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Managing Your References

Comparison Table

EndNote and Mendley are the preferred reference management software tools at CSIRO and are supported by the Library Services team. Zotero is a free, open-source software that offers some of the same features. Use the table below to compare features to determine which is the most appropriate software for you. 

 

EndNote

Mendeley

Zotero

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 )

Free desktop software and 300MB online storage
Institutional access Yes Yes No
Currently supported by the Library Yes Yes No
Library training available Yes Yes No
Operating system Windows, Mac Windows, Mac, Linux,  Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS
Browser N/A Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari Web Library should work in all browsers. There are connector plugins to save items to your Library for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari
Desktop Application Yes Yes Yes
Official Mobile application Yes No Yes (ioS)
Word processor
integrations (plug-ins)
Yes (MS Word, LibreOffice, Pages) Yes (MS Word, Libre Office)  Yes (MS Word, Libre Office, Google Docs, others through third-party plugins)
Web platform Yes (Create account) Yes (Create account) Yes (create account)
Syncing among platforms Yes Yes Yes
Annotate/highlight PDFs Yes Yes Yes
Add tags and notes to citations Yes Yes Yes
Search collection and PDFs Yes Yes Yes
Works with LaTeX / BibTex Yes Yes Yes (using 3rd party plugins)
Private Groups Yes Yes Yes
Public Groups No No Yes
User Community Network No No Yes (forums)
Built-In Citation Formats >200
List of citation styles in EndNote
> 10 000
Mendeley fetches styles from the CSL citation styles repository
> 10 000
Zotero comes with several popular citation styles and other styles can be found in the Zotero Style 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

Share references with groups

Information on public and private groups with Zotero
Free storage Desktop version: Unlimited local storage Unlimited local storage & data syncing; 1GB personal & 100MB shared online space Desktop version: Unlimited local storage. 300 MB online storage
Developer Clarivate Elsevier

Corporation for Digital Scholarship (non-profit)
Third party developers

Developer support EndNote site; Phone support (human) Mendeley site; user community Zotero site, user forums