BIOL 423L: Lab Experiments in Genetics
Mendeley Reference Manager
Mendeley is a free reference management system that allows you to collect, manage, cite, create groups, and share research. Mendeley works with Microsoft Word and inserts citations into research papers and creates bibliographies from the citations.
Adding References
Download and add the Web Importer bookmarklet. 
- Save the bookmarklet following the instructions per your web browser
- Find an article in one of the databases
- Click the Mendeley bookmarklet
- Review the metadata details and "save"
Here are a few more ways to add references to Mendeley.
Syncing with Mendeley Online
Saving your Mendeley Library online allows you to access your citations from anywhere.
- Go to the Mendeley website and sign in to your account
- Open up your Mendeley Desktop
- Choose "Sync Files" in your Desktop toolbar
- Your desktop and your online libraries are now synced, remember to continue to sync the libraries every time you make changes. Syncing is not automatic.
Cite in MS Word
To install the Mendeley Plugin you need to first close Word and then on Mendeley Desktop go to Tools > Install MS Word Plugin.
Mendeley will appear in MS Word References tab.
For instructions and screenshots, see the Mendeley Library Guide.
Journal Abbreviations for specific citation styles can be found under the "View - Citation Style" menu of your Mendeley desktop toolbar.
More Help
Search FAQ's on Mendeley's support site.
Visit Mendeley's Help Guides
For a more in-depth look at Mendeley's features, check out our Mendeley Library Guide.
Mendeley Citation Editor Instructions
Finding Resources for your Paper
Where to start?
Find scholarly research material
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BIOSIS Citation Index
- Citation and abstract database with access to many of the articles through the library
- Covers the area of life sciences research from 1926 to present
- Includes journals, books, reports, meetings, and patents
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PubMedDatabase of biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine covering journal articles about medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, biology and public health from 1950 to the present; multiple mobile apps available, provides access to MEDLINE, etc. Includes links to full text of UNC-CH's electronic journal subscriptions.
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ScopusA large citation and abstracting database providing comprehensive coverage of the peer-reviewed journal and conference literature, with links to full-text where available through the library; includes scientific, technical, medical, social science and arts and humanities disciplines and indexes over 20,500 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers including over 340 book series. Like Web of Science, Scopus allows researchers to perform citation searches to see how many times a work has been cited, by whom, and to rank searches by times cited, for the period 1996 -present, as well as its curated index of over 375 scientific web pages and over 24 million patents.
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