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Mendeley

Mendeley 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.

Step 1: Tools / Options

Mendeley's file organizer can automatically rename your PDFs and file them in a clear folder structure, making it easier to find your files outside of Mendeley.

Open Mendeley's File Organizer which can be found under Tools > Options.

In the tab, you can select:

  • Organize my files: to make a copy of all documents added to Mendeley within one folder
  • Sort files into subfolders: to create a folder structure based on selected document details
  • Rename document files: to rename the often non-descriptive names of your PDFs to file names that are more meaningful, including the author, journal, year, and title

Step 2: Organize your sources (3:09 min)

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