Workshops: A different way of managing references

Mendeley is a free bibliographic reference manager and an academic social network that enhances productivity, facilitates online collaboration, makes finding new publications easier, and improves the organization of bibliography. It has mobile applications for tablet and smartphone (iOS® and Android®) that allow remote access to documents and references. It permits the creation of an academic profile where the author's publications can be placed, and allows the creation of private groups (makes it possible to share documents and references) and public groups (only allows to share references). It also has a plugin for Internet browsers, which makes it possible to extract metadata from the obtained references in a database search directly to each user's personal library.

This training will consist of three workshops with progressive levels of content:

1^st Workshop: What is the Mendeley platform and how to use it (Introductory)
2^nd Workshop: Swap your current software and start to share (Intermediate)
3^rd Workshop: Importing external searches and managing groups (Advanced)

Instructor:  Jorge Sinval, Mendeley Advisor

Detailed information about each workshop:

1^st WORKSHOP:
What is the Mendeley platform and how to use it
(Introductory)

February 8 | 14: 00-15: 30 | Corino de Andrade Auditorium
Max. 30 participants; Min. 15 participants
Requirements: personal computer with Mendeley installed

Presentation of the Mendeley platform and of the core features of this tool. The most common ways to work with this tool will be presented, such as adding, organizing and reading documents through Mendeley Desktop. It’s an ideal session for users with no previous Mendeley experience or any other reference management program.

2^nd WORKSHOP:
Swap your current software and start to share
(Intermediate)

February 15 | 14: 00-15: 30 | Corino de Andrade Auditorium
Max. 20 participants; Min. 10 participants
Requirements: personal computer with Mendeley installed; other reference manager software installed; Smartphone / tablet (iOS® or Android®)

Moving from other bibliographic reference management software (EndNote, Zotero, ReadCube) by exporting and importing the entire personal bibliography. Introduction to Mendeley Mobile for smartphones and tablets (iOS® and Android®), and discovering the reading experience on it. It’s an ideal session for users with prior experience in bibliographic management software, and want to consider adopting Mendeley as a productivity tool.

3^rd WORKSHOP:
Importing external searches and managing groups
(Advanced)

February 22nd | 14: 00-15: 30 | Meeting room F
Max 15 participants; Min. 7 participants

Requirements: personal computer with Mendeley installed; Smartphone / tablet (iOS® or Android®)
This session is especially indicated for those who already have experience with the Mendeley platform and that want to learn advanced functionalities, as editing / developing CSL reference styles. The results of external searches (for example, discovery.up.pt) will be imported to Mendeley, and the strategies to clean and improve the organization of the personal library will also be approached.

Target audience: i3S students and researchers

Official language: Portuguese

Registrations

This training will consist of three workshops with progressive level of contents. The participants will be able to enroll in the session/s that is/are more appropriate to their level of experience with Mendeley / other reference managers.
The participants must have the necessary material for each workshop in which they pretend to enroll.
The sessions must have a minimum number of registrations, or they won’t be done. The confirmation of the workshop will be informed on February 1st, 2017.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.
Deadline for registration: January 30^th

Registrations are now closed. If you wish to be included in the waiting list, please contact the Events department at events@i3s.up.pt.