/Firefox-mendeley

An unofficial firefox add-on for Mendeley on Firefox before they made an official one. Click the icon and the Mendeley import box will open.

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Unofficial Mendeley Importer for Firefox [Deprecated]

A firefox addon that calls the Mendeley importer to cite the current page. Click the icon and the Mendeley import box will open.

To install

Download mendeley_unofficial.xpi. There are two methods.

  • Easy: Drag the file onto your firefox window,
  • Hard: Install the xpi file. Open Firefox and go to Tools>Addons>>install add on from file then navigate to your download location and select the @mendeley_unofficial.xpi file.

About

Calls the Mendeley importer (maintained by Mendeley) to cite the current page. This is primarily for academic web pages that are often behind paywalls. A good open access journal article to test is PLoS.

Icon source.

Screenshots

The icon on the right of the add-on bar alongside pocket, Evernote, sync, and downloads:

icon in add-on bar

The opened dialogue is called from Mendeley directly, so works anywhere the bookmark would.

screenshot of web importer