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Mendeley Desktop

What can I do with Mendeley?

Mendeley can collect, store, and organise your research, PDFs and notes.

Capture reference information from web pages.

  • Quickly save references with just one click in your browser.

Organise your research

  • Organise your references and notes with tags and folders.
  • Back up you and share your research

Create citations and bibliographies.

  • Works within your word processor and automatically creates citations and bibliographies.​

Build your research network

  • Create and join groups, and follow other researchers.

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Overview

 

Cost - it's free

Desktop/Online - works on both and you can synchronise across multiple devices

Storage - 2 GB free storage

Word Processor - Word, OpenOffice, LibraryOffice, NeoOffice, Google docs

Reference Style - 9000+

Mendeley storage cost

Storage Limit Cost (USD)
2 GB Free
5 GB $55 a year (equal to £4.99 per month)
10 GB $110 a year (equal to $9.99 per month)
Unlimited $165 a year (equal to $14.99 per month)
If you're planning just to store citation information and notes, then 2 GB will likely be enough storage. However, if you plan to store all your files in Mendeley, you'll need to consider the possible cost.