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Mendeley: Citation Management

How to download and use Mendeley

Troubleshooting

  1. Make sure all Word documents are closed before downloading
  2. Alert message reads: "Sorry, Office 365 has been configured to prevent individual acquisition of Office Store add-ins" or "We can’t start the add-in because it isn’t set up properly" or "Office Store not available"

    If you are using an institutional version of Microsoft Office, these errors occur when a system administrator has blocked the ability of members of the institution to install and access add-ins in Microsoft Word. This issue is caused by the set-up of your Microsoft Office account by the administrator and is out of the control of Mendeley.

    Fortunately, this issue can be easily resolve by your system administrator. To do so, please request the ability to install Mendeley Cite. Step-by-step instructions for deploying Office add-ins can be found here, please share this link with your administrator if needed.

  3. Alert message reads: "We couldn't load this add-in because we couldn't connect to the catalog" There are a number of possible causes of this error message:

  • No internet connection.
  • Add-in installation is blocked by firewall.
  • Add-in access is disabled by a security policy.
  • Add-in installation is disabled by the administrator of Office applications.

If you have checked that your internet connection is not an issue, and you are using an institutional version of Microsoft Office, this error can occur when a system administrator has blocked the access to certain add-ins.

Fortunately, this issue can be easily resolve by your system administrator. To do so, please request the ability to install Mendeley Cite. Step-by-step instructions for deploying Office add-ins can be found here, please share this link with your administrator.

You will be able to install and access Mendeley Cite if you sign in to a free Microsoft Word service (such as Word Online) using a personal Microsoft account. This way, you can install Mendeley Cite onto your own personal account in Word.

If Mendeley Cite installs, but is not working when you click on the add-in within Word, it may be an issue with your internet security settings. See this troubleshooting guide on the Mendeley website