Mendeley is a citation management tool that, like many others, lets you collect and organize citations, and then easily insert them into documents and format bibliographies. It also functions as an academic social network, allowing you to connect with other researchers and discover new content.
You can highlight and annotate your PDFs, choosing from a variety of colors for your highlights and notes. Your annotations are saved and synced, making them accessible from any device.
Mendeley has a cloud-based library, which means you can access your references from anywhere. You can download the Mendeley Reference Manager application to as many computers as you want, and your library will sync automatically. The web-based version, Mendeley Web, gives you access to your citations from any browser, with an interface similar to the desktop application.
For collaboration, you can create collections of papers in private, invite-only groups. You can share PDFs and your annotations with anyone who is a member of your group. The free version of Mendeley has some limitations on storage and collaboration. As of the latest information, it provides 2 GB of web storage for your personal library and 100 MB of shared storage across all your groups. You can create a limited number of private groups, with a maximum of 25 members in each. For more storage, users, and shared groups, you can purchase premium plans.
The links below are how-to and informational websites and videos. Be aware that some of the information provided might not apply to Fisher and Lavery Library.