Reviews and ratings for Mendeley Web Importer. Find out what other users think about Mendeley Web Importer and add it to your Firefox Browser. When viewing an article or a list of references in the browser, click the Mendeley Web Importer icon in the toolbar. The extension will analyse the page and retrieve metadata like title, authors. Older Version/Alternate Option. If you're using a version of Mendeley Desktop prior to v0.9.4, or need to manually create a backup due to a problem with Mendeley Desktop, you can do so by performing the following.
A major feature of Mendeley is the web importer.
Import papers, web pages and other documents directly into your Library from search engines and academic databases. Mendeley web importer is available for all major web browsers.
To get it:
1. Go to https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/web-importer on your browser of choice
2. Click the red button to install the Importer
Mendeley Web Importer For Firefox
Use the Mendeley web importer button to import citation information from:
- Academic databases
- Google Scholar
- Web pages.
Just click the button and the web importer will look for citation information on that page.
Mendeley Web Importer For Firefox
You may need to sign in to your Mendeley account if you haven't already done so.
There is a check-box option to download the full text PDFs, if found. Select the items you want to save to your Library and click 'Add'. These items will be saved to your Mendeley Web Library. Make sure to sync your Desktop Library to have them added there as well.
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Remember to always check the citation information that Mendeley imports, as it may not be 100% correct, depending on the source.