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Mendeley referencing software: An Important Mendeley Update

Changes to UWA's Mendeley Subscription

 

UWA has previously offered students access to the University's institutional Mendeley account.

Access to Mendeley has been impacted by the recent pause on negotiations with Elsevier for an updated Read and Publish agreement. For more information, visit our Stay Updated page and the related FAQs.

As access to Mendeley Institution Edition accounts is bundled with ScienceDirect these will revert to a free account from the 1 January 2026.
 

Institutional Mendeley Account (Deactivated on 1 Jan 2026)

Free Mendeley Account

100 GB personal library space

2 GB personal library space

 

Create up to 1000 groups, with up to 100 collaborators in each, with 100 GB group library space to share articles

Create up to 5 groups with a maximum of 25 collaborators per group, and 100 MB shared storage across all groups

 

Continued ability to join groups owned by other researchers

 

The UWA Library no longer recommends Mendeley due to privacy concerns that have recently been highlighted and we have removed our guidance on this tool.

Instead, we recommend that you transition your library to EndNote. There are instructions available for transferring from Mendeley desktop. Please contact us if you require further assistance.

Thank you for your understanding, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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