EndNote and Mendley are the preferred reference management software at CSIRO and are supported but the Library Services team. Use the table below to compare features to determine which is the most appropriate software for you.
EndNote |
Mendeley |
|
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Puchase through the IMT Software Centre (Microsoft) or the Managed Software Centre (Mac OS X) $150 |
Free Institutional Subscription (100GB Register your Mendeley account using your CSIRO email address ) |
| Institutional access | Yes | Yes |
| Currently supported by the Library | Yes | Yes |
| Library training available | Yes | Yes |
| Operating system | Windows, Mac | Windows, Mac, Linux, |
| Browser | N/A | Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari |
| Desktop Application | Yes | Yes |
| Official Mobile application | Yes | No |
| Word processor integrations (plug-ins) |
Yes (MS Word, LibreOffice, Pages) | Yes (MS Word, Libre Office) |
| Web platform | Yes (Create account) | Yes (Create account) |
| Syncing among platforms | Yes | Yes |
| Annotate/highlight PDFs | Yes | Yes |
| Add tags and notes to citations | Yes | Yes |
| Search collection and PDFs | Yes | Yes |
| Works with LaTeX / BibTex | Yes | Yes |
| Private Groups | Yes | Yes |
| Public Groups | No | Yes |
| User Community Network | No | Yes |
| Built-In Citation Formats | >200 List of citation styles in EndNote |
> 10 000 Mendeley fetches styles from the CSL citation styles repository |
| Sharing / collaboration | Share references with groups EndNote guidance on how to share references in different versions of the software |
Share references with groups Information on collaborating with private groups in Mendeley |
| Free storage | Desktop version: Unlimited local storage | Unlimited local storage & data syncing; 1GB personal & 100MB shared online space |
| Developer | Clarivate | Elsevier |
| Developer support | EndNote site; Phone support (human) | Mendeley site; user community |