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Mendeley advertises their service as “a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.” Mendeley provides a user-friendly tool that allows researchers the ability to search across seemingly endless amounts of research, as well as deliver the option of searching open access articles only. The researcher is not only able to gather information—Mendeley also gives the user the ability to maintain a bibliography database that can be accessed from anywhere. A profile can be set up that allows the researcher to publish his or her work. At this point Mendeley uses the social network to share researchers’ activities, connect common research interests, and post publication updates to the researcher’s timeline. If used to its full potential this feature may serve to increase researcher visibility.