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EndNote |
Mendeley |
Zotero |
Format |
Web interface called EndNote Basic and desktop called EndNote Desktop, which can sync with online account |
Web interface and desktop, which can sync with online account |
Firefox extension and standalone version. Can sync with online account |
Cost |
Web interface free to UI affiliates; desktop version free to faculty, staff, and graduate students but $113.95 for undergraduate students |
Free but there are costs for upgraded storage |
Free but there costs for upgraded storage |
Where to get |
Download desktop version from ITS; Sign up for an web account http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/endnote |
Sign up for an account and download the desktop version http://www.mendeley.com/ |
Sign up for an account and download the Firefox extension or Standalone version https://www.zotero.org/ |
Cloud storage |
2 GB storage for web interface |
2 GB storage; 100 MB storage for sharing groups |
300 MB storage |
Platform |
Windows, Mac |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
Mobile application |
iOS |
iOS and Android |
iOS and Android |
Update |
Can automatically update and manually update |
Updated on the Mendeley server |
Firefox checks by default for updates of extensions |
Support BibTeX export for use with LaTeX |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Import references from indexes or databases |
Yes; direct import from Web of Science; hundreds of import filters available for databases; from websites using Capture Reference |
Yes; direct import from Science Direct and Scopus; from many databases and search engines using Web Importer |
Yes; from databases and websites using the RIS format |
Duplicate detection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Extract citation information from PDFs |
Desktop version - yes, uses DOI or PubMed ID fields; Web interface version - no |
Yes - PDF text analyzed for information, DOI, Arxiv, PubMed, Crossref ids all used; Mendeley also uses it's own database to check citations |
Yes - uses DOI or ther extracted information from PDF; matches in Google Scholar |
Get full-text PDFs via the Libraries' subscription |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Annotate PDFs |
Yes |
Yes |
No, but can sync PDFs annotated with third party software |
Collaboration and sharing |
Yes, can share exisiting library of references with others; with web interface, can share groups of references |
Yes, share open, invite-only and private groups of references; private group members can annotate a shared version of the PDF |
Yes, share public and private groups of references |
Create in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies |
Yes; When desktop version is installed, it will create an EndNote ribbon in Word processor; If use web interface only, Cite While You Write plugin is available for Word processor |
Yes; Mendeley's citation plugin is compatible with Word processor and LibreOffice |
Yes; Zotero's citation plugins are available for Word processor and LibreOffice |
Number of citation styles |
500 built-in; search 6,000+ styles by journal name or publisher http://endnote.com/downloads/styles |
15 built-in; search 6000+ styles by name or example http://csl.mendeley.com/about/ |
18 built-in; 8000+ styles can be found https://www.zotero.org/support/styles |
Edit or create citation styles |
Yes. You can also submit a request for the creation of a new citation style |
Yes |
Yes |