All edits automatically save to the local library; however, we quickly learned that you must manually click the Sync button for changes to take effect.

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With 1GB of free cloud-based storage (upgradable to two for 5 per month, 5GB for 10, or unlimited for 15), cross-platform compatibility, and iOS apps, you will always have access to your Mendeley library, but, thanks to web browser and Microsoft Word plugins, you will not feel tethered to it.

Mendeley pairs nicely with browser-based research manager Zotero 3.

Now entering its seventh year of development, Zotero handles documents with greater lan; however, many scholars, educators, and studentsespecially those in the sciencesmay find they prefer Mendeley for its collaboration options.

Needless to say, when I heard about Mendeley, I was curious, but skeptical.

Certainly, I had heard good things about its academic social network, but would I have to start over And, if not, how much trouble would it be to integrate Mendeley into my workflow.

In fact, I was prompted to sync my Zotero library upon launching the application.

The word sync, not import, is a crucial distinction: Because Mendeley synchronizes with my Zotero, I can add books and articles to Zotero and they automatically appear in Mendeley.

Mendeley can also watch a folder for new documents ( e.g.

This would be less of an issue if synchronization did not prevent sharing or accessing shared folders.

Instead, my testing was put on hold until I had synchronized my entire library with Mendeleys cloud.

Fortunately, the cloud is voluminous for a free service: A gigabyte of online storage goes a long way with PDFs and Word documents.

Mendeley Software Would Scale

I added folders within folders to see if the software would scale to the demands of a larger research project.

While the applications lags more than it ought to (I test on a two-year-old MacBook Pro), I have no complaints about the elegant user interface.

Mendeley captures metadata from PDFs and accepts notes, tags, and keywordsall searchable.

For free, Mendeley allows one of eachotherwise you need what Mendeley calls a Team Plan (49 per month).

This may sound stingy, but do not forget the voluminous online storage (a gigabyte) and baroque folder hierarchies.

Because public groups only support metadata, they use next to no storage.

Given the public availability, perhaps I will solicit other feedback in the future.

Unfortunately, for those in the humanities, Mendeley is a science-centric ecosystem.

A search for American literature produced one direct match, Early American Literature, with just seven members and 19 papers).

I invited several colleagues (via email) without leaving the application.

Although basic metadata is available through the Mendeley website, advanced features, such as previewing and annotating documents, requires Mendeley Desktop.

Mendeley Install A Dedicated

Although my collaborators complained about having to install a dedicated application, they quickly praised the tabbed interface, through which they could mark up multiple documents in the same window.

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