Mendeley Reference Manager is free software which contains a combination of a desktop application, and online features. It is both a reference manager and an academic social networking tool that can help researchers organise their research, collaborate with other academics in their discipline online, and discover the latest research trends.

Discover how to access and use:

• Mendeley Web Importer (an extension for web browsers which helps you to add references to your library with full text PDFs).
• Mendeley desktop (Mac and Windows).

Mendeley Institutional Edition

Current ANU staff and students have access to the Mendeley Institutional Edition reference management tool, via the ANU Library. Sign up to Mendeley receive the following premium benefits:

• 100GB of personal and shared storage
• unlimited groups with up to 100 collaborators.

To access to the ANU Library subscription:

1. Sign in to your Mendeley account, or create an account if you do not have one. We recommend using your ANU email address.
2. Join the ANU Group. Follow the link and click the “Join this Group”. If you did not use your ANU email to set up your Mendeley account, you’ll be prompted for your ANU email address, and a link will be sent there for joining the group.

Support and training

• Mendeley support
• Mendeley Help Guides (FAQs)