Things I learned setting up Mendeley -
- It'd probably be better to import from a program, and then attach all the PDF's. Or just do the PDF's and fix all the citations. Either way, you'll have to fiddle with most entries. I tried to do both, for completeness, and I not only get to change most of them, but I get to delete multiple versions of each one too.
- 500 Mb isn't as much as I thought.
- I think items can be in more than one folder at a time without actually being duplicated - but this might only be true for certain folders like "Recently Added," "Zotero Library" or "Favorites" or whatever. I'm not sure about user-created folders.
- Tags don't import very well from Zotero.
- Although the syncing with Zotero is continuous, it won't reimport all the articles if you move them somewhere else. It will only bring in the new ones (Cool!)
- PDF edits and notes are only saved in Mendeley unless you intentionally export them to the PDF. They can still be shared with others through Mendeley.
- Citation plug-ins are iffy.
- One-click add actually works in Chrome, although it's slow. You have to go get the PDF on your own. I don't think this is likely to change, as I suspect there are some licensing issues with freely distributing copies of copyrighted material.
- You can't link PDF's to public groups, for example. Actually, that's my only example. It's the whole reason I think there's an issue.
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