| Cost |
Requires individual purchase by user, research group or department. Educational discounts available through UW-Bookstore or DoIT |
Free to everyone (fewer styles)Free to UW-Madison students, staff and faculty (many more styles) – See comparison chart. Click box next to I Have Web of Knowledge. |
Free to everyone (costs for upgraded storage, costs for private groups – one private group of 3 members free) |
Free to everyone (costs for upgraded storage) |
| Operating System |
Macintosh, Windows |
Web-based (operating system-independent) |
Macintosh, Windows, Linux |
Macintosh, Windows, Linux |
| Share data among other citation management programs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Global edit |
Yes, can globally add/replace terms |
No |
No |
No |
| Duplicate detection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Automatic journal abbreviation lists |
12 lists supplied, including National Library of Medicine, American Chemical Society, Modern Language Association. Can import others. |
None |
Version 1.10 and later automatically abbreviates journal titles according to citation style, and allows for editing of abbreviations. |
Version 4.0 and later can automatically abbreviate journal titles in Index Medicus (MEDLINE) format |
| Link to PDFs or other materials |
- Open URL compliant (Must configure EndNote to use the UW-Madison Libraries Find It links)
- Max. 45 files/record. Thumbnail images supplied which point to materials in the data folder for each EndNote library
- Max. 1 image in Figure field
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- OpenURL compliant (automatically uses the UW-Madison Libraries Find It links)
- Can enter URLs directly
- Can Link to PDF files on the web
- Add attachments. Default attachment storage of 2GB/account
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- OpenURL compliant (must configure Mendeley to use the UW-Madison Libraries Find It links)
- Add attachments
- Web snapshots
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- OpenURL compliant (must configure Zotero to use the UW-Madison Libraries Find It links)
- Add attachments
- Web snapshots
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| Retrieve PDF citation data |
Queries DOI and PubMed (EnX5 update). Mixed success. |
No |
Queries PubMed database for matches. Mixed success. |
Queries CrossRef, WorldCat and/or Google Scholar. Mixed success. |
| Add notes to references |
Yes, in “notes” field |
Yes, in “notes” field |
Yes, via “notes” tab in desktop |
Yes, notes can stand alone or be attached to references |
| Annotate PDFs |
Yes (X5 and newer) |
No |
Yes |
No, but will sync PDFs annotated with 3rd party software |
| Full Text PDF search |
Yes (X4 and newer) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Direct Search of Online Catalogs/Databases |
Yes: List |
Yes |
Automatic capture |
Automatic capture |
| Direct Export (from databases) |
Yes: List |
Yes, with specific databases |
Yes, via web importer |
Yes, via translators |
| Filters for importing from online databases |
Yes (List) |
Yes |
Imports wikis, websites, and databases via web importer.Web snapshot retains the presentation of a particular web page. |
Imports wikis, websites, and databases via translators.Web snapshot retains the presentation of a particular web page. |
| Creates formatted bibliographies, in-text citations, and footnotes in word processor |
Yes |
Yes (MS Word only) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Edit or create styles |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes, via Citation Style Editor |
| Create a Subject Bibliography (Create a list of references grouped by subject or other data field) |
Yes. You may generate a bibliography grouped by any field (e.g. subject, author). |
No |
No |
No |
| Read-only capability |
Yes (Set library to read-only or locked status) |
Yes (Read-only share “group” with anyone who has an EndNote Web account) |
Yes (By “follow” option through web interface) |
Yes (Via member settings within groups) |
| Collaboration features |
- Free sharing (citations and attachments) of one Endnote Library with up to 14 other people
- Includes unlimited storage space for PDF attachments
- Version X7.2 required to share
- Traveling Library within a word processor document
- Save as compressed file with data subfolder
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- Share EndNote Web account with other EndNote Web users (cannot share file attachments)
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- Create public and private groups
- Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers
- One private group of 3 members free (costs for private groups)
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- Create public and private groups
- Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers
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| Mobile Device Application |
iPad app, browser interface |
No |
iPad, iPhone, 3rd party Android apps, web interface |
3rd party iOS and Android apps, web interface |
| Access citations remotely |
Yes (X6 and newer) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Store PDFs in personal citation database |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Screen capture web page content (blogs, streaming video, etc.) |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Storage/Maximum number of records |
Versions 8 – X3: 330,000.
X4 and later: 999,999 |
10,000 |
Unlimited on desktop (restricted by local storage capacity); 2 GB free web space |
Unlimited on desktop (restricted by local storage capacity); 300 MB free web storage |
| Maximum number of reference types (e.g. journal, book) |
- Pre-defined (customizable): 50
- User-defined: 3
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- Pre-defined (customizable): 50
- User-defined: 3
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| Search and Replace |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Auto-complete data entry |
Yes, for author(s), keyword(s), and journal title |
No |
Yes, for journal title, tags, keywords |
Yes, for author(s), journal title, tags |
| Spell Check |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Sort capabilites |
Any field |
Author, title or year |
Any information categories |
Any information categories |
| Field Search |
Yes, by any field |
Yes, by author |
Yes, by author, title, publication names, year & notes |
Yes, by any field |
| Advanced Search |
Yes. Includes truncation and date range searching |
No |
No |
Yes. All fields |
| Edit or create filters |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Create a bibliography as a file within citation manager |
- HTML
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- XML
- Plain Text
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- HTML
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Plain Text
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- Word for Windows 2000 or later
- Word for Mac 98 or later
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- HTML
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Copy plain text to clipboard
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| Export |
Export records to:
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Export records to:
- Tab Delimited
- BibTeX
- EndNote (XML)
- RIS
- Refer export
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Export records to:
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Export records to:
- BibTeX
- RIS
- Refer/BiblX
- BIbliontology
- MODS
- and many more
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| RSS Feeds |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |