EndNote Desktop |
EndNote basic |
Mendeley | Zotero | |
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Price | $205 from Shop USask | Free | Free (cost to upgrade storage) | Free (cost to upgrade storage) |
Free web storage | unlimited | 50,000 references and 2 GB of attachments |
2 GB | 300 MB |
Web App? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Desktop App? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Mobile App? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Organizes PDFs, docs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Plug-in for MS Word | Yes | Yes (limited) | Yes (see instructions) | Yes |
Web plug-ins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Annotate & highlight PDFs | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Syncs across platforms | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Full-text search for attached pdfs? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Citation Styles | 6000+ | 21 | 8000+ | 8000+ |
Spell Check | Yes | No | No | No |
Advanced Search | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Private (invite-only) groups | Yes | Yes | Yes (up to 5) | Yes |
Public groups | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Social Networking | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Pulls citation info from PDFs | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Create references from DOIs | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
*Please let us know if you come across any updates to this information.
Reference (or citation) management software allows you to import references/citations from online databases, organize them into folders, insert them into the body of your research paper in a variety of citation style formats (e.g. APA and MLA), and generate formatted reference lists.
The University Library offers help and instruction on the following reference managers:
Further information about Citation Managers, including help guides and video tutorials, is available on the Managing References section of the Library's Citation Style Guide. For further assistance, please use the AskUs online service or contact your liaison librarian.
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