Step 1: Open Mendeley and Word. Click the location of the paragraph to be referenced. Step 2: At the top of the Word "References" tab, click "Insert Citation." Step 3: A small window opened. Select the "Go to Mendeley" option. Step 4: Now in Mendeley software, select all the references you want (using the Ctrl button) Step 5: Click on "Cite" option (now you can see that, top of Mendeley software) Step 6: Finally, go to Word and change the "Style" to modern humanities research association 3rd or IEEE or Nature (or any Style that a journal or university wants from you).