Also, The Style dropdown box will not display a bibliographic style until you have inserted your first citation. Please note that you can only add citations from Mendeley Desktop, not Mendeley Web.

Note: A new product called Mendeley Cite has been developed, but still has some issues. Look for the Install link in the Tools menu of Mendeley Desktop. Select your reference from the list, and click ‘Cite’ to have Mendeley insert the citation and take you back to your Word document. The plugin allows you to insert citations and bibliographies into your Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, or BibTeX document. If you are using Word on Windows, the Mendeley Plugin will be integrated in the Word Ribbon. There will now be a temporary button in the top bar that says ‘Cite’. Using both on the same document will yield two sets of citations and two bibliographies'.

The citation tool installs very quickly and will confirm once it. Windows: Mac OSX: Mendeley will detect which word processor (s) you have installed, so the options available to you may vary. Open the Tools Menu and select the appropriate option. This button will open up your Mendeley Desktop, with one small difference. Note that 'MS Word’s citation system is not the same system used by Mendeley. Ensure your word processor is closed before attempting to install the plugin. If you can’t remember the author or title of the article you’re looking for, or if you’d like to browse your library for more references, you can click ‘Go To Mendeley’ in the Citation pop-up. Select the article or book, and click ‘ok’ to automatically cite that text in Word.Type in the name of the author, part of the title, or the year of the citation and Mendeley will show you a list of matches from your library.Click ‘Insert or Edit Citation’ A new window will pop up.You will be prompted to sign into Mendeley Desktop using your Mendeley online login details. Start by downloading ZMendeley Desktop’ to your computer. Point your cursor where you want to add the citation From here you can access three downloads, Mendeley Desktop, Web Importer, and Citation Plugin for Word.

Mendeley citation plugin