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Managing Your References

Comparison Table

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