UWRT 100 Critical Reading and Writing (Torres): Choosing the Right Tool

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Referencing Software Comparison

Criteria End Note Mendeley Zotero
Platforms Mac, Windows Mac, Windows, Linux Mac, Windows, Linux
Browsers Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari Chrome, Firefox, Safari
Browser Plug-ins Internet Explorer (Windows Only), Firefox (Windows & Mac) Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari Chrome, Firefox, Safari
Mobile Apps iOS (iPad only)

Android, iOS

3rd party iOS and Android apps
Word processing integration Microsoft Word (Windows & Mac) Microsoft Word (Windows, Mac), Libre Office (Linux, Mac, Windows) Microsoft Word (Windows, Mac), Libre Office (Linux, Mac, Windows)
Importing References Refer/BibIX, tab-delimited, RIS, ISI-CE, filters for hundreds of databases. BibTeX, EndNote, XML, RIS, Zotero library, txt, Ovid (Medlars reprint), PubMed/MEDLINE (nbib), Mendeley web catalog Bibliontology, RDF, BibTeX browser bookmarks, Citavi 5 XML, CSL JSON, EndNote XML, MAB2, MARC, MARCXML, PubMed/MEDLINE (nbib), MODS, Ovid tagged, Primo normalized XML, PubMed XML, RDF, Refer/BibIX, RefWorks tagged, RIS, Web of Science tagged, XML ContextObject
Add reference by Identifier Available by searching external databases in the application ArXiv ID, DOI, PMID ISBN, DOI, PMID
Offline availability Yes, references and files stored locally Yes, references and files stored locally Yes, references and files stored locally
Add notes to references Yes, in “notes” field Yes, via “notes” tab in desktop version Yes, notes can stand alone or be attached to references
Annotate PDFs Yes Yes No, but will sync PDFs annotated with 3rd party software
Attachment limits Max of 45 attachments per citation; no limit on file size or total cloud storage No limit on attachments per citation;
Attachment file size limited to 250MB; total (free) attachment cloud storage limited to 2GB
No limit on attachments per citation;
no limit on file size; total (free) attachment cloud storage limited to 300MB
Auto-complete data entry Yes, for author(s), keyword(s), and journal title Yes, for journal title, tags, keywords Yes, for author(s), journal title, tags
Collaboration and sharing Free sharing of citations and attachments with up to 200 EndNote users
  • Create public and private groups

  • Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers

  • One private group of 3 members free (costs for private groups)
  • Create public and private groups

  • Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers
Creates formatted bibliographies and in-text citations in a word processor Yes Yes Yes
Direct export from online databases Yes: List (Connection files) or EndNote Click Yes, via web importer Yes, via web translators
Direct search of online databases Yes, if RIT libraries subscribe to them Can search the Mendeley database (papers in the libraries of other users) No
Duplicate detection Yes Yes Yes
Number of reference types 50 pre-defined(customizable); 3 user-created 20 pre-defined 38 pre-defined
Google Docs integration No No Yes, through the Zotero Connector browser extension

 

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