Mendeley is a citation management tool that helps you import citations from the web and plugs into Word to insert citations as you write.
Mendeley allows users to collect, organize and annotate research articles and other document types individually and in shared group libraries.
The Mendeley Reference Manager (RM) serves as Mendeley's downloadable library organization and annotation tool, replacing Mendeley Desktop.
The Mendeley Web Importer connects to your browser to make it easier to import items into your library from the websites and databases in which you find them.
Mendeley Cite is the citation plug-in for Microsoft Word. Download through Mendeley Reference Manager or Desktop (Tools tab) to make sure it's the right one for your version of Word, or find the Office Online/Office 365 plug-in on the Microsoft App store.
Download Mendeley products for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Mendeley Cite is a plug-in for Word to add citations from your Mendeley library to your paper as you write.
Note: if you use an institutional version of Word, you may need to request administrative permission to add the plug-in.
Browser plug-in to import citations from the web and databases.
Citation management tools all come preset with many of the major styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, AMA, etc.) but Mendeley can also import new CSL files to format your citations in the style of whatever journal or publisher with whom you might be working.
Styles can be downloaded within Mendeley Desktop by going to Citation Styles under the View tab, and then clicking on More Styles.
The screen shown here will let you search for the style you need and install it that way, or download via the source URL from one of the libraries below.
It will then appear in the citation style options when you export your items as a bibliography.
Where the CSL language lives. An open source repository of thousands of CSL style files plus instructions on how to create and edit your own.
Thousands of styles created and deposited by journals and users.
A guide from MIT on using Mendeley with BibTex references.
Help from Elsevier about using Mendeley tools.
Mendeley tutorials and FAQ about the Reference Manager, Web Importer, and other tools.
For the tech-curious.
How to connect your Zotero library to your Mendeley account (but won't work the other way as Elsevier keeps your data locked down).