Mendeley

Mendeley is a free reference management software package, also known as bibliographic software, which enables you to:

• Create a personal database of references relevant to you, along with associated files, to easily manage your research;
• De-duplicate references retrieved from multiple sources (in Mendeley Desktop only, currently);
• Insert references into a Word or Libre Office document and format them automatically in a citation style of your choice;
• Showcase your work and connect and collaborate with researchers worldwide.

Mendeley have guides to Mendeley Web & Reference Manager, and Mendeley Desktop. You can also work through our guide, using the navigation menu.

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Mendeley is available via a desktop app, called Mendeley Reference Manager and through Mendeley Web. To use Mendeley with MS Word requires an add-in called Mendeley Cite, which can be used without the desktop app.

This guide covers Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Cite and Mendeley Web.

Mendeley Desktop is a legacy version of Mendeley, which is no longer being developed and no longer available to download. See our guide to Mendeley Desktop.

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