Mendeley is both a desktop and a web reference management program for managing and sharing research papers. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and reference management application with Mendeley Web, an online social network for researchers.

http://www.mendeley.com

• free version with restricted web space of 1GB and a max. of 5 groups with a max. of 10 people each, variabel commercial licenses
• Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux (table)
• Word Processor: "Generate citations as you write"- Plug-In for Microsoft Word, Open Office
• Language: English
• Usage: single user, desktop based / multi user, web based
• Limit: free up to 1 GB server space, commercial licenses unlimited possible

• Mendeley Desktop and Mendeley Web come as a package but partly offer different functions, e.g. import of references in Mendeley Web via Web Importer, in Mendeley Desktop other import functions available ➩ synchronization is important!
• For creating bibliographies you must use Mendeley Desktop ➩ synchronizing your library is essentiell for effictive work
• To Implement Open URL for finding full text via the MPG-SFX-Service go to your Mendeley Web Account, choose Account details and there Sharing / Importing. You can add the library access link http://sfx.mpg.de/sfx_local manually and set it as default
• Web Importer to import references and documents from several databases
• Mendeley is also available for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
• Papers can be shared via Facebook, Twitter and Email

• Synchronizes desktop to web and reverse
• Saves PDF files and extracts bibliographic data automatically
• Missing metadata can be amended automatically

• Without internet connection no possibility to install further output styles
• Subfolders are not reflected on Mendeley Web yet - all files get listed in the top-level folder
• Recently imported references are not marked sufficiently