

Because of all the known issues with Mendeley Desktop, Mendeley Reference Manager, and Mendeley Cite, we do not currently recommend using Mendeley as a citation manager if you are just getting started. Instead, we recommend Zotero as a free option that is similar in functionality and much more stable.

The former version of Mendeley, Mendeley Desktop and Cite-o-matic, are not supported in macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or macOS 11 (Big Sur). Users that have downloaded the University of Minnesota OIT version of Office365 are unable to install the new Mendeley Cite. The add-in is blocked by the University of Minnesota for security reasons. Users of Cite-o-matic may get error messages when opening or operating in MS Word.

Styles Many citation styles Works with Microsoft Word, Google Docs Storage 300 MB free PDF reader no Sharing Unlimited groups and citation sharing Plug-ins Extend Zotero with many useful 3rd party plug-ins Zotero support Zotero forums for technical issues and support.
