Using Watch Folders in Mendeley
03/08/2018
Looking for a quick and easy way of adding documents to your Mendeley library? Wouldn’t it be great if you could add PDFs to a folder on your computer and these could be automatically imported into Mendeley? Well, actually you can!
By using a ‘watch folder’ within Mendeley, you can nominate a folder on your PC which you can ask Mendeley to keep an eye on. Every time a new PDF is added to this folder, Mendeley will automatically import it into your library.
Setting up watched folders is easy…
- Within your Mendeley Desktop, go to File > Watch Folder.
- This will bring up the folder structure on your PC. Under the ‘Watched Folders’ tab tick the folders you would like to watch, and click OK.
- Any PDF that you now add to your chosen folders will be automatically added straight into your Mendeley account.
Don’t forget there are lots of other ways you can add documents to your Mendeley account which you can read about in our previous post.
If you have any questions about Mendeley, pop into MIRC or contact us.
Categories & Tags:
Leave a comment on this post:
You might also like…
Guest Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Autumn 2021
Vincent Choi Cranfield MBA 2011: Insights from the Frontline On Thursday 11 November we were delighted to host Cranfield MBA Vincent Choi to kick off our Autumn 2021 Guest Speaker series. After so many months of ...
New modular manufacturing process for latex rubber gloves on course for net zero
In 2019 the average medical gloves used in England every month was 150 million. During the height of the pandemic (Feb 2020 - August 2021), this figure rose to 500 million. To put it into ...
Sign up to our ‘Making your research open access’ webinar – 3 December
Do you know your green from your gold? What on earth are transformational deals, and how can they help you? What does an author accepted manuscript look like? Can the Library help you access funding ...
My first weeks on the Airport Planning and Management MSc
Hi, my name is Shaun and I am 33 years old. I grew up in Birmingham but now live in London and I am a full-time student on the Airport Planning and Management MSc. ...
My Cranfield experience so far
My name is Elvis Mwesigwa and I am a Ugandan Chevening Scholar pursuing an MSc in Water and Sanitation for Development at Cranfield. I am a Civil Engineer with four years of experience in ...
Can’t find the full text you need for your research?
Did you know that if you need to read an item we don't have in print or online, we can try to get it for you from another library? Our Document Supply Service is available ...