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Citation Managers: Mendeley

About

Mendeley Reference Manager a web-based citation manager that helps you simplify the tasks of building and organizing your reference library, making notes and annotations across papers, collaborating with others and inserting citations and bibliographies into the papers you’re writing.  Please note that the Mendeley Cite plug in for Microsoft Word is not compatible with Office 365.

With the Mendeley Reference Manager you can:

  • Create and manage a personal database of citations. Import and organize PDFs
  • Insert in-text citations and instantly generate bibliographies
  • Share citations and full-text, annotated articles with other Mendeley users
  • Share citations and select articles by joining and/or creating groups

Web App

Mendeley is available as a web app:

New to Mendeley? The Getting Started with Mendeley Reference Manager guide covers all the basics, from creating your first reference library, to editing and sharing citations, creating bibliographies, and more. 

See Mendeley’s Web site for pricing information on premium access.)

See also a full list of Mendeley Guides.

Help

Mendeley Video Channel (YouTube): Step-by-step video instructions on Mendeley

Mendeley Help Guides

Mendeley Support Center: A Q&A knowledge base arranged by topic.