# mendeley

*[Mendeley](http://www.mendeley.com) is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.*

Mendeley is installed on all !ThinLinc Servers. You'll find it in the *Applications* menu under *Science*. Before using it, you have to [sign up](https://www.mendeley.com/join/?_section=header&_specific=) with Mendeley . Feature highlights of Mendeley are

- automatically generate bibliographies (including BibTeX)
- [import references](http://www.mendeley.com/import/) directly from supported websites, e.g. arXiv, Google Scholar, !SpringerLink, etc
- [read and annotate PDFs](https://www.mendeley.com/features#read)
- synchronize your PDFs with other computers and devices

For a complete list of features visit *[What is Mendeley?](http://www.mendeley.com/features/)*.

### General Use Case

Add papers and articles to Mendeley and export it to a BibTeX database which can be used by LaTeX.

### Use Case for Students

While preparing for an exam, add your script and exercise PDFs to Mendeley and use the [annotation feature](http://www.mendeley.com/features/read-and-annotate/) to keep notes.

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