search for new citations to add; and generate reference lists in Microsoft Word.

—It is important to credit the authors of the resources you consulted in your research. This credit is given through a proper citation that includes the original author's name, the title of the work, the date of publication—information enabling others to access the research you cited. You should cite sources when

• you use a direct or indirect quotation.
• you paraphrase or summarize someone else's writing.
• you refer to someone else's research or ideas.

• Avoiding plagiarism and academic dishonesty
• Demonstrating the originality of your research by distinguishing your ideas from those expressed by other scholars
• Showing that you examined related research

• Creating a list of citations for the resources for a bibliography, works cited, or reference list.
• Citing the resources in footnotes or endnotes.
• Citing the resources in the text of your document.
• Obtaining permission to use a quote or content created by someone else.