Library Guides: Mendeley: Collaborate with Groups

Mendeley - Groups

Mendeley allows you to create Private Groups to share references and annotations with colleagues and collaborators.

Features:

Create, curate and grow groups of people according to your needs
Control who can join and add materials to your group
Use private groups to collaborate directly on materials and share full papers

PDFs opened from a private group will be marked with '(Shared)' in the reading tab. This will help you differentiate between a shared PDF and one from your personal library.

Creating New Groups

You can create a new group by using clicking the 'New Group' text button in the left hand navigation panel on your online Mendeley Library or Mendeley Reference Manager. When you click the button, you can name your group. The group will then appear in your list of groups and you will be able to add members to the group by clicking the group name and clicking the ellipsis to reveal the options for managing, renaming or deleting the group

screenshot of options for managing a group in mendeley online library

You can then use the 'Invite members' button to add members to your group by entering the email they use for their Mendeley account. You are able to add up to 99 additional group members.

screenshot of invite members group button

Mendeley Web Library

You can access your Mendeley Library online via web browser even where you do not have Mendeley Reference Manager installed. Visit mendeley.com and click the 'Sign In' link along the top navigation menu to login with your Mendeley account credentials (email and password, not Institutional login).

Click the 'Library' link on the right hand side to load your Library.