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Mendeley: Sharing

A guide to setting up and using Mendeley bibliographic software

Groups

You can share references with other people using the Groups function. Any documents associated with a source associated with a group will be viewable and editable by all individuals that have access, which is great if you are working collaboratively on a project.

  • Individuals with a free Mendeley account can be the owner of a maximum of 5 groups, and can join an unlimited number of private groups not as the owner.
  • Each group has a limit of 25 people per group if created by a user with a free Mendeley account.  
  • Important note: documents shared in a group count towards the individual free 2GB. Therefore, it is important to monitor the amount of storage that your groups are using. You can always pay to upgrade the storage capacity of your account (see the "Syncing" tab of this guide for more information). 

You can add someone to a group by right clicking on the group and selecting "Manage Group". 

The "Preferences" window will then open with an overview of the group. To invite other people to the group, click "Invite Members" and add their email addresses to the designated box. Then click "Send Invites". You can also manage membership to the group at any time in this window.