| | RefWorks | EndNote | Zotero | Mendeley |
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| Cost | - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
AFTER AUGUST 2017
| - Cost for full version
- Limited version freely available
| - Free and open source
- Optional cost for increased storage2
| - Free
- Optional cost for upgraded storage and collaborative features2
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| Mac and PC Compatibility | | | | |
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| Web-Based | | - Web-based component optional1
- Available with purchase (EndNote Web)1
| - Web-based with Firefox
- Desktop standalone client available (browser independent)
| - Web-based
- Optional desktop component available1
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| Mobile Compatibility | - Mobile compatible website1
| - Apple iPad app available1
| - Non-Zotero apps with Zotero compatibility available (third-party)1
| - Apple iPhone and iPad apps available1
- Non-Mendeley apps with Mendeley compatibility available (third-party)1
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| MS Word Integration | - Full integration with MS Word with download of Write-N-Cite utility1
| - Full integration with MS Word1
- Full integration with OpenOffice1
| - Full integration with MS Word1
- Full integration with OpenOffice1
| - Full integration with MS Word1
- Full integration with OpenOffice1
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| Duplicate Record Detection | | | - Coming in future version1
| - Available, but with limited functionality1
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| Web-Page Capture | - Capture web-pages with download of RefGrab-It utility1
| | - Captures web-pages and retrieves available citation information1
| - Capture web-pages and retrieves available citation information1
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| Sharing Enabled | - Sharing possible via database and folder sharing1
| - Sharing possible with purchase of EndNote Web1
| - Sharing possible via groups and database sharing1
| - Extensive sharing options available (some at a cost)1
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| Journal Title Abbreviation Recognition | - Recognition and/or implementation of title abbreviations available for many journal titles
| - Title recognition available in paid version only2
- 12 publishers’ lists available to all users2
- Additional lists can be imported as needed2
| - Recognition of title abbreviations listed in Medicus (MEDLINE)2
| - Title recognition available in recent versions2
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| Links to PDFs and Other Materials | - Links to open URLs
- Links to URLs of articles available through UNB as long as access is maintained
| - Links to up to 45 files per record2
- Allows 1 image (in ‘Figure’ field)2
| - Links to open URLs2
- Attachment enabled
- Web snapshots enabled2
| - Links to open URLs2
- Attachment enabled (up to 2GB per account)2
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| PDF Citation Retrieval | - Retrieves citation information from some PDFs
- Limited success
| - Retrieval available in paid version only2
- Retrieves citation information from DOI and PubMed PDFs only2
- Limited success2
| - Retrieves citation information from PubMed PDFs only2
- Limited success2
| - Retrieves citation information from PubMed PDFs only2
- Limited success2
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| Allows Annotation of PDFs | - Does not allow annotations of PDFs
| - Annotation available in paid version only
- Annotation enabled in ‘notes’ field2
| - No annotation in-software2
- Will sync PDFs annotated in other software2
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| Full-Text Search of PDFs | - Full-text PDF search available as option during searches
| - Search available in paid version only2
- Full-text PDF search available in recent versions2
| - Full-text PDF search available in recent versions2
| - Full-text PDF search available in recent versions2
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Citation Export
(from databases) | | | | |
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| Record Sorting Options | - Records may be sorted by many of the available fields
| - Free version: Sort records by author, title, or year2
- Paid version: Sort records by any field2
| - Sort records by any available field2
| - Sort records by any available field2
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| Record Searching Options | - Search record by any available field
| - Free version: Search records by author2
- Paid version: Search records by any field2
| - Search records by any available field
| - Search records by author, title, publication name, year and notes
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| Software Difficulty Level | | | - Relatively easy3
- Some ‘quirks’3
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| Best Features | - Highly collaborative4
- Good for management of large record sets4
| - Highly customizable4
- Good for management of large record sets4
| - Very user-friendly
- Web-capture of citation data
- Ease of resource adding
| - Very user-friendly
- Orientation towards frequent use of PDFs
- Ease of resource adding
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| Disadvantages | - Login protocols more complicated than Zotero and Mendeley4
- Importing resources is complicated4
- Favours ‘traditional’ resources4
- Search of record sets is strong, but in-text searching is not enabled4
| - High dependence on the ‘home’ computer4
- Initially hard to learn
- Importing resources is complicated4
- Favours ‘traditional’ resources4
| - Somewhat difficult to manage large record sets4
| - Does not recognize non-PDF resources (like books and audio-visual materials)4
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