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University Devices

You can install Mendeley on your university-managed computer. 

This software comes in two parts - a program called Mendeley Reference Manager and a Office 365 Word add-in called Mendeley Cite.

Mendeley Reference Manager

This is installed via the Software Center. 
  • Click the start button in the bottom left of your Windows screen, type the word software and click on Software Center in the search results. 
  • Once open, look for Mendeley Reference Manager in the list of software and choose to install this. 
  • Once complete there will be a shortcut on the desktop.

Word Mendeley Cite add-in
To install open Word:

  1. Click the Insert tab
  2. Click Get add-ins
  3. Click Admin Managed tab
  4. Select Mendeley Cite
  5. Click Add at the bottom. Mendeley Cite will appear in the References tab of Word shortly where you can login in using your Mendeley account details. 
  6. Choose a citation style and insert citations. This will only work if you have MS O365 on your device. If you have an older version of Office you can install MS  O365 from the Software Center.




  • Windows:
    • Mendeley can be installed from the Software Center.  User will then need to activate the word add-in (Open Word > Insert > My Add-ins > admin managed tab > Mendeley add-in.  
  • Mac: 
    • Mendeley Cite will show under "Admin Managed" section, in Office Add-Ins, along with RefWorks Citation Manager (latest Write n Cite). It's not available via the SelfService App.
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  • If you are not seeing the section above, then it's likely that you aren't properly activated/signed into their copy of O365. You may need to logout of O365 and sign-in again.