Mendeley is a free, web-based citation management tool, reference management system, and academic social network that can help you cite works, organize your research in one place, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. It allows you to:
- Automatically generate citations and bibliographies in Microsoft/Mac Word, OpenOffice and BibTeX
- Store 2 GBs of your PDF articles for free
- Highlight and annotate your PDF articles
- Automatically back up and synchronize your library across computers, the web, and ipads/iphone
- Collaborate with other researchers online
- Search millions of papers for the latest or most popular papers in a field
- Access your papers from anywhere online
Using Mendeley at Laurier
- To install Mendeley on a Laurier-owned machine, please follow the instructions provided by ICT.
- To use the Mendeley add-on with Laurier's Office365:
- Faculty and staff: Microsoft 365 web page under the “REQUESTING THIRD-PARTY ADD-ON APPS” heading near the bottom of the page.
- Students: Microsoft Office 365 for Students web page under the “REQUESTING THIRD-PARTY ADD-ON APPS FOR M365” heading near the bottom of the page.
For more information and online help: