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

www.mendeley.com

• Free version with restricted web file storage space of 2GB; variable commercial licenses
• Platform: Windows 7 or later, Mac OS X 10.10 or later, Linux generic or Ubuntu/Debian
• Also available for iPhone, iPad or Android
• Word Processor: Plug-In for Microsoft Word and Open Office; supports BibTeX
• Language: English
• Usage: single user, desktop based / multi user, web based
• Using Mendeley Web (cloud syncing) the data are saved in Europe (Ireland) - Amazon S3 Sharing und Hosting Service and additionally in the Netherlands -  DANS (Dutch Archiving and Networking Services)

• Connected to online citation style editor, see also the Webinar on the Citation Style Editor
• Social Media functionalities like building a personal profile,connecting with other researchers, sharing groups
• Information about the Research Catalog/Web Catalog