Overview: Mendeley is organized in a 3 pane (or column) design
- Left pane is "my library" where you see folders and groups
- Middle pane will list the documents contained in whatever folder you selected on the left pane
- Right pane will show the details of whatever document you have selected in the middle pane
Use folders: References may exist in more than one folder and folders can be sub-folders (drag a folder to another folder).
- Click "Create Folder" in the left pane.
- Name your folder
- Click "all documents"
- Find the reference you want to move, click to select it (you can select more than one document at a time), and then drag it over to your new folder.
- Mark your favorites by clicking the star icon in the center pane. These references can then be easily found by choosing the 'favorites' folder.
- Drag citations that you authored into the 'my publications' folder to automatically update your Mendeley profile.
- Use the search box in the upper right corner to search across the full-text of your library.
- Add tags and notes to references to make them easier to find.
- Remove duplicates by clicking the "tools" menu and selecting "check for duplicates"
- Edit any incorrect information in a reference by simply clicking in the appropriate field and making the changes.
- Globally edit author names so they are consistent. On the left pane, select "filter by authors" to display all the authors; grab the incorrect name and drag it on top of the correct name. You can update publication (journal) titles and your tags the same way.