How to Use Mendeley With Jenni AI to Import Your Library and Cite Sources
If your sources live in Mendeley, it gets annoying fast bouncing between your library and your draft. You end up breaking your writing flow just to double check a title, author, or which paper you meant to cite.
In this guide, you will learn how to import a Mendeley collection into Jenni so your sources show up in your Jenni Library and are ready to reference while you write.
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What changes after you import Mendeley into Jenni
When you import a Mendeley collection into Jenni, you are basically bringing your existing library into the same place where you write. Instead of hopping between tools mid draft, your sources sit inside Jenni and stay easy to reference as your paper grows.
Your Mendeley collection appears in your Jenni Library as sources
You spend less time switching tabs or searching in a separate app
Your references stay easier to manage while drafting and revising
Quick prep to avoid messy imports
Before you import, do a quick check so you bring in the right folder and keep your Jenni Library clean.
Pick the one Mendeley folder you actually need for your current project
Do a quick cleanup if needed: remove duplicates, archive irrelevant papers, and organize your folders
Confirm you can sign in to the correct Mendeley account
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Step by step: Import your Mendeley library into Jenni
Open Library in Jenni
Click the upload arrow
Select Mendeley
Sign in to your Mendeley account
Choose your collection folder
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Upload and confirm it appears in Jenni.
You should now see your imported sources inside your Jenni Library.
Common Mendeley import issues (quick fixes)
Wrong folder imported → retry the import and pick the correct collection
Signed into the wrong account → sign out, then log back in with the account that owns the folder
Library looks too big → start with one project folder first, then import more later
If you want alternative ways to bring sources in, check How to Add Sources to Jenni AI Library: Zotero, Mendeley, BibTeX, RIS, DOI, PDFs
Mendeley or Zotero, which one fits you better
If you already maintain your collections in Mendeley, stick with it. If your collaborators live in Zotero, it can be easier to align with them so sharing and handoffs are smoother. Either way, the best choice is the one you will actually keep updated, because that is the library you will want inside Jenni.
For the Zotero walkthrough, see Zotero integration with Jenni AI
If you are working on a review heavy project, this setup pairs well with How to Organize Your Research Library for a Systematic Review
A simple writing workflow once your Mendeley sources are in Jenni
Now that your Mendeley sources are inside your Jenni Library, you can keep the writing flow smooth without hopping back and forth to hunt down references.
Start your draft in Jenni.
Reference sources from your imported Library as you write.
Keep references consistent as you revise, so you are not fixing everything at the end.
Bring your Mendeley sources into your writing flow
Once you import a Mendeley collection into Jenni, your sources are already in place while you draft, so referencing them feels smoother and you spend less time switching between tools.
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Start with one project folder first, the one tied to what you are writing right now. After it looks clean in your Jenni Library, you can always import more folders later.