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Mendeley Reference Manager

This guide helps you step-by-step use Mendeley to manage your sources/references.

Collaboration

Create Groups

  1. Click on New Group on the left menu in Mendeley and Name your group.
  2. Right click on the group's name and select Manage Group.
  3. Click on Invite Members and enter the email address(es) of the group member(s) 
The invitees are not required to have a Mendeley library to receive an invitation but they will be prompted to create an account.

Join Group

When someone invites you to join a Mendeley group, you receive an email notification.

  1. InvitationsClick on the Join this group link in the email; you will be redirected to the Mendeley website.
  2. Login (if you do not already have an account on Mendeley Web, you will need to create one).
  3. You will then see a list of groups you have been invited to (if more than one).
  4. Click on Accept or Decline.
  5. Once you have accepted the invitation, the group will appear in your Mendeley library under Groups (If not, Sync your library). 

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