Web importer

The Web Importer lets you import references and documents from a wide range of academic databases. In addition to this it lets you save a snapshot of any webpage you are viewing.

1. Install the Web Importer:

   Import to Mendeley

   To install the Web Importer, you can either drag the "Import To Mendeley" button to your bookmarks toolbar, or you can right-click this button and choose to add this link to your bookmarks.

   To install the Web Importer, drag the "Import To Mendeley" button to your bookmarks toolbar. Make sure you enable the "Always Show Bookmarks Bar" option first. It can be found in the Google Chrome "Wrench" drop-down menu under "Tools".

   To install the Web Importer, right click the image and choose "Add to Favourites", then select "Create in" and choose the "Links" folder.

   To install the Web Importer, right click the image above and choose "Add to Favourites", then select "Create in" and choose the "Favorites bar" folder.

   To install the Web Importer, simply drag it onto your Personal Bar. You can make sure that it's displayed by selecting it in the "View" -> "Toolbars" menu.

   For the Web Importer to work, your browser's pop-up blocker needs to allow pop-ups for www.mendeley.com.
   Click here to test your pop-up blocker: Pop-up Blocker Test

   For the Web Importer to work, your browser's pop-up blocker needs to allow pop-ups for the site that you are importing from, or be disabled completely. This can be changed in Chrome's Options/Preferences.

2. Locate a document:

   You can now begin to import documents from a wide variety of sites, such as those listed below. In addition to these sites, we also support importing metadata from COinS and metatags. If you wish to add Mendeley Web Importer support for your site, please refer to the information for publishers guide.

   • ACM Portal
   • ACS Publications
   • AIP Scitation
   • Amazon
   • APS
   • APA PsycNET
   • arXiv
   • BioMedCentral
   • BioOne
   • CiNii
   • CiteseerX
   • CiteULike
   • Copac
   • DBLP
   • EBSCO
   • GBV
   • Google BookSearch
   • Google Scholar
   • IACR ePrints
   • IEEE Xplore
   • Informaworld
   • IngentaConnect
   • INIST / CNRS
   • Institute of Physics
   • ISI Web of Knowledge
   • JSTOR
   • Lancet Journals
   • MyOpenArchive
   • NASA ADS
   • Nature
   • OpticsInfoBase
   • OvidSP
   • PLoS
   • PNAS
   • PubMed
   • Refdoc
   • RePEc
   • SAGE
   • ScienceDirect
   • ScienceMag
   • Scirus
   • Spires
   • SpringerLink
   • SSRN
   • Wikipedia
   • Wiley Online Library
   • WorldCat
   • Zetoc

   Can't find the site you want to import from in the above list? Send us a suggestion, and we'll do our best to add support for your site.

3. Click the Web Importer!

   Once you've located a document you wish to import, you'll need to click on the bookmark you made earlier on either your bookmarks toolbar, or via your browser's bookmark menu. Mendeley will then automatically import this document, and the associated PDF file if possible, into your library with the option of taking a webpage snapshot as well.

   Please refer to this support article in case of any installation / popup issues.