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RefWorks |
Mendeley |
Zotero |
EndNote Web/Endnote Basic |
URL |
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Who can access? |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln affiliates only |
Everyone |
Everyone |
Everyone |
Cost |
Free for University of Nebraska-Lincoln users |
Free |
Free |
Web version free—desktop version with more features is $113.95 and up |
Interface |
Web only |
Desktop; web |
Desktop; web (Firefox only) |
Web only (free version) |
Supported operating systems |
N/A (browser-based) |
Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
N/A (browser-based) |
Supported browsers |
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer |
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer |
Firefox (full version); Chrome, Firefox, Safari (bookmarklets that work with desktop version) |
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer |
Browser plugins/bookmarklets for collecting sources |
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer |
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer |
Chrome, Firefox, Safari |
Firefox, Internet Explorer |
Word processor plugins |
Microsoft Word (Write-N-Cite), Google Docs |
Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, LaTeX |
Microsoft Word, LibreOffice |
Microsoft Word (Cite While You Write) |
Storage |
100MB |
2GB free; expanded storage starts at $4.99/month |
300MB free; expanded storage starts at $20/year |
50,000 references (2GB of storage space for PDFs) |
Able to save/annotate PDFs? |
Yes |
Yes |
Save: Yes Annotate: No |
Save: Yes Annotate: No |
How to add citations |
Browser plugin/bookmarklet; drag and drop PDFs; manual entry; some databases have an “export to RefWorks” feature (including EBSCO, JSTOR, NexisUni, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science) |
Browser plugin/bookmarklet; manual entry; some databases have an “export to Mendeley” feature (including Scopus) |
Browser plugin/bookmarklet; manual entry |
Browser extension/bookmarklet; manual entry; some databases have an “export to EndNote” feature (including EBSCO, Web of Science) |
Sharing/social features |
Can share folders with other RefWorks users |
Can create and join public and private user groups to share resources |
Can create and join public and private user groups to share resources |
Can share “groups” (folders) with other EndNote users |
Easily import citations from other software? (RIS is a standard file type supported by most citation managers) |
RefWorks, Mendeley, RIS
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Zotero, RIS, EndNote, BibTeX |
RIS |
RefWorks, RIS, EndNote, and many other file types (including from article databases such as EBSCO) |
Can export library as… |
RIS, BibTeX |
RIS, EndNote, BibTeX |
RIS, CSV, BibTeX, EndNote, and many more |
RIS, CSV, BibTeX, EndNote |
Ways to organize sources |
Folders, tags |
Folders, tags |
Folders, tags |
Groups |
Citation styles available |
APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more |
APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more |
APA, MLA, Chicago, and a few more |
APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more |
Available interface languages |
English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian |
English (can create bibliographies in other languages) |
English, Spanish, French, German, Galician, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, more in progress |
English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean |