Mendeley Desktop

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.

This Guide covers Mendeley Desktop, which is no longer being developed. The legacy version is available to download (see the Mendeley blog) but encourage existing users and recommend new users use the current version of Mendeley, called Mendeley Reference Manager. See our guide to Mendeley.

Mendeley has developed a new desktop app, called Mendeley Reference Manager. This blog post from Mendeley addresses the rationale behind the change.

There is also a new add-in for MS Word, called Mendeley Cite, which can be used without the desktop app.

Mendeley have guidance on all applications:

Mendeley Desktop continues to be available for existing users but is no longer available to download and is no longer under development. For guidance on using the new Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Cite and Mendeley Web, see our Mendeley guide.