Significantly more support for users with screen readers
Plugins for more major word processors (including Google Docs, OpenOffice, and NeoOffice in addition to Microsoft Word and LibreOffice)
More highlighting and annotation features (with changes made directly to the PDF file)
More organization features with more nesting folder options; and unlimited private groups for no added cost
Unlimited groups
Zotero Disadvantages
Less free cloud storage (300 MB, or about 100 articles)
Clunkier user interface
Lacks support for Internet Explorer
Mendeley Advantages
The web and desktop application have a slick interface that is great for people who are not as computer-savvy
Mendeley is available in almost anything, including a Chrome web extension, bookmarklets for other browsers, and a mobile app
Search tools based on what you have already added to your working citation library
More free cloud storage (up to 2 GB or nearly 700 articles)
Mendeley Disadvantages
Cannot correctly cite government publications
Does not support Google Docs
Annotations that are made in Mendeley do not export with your PDF files
No accessibility features or screen reader compatibility of its own (although it does allow system ease of access features like magnification and high contrast text).
End Note Advantages
Use your citations from any computer even if it doesn't have EndNote desktop installed.
Share references with other EndNote Online users anywhere in the world.
You can syncronizeEndNote X8 & EndNote Onlineso that an exact match, including file attachments, exists.
Endnote X8 allows unlimited uploads of file attachments (same as desktop).
Organize and annotate your research, create bibliographies
Insert citations as you write into Microsoft Word, Pages, and Wolfram Mathematica 8
Import and search PDFs
EndNote Disadvantages
You can't use term lists for journal abbreviations.
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