Manually editing citation while using Mendeley

By Priya Chetty on July 31, 2014

Since Mendeley does in-text citation automatically. However, sometimes it may happen that the citation is not proper (for example, it will show ‘Institute, 2007’ instead of ‘Institute of Technical Sciences, 2007’). This article will focus on the process one can follow for manually editing citations. In such cases, whenever one wants to edit something in a word document which was generated by using Mendeley, click on “Keep Manual Editing” to edit it.

EXAMPLE

Skilful use of positioning at every stage of the management process determines a cohesive image of a place brand. Positioning is the answer to the challenges posed by contemporary branding and allows an administrative unit to make informed amendments to the growth strategy in the context of competition and the stakeholders’ changing needs and expectations (University of Liverpool, 2010).

Now, to change ‘The University of Liverpool’ to ‘UOL’ (Abbreviation). Then just replace the words like in MS Word. After that, click anywhere else in the document.

A small window will appear:

Editing citation in Mendeley
Editing citation in Mendeley

That is it, one can easily edit the citation using the above process.

I am a management graduate with specialisation in Marketing and Finance. I have over 12 years' experience in research and analysis. This includes fundamental and applied research in the domains of management and social sciences. I am well versed with academic research principles. Over the years i have developed a mastery in different types of data analysis on different applications like SPSS, Amos, and NVIVO. My expertise lies in inferring the findings and creating actionable strategies based on them. 

Over the past decade I have also built a profile as a researcher on Project Guru's Knowledge Tank division. I have penned over 200 articles that have earned me 400+ citations so far. My Google Scholar profile can be accessed here

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