Mendeley Desktop

Mendeley Desktop is a comprehensive application designed to provide researchers and scientific writers with a means of publishing their work as well as searching for sources to base their studies on.

This simple utility enables you track any research publication you might have made, but also to load files from the computer to your Mendeley account, providing you with 2GB of online storage space. Documents can also be imported from other popular software tools.

When adding a file, the program will automatically scan and display the title, author name and other identification details. This in turn allows other users to work with your material and name you as a reference in their papers.

Mendeley Desktop functions quite efficiently as a reference manager, enabling you to quote various writers and their work into your research, and use others' studies as a basis to further your own.

It lets you browse through and draw from over 100 million documents, supporting the free expansion of knowledge across the Mendeley network. You can open countless PDFs in several tabs, and switch between them to compare information.

It is also possible to make annotations on each file that you can keep for yourself or share with others. When printing or exporting the PDFs, your notes will be transferred as well, so you can use them in your paper.

Moreover, this utility gives you the possibility to create or join groups of researchers in your field, encouraging collaboration with people all over the world by sharing and exchanging thoughts with like-minded individuals. Plus, bibliographies can be instantly generated and you have the opportunity to create seamless citations to acknowledge other researchers' work appropriately.

Taking everything into account, Mendeley Desktop is a great tool that can prove to be a reliable asset for researchers but also students who want to write their graduation thesis, as it helps them quickly find sources for their work and allows and exchange ideas with other people in a similar situation.