At the moment there are two download options for a desktop app
When deciding you should consider you version of operating system (OS) and Word (or other text processor) you find the updated information of version support here.
Mendeley Desktop is the classic version but the development of this version has stopped, and it doesn’t support OS for Mac above macOS 10.14 (Mojave), it runs on older Mac OS and on all Windows and Linux
Mendeley Reference Manager is the new version of the desktop app it runs on the new OS for Mac and on Windows and Linux, by now it has all the central and major features, but it is still lacking two things that might have you consider running the old Mendeley Desktop (if you can) It can’t make bibliographies in other than English and it can’t check your database for duplicates.
CBS Mendeley Institutional Edition:
If you for some reason have not been within the CBS IP range for 12 month please send an email from your CBS-mail to reftool.lib@cbs.dk then we can help you.
DO NOT! use the option "Sign in via your instition" just use your CBS-mail and pick your own password.
Mendeley is a reference management software, an academic collaboration network, and a crowd sourced database with a unique layer of social information research, all wrapped into one.
Mendeley can help you achieve a number of things, including (but not limited to):
NB. Mendeley cannot help you decide when and where to cite a source in your document. To inform yourself on this topic, you will have to look elsewhere. One place to learn more about referencing and academic intergrity is the CBS Library guide Working with Integrity as a CBS Student.
Create a Private Group and collaborate with colleagues by reading and annotating together.
Discover Readership Statistics about the paper you are reading.
Showcase your publication history.
Choose from one of 8000+ citation styles or create your own! - See details in the Cite & Write section
Drag-and-drop PDF files to automatically extract metadata
Enable the File Organizer to bring order to your stored file.
The Mendeley workspace straddles two platforms:
Desktop: For storing, editing, viewing, and annotating PDFs and automatically creating citation data from PDFs
Web: For access to saved research on the go, for collecting citations while browsing online databases, and for tapping into the Papers collection, the Mendeley crowd-sourced research catalog.
NB. Your Mendeley library syncs across platforms