Downloading files and saving directly to mendeley

All you have to do is click Save in your browser. Another way to save items to your library is to use the web importer bookmarklet. However, when I get to downloading a PDF and put it into Watched Folder, a separate duplicate entry would be created in the database because only the file hash and not the DOI is verified when checking for duplication.

You should supply the names of each of the members of the unit. The organization name should be preserved in that case. Thanks for your answer. They are all Phys. Would it be possible for Mendeley to guess the proper info from the filename or to write a plugin myself to do so? Once I enter the DOI found on mendeley. I have a Mendeley Watched Folder where I put new pdfs.

I also use File Organizer so that the pdfs can be saved by author-year. Should I be deleting the external file in the details pane, and hope that Mendeley will generate a new one?

Is there a plugin for Preview or a better way than saving the articles? I may be having the same problem as Rory….

This guide is meant for versions of Mendeley prior to the version 2. If you are looking for a guide to the latest release check out the new guide. Mendeley is a free reference manager and an academic social network. Manage your research, showcase your work, connect and collaborate with over five million researchers worldwide. Drag and drop, virtual physical file manipulating joy. To make things even easier to import files into Mendeley, you can simply drag and drop a directly accessible link for a PDF document in your browser directly into Mendeley Desktop and it will be downloaded and incorporated into your library.

Please make it possible to drag and drop a PDF file already on my computer to link it to a paper already in my Mendeley desktop library. Can you do a video of how to use the shared space.

My private space is all filled up and would like to shift some of them to the shared space. David, does the duplicate detection tool not match the paper entries in Mendeley with and without PDFs linked? You should be able to merge those leaving you with only one entry, with the PDF attached. Google Scholar. ProQuest databases. ReadingLists UCL. Web of Science. Exporting references from online resources is generally the recommended way to get references into your library.

Save the file before you attempt to import it. Do not try to open the file , as it will not successfully import the references into Mendeley Reference Manager. You may also find that the default application set to open files of this type may cause files to open in another applications, e. EndNote or Zotero. You can change the default application in Windows, but Mendeley Reference Manager is not one of the available applications. You will need to export one category at a time.

The maximum number of article citations that can be exported from a single search is 20, If your search has more results, limit your results by date to reduce the size of your search to sets containing less than 20, citations. A citation for the majority of records in the Cochrane Library can be exported by using the options in the right hand menu. Explore , UCL's search tool, is a one-stop service solution for the discovery and delivery of our print and e-resources. It is essentially the Library Catalogue, but also searches across online resources, including bibliographic databases.

The quickest way to get references from Explore to Mendeley is to use the Mendeley icon button in Explore. This will export references to your Mendeley Web library:. This will import references to your Mendeley Web library.

Check that references have imported correctly, with the data in the correct fields. You can also collect items by bookmarking them and export them together in one group from My Bookmarks:. In order to export results to Mendeley, you first have to sign-in with your Elsevier i. Mendeley account credentials. After accessing Scopus via the Library Services, Databases list, click on Sign in , in the Search page, top-right hand corner.

References may also be added to the marked list and then exported. This will give you further options regarding which fields to export. Mendeley is owned by Elsevier.