Mendeley: how to add PDFs to references
In the free Mendeley version, you can add PDFs to references manually. Here's how to do this:
- Download a PDF of the article.
- Open Mendeley Desktop.
- Import the reference into your Mendeley library. OR Find and select the reference in your library.
- In the lefthand column, click the '+' next to 'Files'.
- This opens a Windows explorer window, in which you look for the article.
- Select the article and click 'Open'.
- The article is now added to the reference.
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Last modified Oct. 6, 2023, 4:04 p.m.