

Creating an account will also create a Mendeley profile. Accounts include 2 GB of online storage for portable document format (PDF) files, citations, and other metadata. The institutional upgrade provides an analytics dashboard for the library, along with link resolver integration to facilitate access to articles from library subscriptions.Īfter downloading Mendeley, you need to create an account, which requires only an email address and can be done from any device with an Internet connection.

In addition, the premium version provides the Mendeley Suggest tool and increased training and customer service support. The premium version offers an increase of personal library space to 5 GB and 20 GB of shared library space, plus unlimited private groups of up to 25 people. The free version allows 1 private group of up to 3 people. The free version is fully functional and offers 2 gigabytes (GB) of personal library space along with 100 megabytes (MB) of shared library space. The program is available on multiple platforms, including desktop and mobile devices. Mendeley is freely available, and a premium version can be purchased via either individual or institutional subscriptions. Mendeley was founded by 3 German graduate students in 2007 and purchased by Elsevier in 2013.

Overall, it is a well-supported and used program that should provide an alternative to students who do not want to use more traditional programs. It has several exciting features as well as some drawbacks. Mendeley is a citation management program that, like Papers and similar programs, is challenging more established citation management programs, such as EndNote and RefWorks, as well as the traditional pen-and-paper method.
