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Mendeley: PubMed

Reference Management Program

PubMed to Mendeley

  • In PubMed - check/select the records to be transferred
  • Choose Citation Manager from Send to drop-down menu in PubMed and download citations to your desktop
  • Drag and drop the file from the saved location into your Mendeley desktop application
    • You can also use the Mendeley Web Importer to add citations to your Mendeley library
    • You can also download the PDF (full-text article) and drag and drop it into Mendeley desktop (easiest)

 

Sync PDFs

Click on the Edit Settings for an individual folder and you have the ability to synchronize PDFs to your Mendeley web account.

PubMed PMID

You can add the PMID number from PubMed record in Mendeley desktop and Mendeley will extract the information from PubMed and populate your library.