Meet Mendeley: a powerful referencing tool that does the hard work for you!

Are you looking for a way to manage your references and create reference lists for your assignments or thesis? If so, you may wish to consider using Mendeley.

What is it?

Mendeley is a free reference manager that helps you store and organise your references from anywhere via an internet connection.

How can it help me?

Mendeley will help you to:

• organise your references in one place – you can create folders and tags for specific topics
• read, highlight and annotate PDFs in your library
• easily insert citations into your documents, and create your reference lists in line with the APA7 Author-Date and NLM numbered referencing styles (as well as many other journal styles) using Mendeley Cite.

Specific features of the free Mendeley service which make it popular among academics are:

• A Mendeley Web Importer plugin which can be added to your browser to enable search results to be easily imported from websites and databases, including PDFs where available
• The option to drag and drop documents into your Mendeley library
• A search facility across all references within Mendeley to find citations to add to your library
• Up to 2GB storage space and the option to create five private groups with up to 25 members (ideal for group projects!)

Mendeley is a useful tool for helping you with citing and referencing but it is not always perfect. Having an understanding of referencing styles remains important as it will allow you to review and check that Mendeley is referencing correctly.

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Want to learn more? 

Check out our guide for using Mendeley. 

We also offer regular training sessions on using Mendeley to get you started.

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