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Mendeley is an academic reference management tool designed to help users organize research materials in one place and manage citations and bibliographies during academic writing.

It is suitable for students, graduate students, scholars, and researchers who need to maintain a reference library over time, supporting coursework, theses, and research projects.

Users can import references from databases, websites, or local folders. The system attempts to extract bibliographic information such as titles, authors, and journals. The tool provides PDF reading, highlighting, and note-taking features, and supports inserting citations and generating reference lists during writing.

Mendeley supports citation styles such as APA and MLA and is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices. Reference libraries and annotations can be synchronized through the cloud.

When writing coursework, theses, or journal manuscripts, Mendeley can be used to manage reference materials in one place, reducing the amount of manual work required to organize citations and bibliographies.

For researchers who repeatedly read professional literature, it is also suitable for storing PDFs, organizing materials by topic, and recording reading notes. Teams and research groups should assess its material-sharing capabilities based on their actual permissions and collaboration practices.

Automatically extracted information such as authors, titles, journals, and years may require verification, especially for scanned PDFs, documents with incomplete metadata, or references with complex formatting. Generated reference lists should also be checked against the specific requirements of the target journal, school, or course.

Available storage and features may differ between free and paid plans. Before using the service, confirm that the current plan meets the needs of your personal reference library and synchronization requirements.