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■How to use Mendeley

  1. Literacy
  2. User Guide
  3. Reference management software

Contents

  1. How to access Mendeley
  2. User Registration
  3. Mendeley can be used in these ways
  4. Manual
  5. After graduation and separation from employment

1.How to access Mendeley

【On- or off- campus access】
1. Access http://www.mendeley.com/
2. Enter your registered Log-in Email address and Password from the "Sign in" menu at the top to sign in. "Sign in via your organization" is not available.

2.User Registration

The institutional version of Mendeley will be available free of charge to the members of the UTokyo until March 2027 (scheduled).
If you are using Mendeley for the first time, you will need to register as a user (create a personal account).

(How to register as a user)
1. Access https://www.mendeley.com/.
2. Click "Create a free account."
3. Fill in all fields and click the "Register" button.
4. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the address you registered. Click on the activation link (View Your Elsevier Account) in the text of the email.

If there is no access from the campus for a certain period of time, it will be changed to the free edition instead of the institutional edition.
If you do not have access to the site from within the university, please click here. After the UtokyoAccount authentication page appears, please sign in.
Now log in from http://www.mendeley.com/ → Account name on the right shoulder → Click on Settings → Click on Subscription → Make sure the Expires on date is updated.

3.Mendeley can be used in these ways

"Mendeley" is Elsevier's reference management software.
As of August 31, 2022 Mendeley Desktop is no longer available for new downloads. 
Existing Mendeley Desktop users will continue to be able to sign in, use, and synchronize with Mendeley Desktop. 

  • Mendeley has a web edition and a desktop application (Mendeley Reference Manager); the web edition and desktop application can be synchronized to keep them up-to-date at all times.
  • Reference lists created on Mendeley Web can be shared on the Internet with classes, seminars, research groups, or other specified members.
  • You can drag and drop a PDF document directly into Mendeley (Documents written in Japanese or saved as old PDF versions may not import successfully.
  • （Free online storage is provided for backup and synchronizing your library between Mendeley Desktop and Mendeley Web.）

4.Manual

5.After graduation and separation from employment

If you are using the institutional version of the University of Tokyo, you will switch to the free version one year after your last access from within the University.
If you you will use the free version, you will need to organize your saved data and private groups before the switchover, as the amount of data and other resources you can save will be reduced.
There is also a personal paid version that can be paid by credit card, so you can switch to that version.
Individual paid version: https://www.mendeley.com/settings/upgrade/ (please log in to Mendely to check)