IT Subject Guide: Reference Management Software

Why use Mendeley?

Mendeley is a free, easy to use desktop application to help collect, organise, cite and share references.. Features of Mendeley include:

• Works with many word processing applications such as Microsoft Word and LibreOffice to create citations and bibliographies
• From within your citation library, read, annotate and highlight PDFs
• Enables collaboration and sharing
• Webpages can be captured using the Web Importer

Mendeley Reference Manager is a free web and desktop reference management application. It helps you simplify your reference management workflow so you can focus on achieving your goals.

With Mendeley Reference Manager you can:

• Store, organise and search all your references from just one library.
• Seamlessly insert references and bibliographies into your Microsoft® Word documents using Mendeley Cite.
• Read, highlight and annotate PDFs, and keep all your thoughts across multiple documents in one place.
• Collaborate with others by sharing references and ideas.

The Mendeley website includes guides to using the application, including installation, adding references to your library, creating bibliographies and sharing your library.