McMaster LibGuides: A Guide to Mendeley: Getting References into Mendeley

Mendeley Web Importer

Once the Mendeley web importer is installed, go to a web page you’d like to cite.
Click on the Mendeley icon near the address bar in your browser. A Web Importer pop-up window should open in your browser.
In the Web Importer window ...
- sign in to your Mendeley account (if not already open)
- select the checkbox next to the reference you’d like to import
- if you’d like the PDF (if one is available), check the Add PDFs if available box.
- from the drop-down list, select the library (or folder) you’d like to add your reference to and click the Add button.

Download the PDF of the item you’d like to import into Mendeley.
Select the PDF (can select multiple, if you’d like!) and simply drag and drop into Mendeley Reference Manager.

In Mendeley Reference Manager, use the Add New option to import citations from a file, manually add an entry, or import a library of citations from another reference manager product.