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Citation Manager Comparison Chart

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Citation Manager Comparison Chart

 

RefWorks

Mendeley

Zotero

EndNote Web/Endnote Basic

URL

https://libraries.unl.edu/citation-plagiarism-tools

www.mendeley.com

www.zotero.org

www.myendnoteweb.com

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

 

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

 

 

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