Mendeley Web allows you to access many of Mendeley's features and services online, without the need to install any software. With Mendeley Web, you can:

• get updates from around your personal network
• access, update and manage your personal library of references
• build and maintain your personal Mendeley profile
• find and connect with other researchers
• receive bespoke suggestions for papers to read
• claim and review your personal publication statistics
• create, join and grow collaborative research groups
• search the Mendeley Web Catalog for papers and references to add to your personal library

You can access these features from an internet browser at any time - allowing you to access you to stay connected while on the go.

Learn more about adding research, growing your network, group collaboration, the Mendeley Web Catalog and more, in the Mendeley Help Guide below.

On Mendeley Web, you can add research articles to your library by searching Mendeley’s crowd-sourced Research Catalog, which includes millions of papers. You can also browse by a desired discipline by selecting the Advanced search link. 

Any time you add papers to your Mendeley Web library or group, you can download PDF document to your Mendeley Desktop library. Mendeley Desktop has a built-in PDF viewer which allows you to open multiple documents at a time, and add annotations and highlights to your PDF documents. After you’ve worked on a paper, be sure to click ‘sync’ in your Mendeley library, so that your changes are sent back to the server for your fellow group members to see. You cannot edit PDF documents on Mendeley Web.

This is what your PDF viewer looks like.

When signing into Mendeley Web, your account opens to the Mendeley Dashboard. Selecting the library link from the dashboard opens a new window. Your Mendeley Web library looks similar to your desktop library.

• The left pane displays your folders and groups
• The center pane displays the reference list for whichever folder you selected in the left hand panel
• The right pane displays the details of what is selected in the center pane

There are three types of groups:

• Open Public Groups – Anyone can follow or participate in these groups by adding references to the group.
• Invite-only Public Groups – Only members that are invited to join the group may add references to the group. Anyone can follow the group.
• Private Groups – Completely private group that allows invited members to share references, annotations and attached documents.

Mendeley Groups help you connect to people and share references. You can search for groups by keyword, or browse groups by discipline. You can create and manage groups in Mendeley Desktop as well as on Mendeley Web. Add documents to a group by dragging and dropping them into the group folder. 

Learn more about Groups in the Mendeley Minute tutorial below: