Mendeley: Writing with Mendeley

Mendeley has a citation tool that can be downloaded as an add-in for Microsoft Word. You can use Mendeley Cite to:

• Search for references in your Mendeley library and insert them into the document you're working on.
• Select and insert individual or multiple references at once.
• Create a bibliography of all the references you've cited.
• Change to any of your preferred citation styles in just a few clicks.
• Cite without having Mendeley Reference Manager open or even installed - once you sign in to Mendeley Cite, your Mendeley library is downloaded from the cloud.
• Keep sight of your Word document at all times - Mendeley Cite opens as a separate panel in Word alongside your document window, not over it.

Download Mendeley Cite.

When Mendeley formats APA style citations, it does not change the capitalization of titles; it uses the same capitalization as the original source. However, many sources capitalize all words in the title, while APA uses sentence case, where only the first word in the title, the subtitle, and any proper nouns should be capitalized.

Mendeley does not provide a way to change title capitalization for APA style citations. Instead, citations need to be edited manually, either in Mendeley or in the bibliography/reference list created by Mendeley. 

After installing the add-in, Mendeley Cite can be found in the References tab in Word. By selecting Mendeley Cite, you will be prompted to sign in with your Mendeley account to access your reference library.

Follow these steps to add citations to your paper:

1. Place the cursor to where you would like to insert a citation.
2. Go to the Mendeley Cite add-in window and select the References tab. On this tab, you will be given a selection of all the references present in your Mendeley Library, and will be prompted to check the box of the reference(s) you would like to insert into your document.
3. After selecting your desired references, choose Insert citation to add the reference(s) to your document. The citation should automatically insert with the correct formatting.