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Reference managers comparison

Features

EndNote Mendeley RefWorks Zotero
Cost Free for Bond staff and students within Bond's licence. Free with additional storage provided under Bond's Institutional membership. Free for Bond staff and students witin Bond's subscription. Free and open source with a small fee (paid by user) for additional storage.
Bond Campus Computers
  • Installed on student computers
  • Available for staff from Company Portal
  • Not installed on student computers
  • Available for staff from Company Portal
 RefWorks Citations Manager (RCM) is installed on Bond computers for staff and students.
  • Not installed on student computers
  • Available for staff from Company Portal
Desktop or Online Desktop based with an online extension Desktop and online Online Desktop and online
Operating Systems Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS  Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS  Not applicable Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Storage Unlimited

  • 2 GB (Free version)

  • 100 GB (Bond Institutional Edition)

 100 GB
  • 300 MB (Free account)
  • 2 GB (Paid options beginning at USD $20/year)
Word Processor
  • Microsoft Word [CWYW] for Windows: 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (locally installed desktop version only)
  • Microsoft Word [CWYW] for macOS: 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (locally installed desktop version only)
  • LibreOffice [CWYW] for Windows 4.x, 5.x, 6.x[32-bit]
  • Windows - Word 2016, Word 2019, Office 365
  • MacOS - Word 2016, Word 2019, Office 365
  • iOS - Microsoft Word for iPad
  • Web Versions - Word Online, Office 365
  • Windows - Word 2010-2021 or Office 365
  • Mac - Word 2016–2021 or Office 365
  • GoogleDocs
  • Windows - Word 2010-2021 or Office 365, excluding Word 2010 Starter Edition
  • Mac - Word 2016–2021 or Office 365
  • LibreOffice - LibreOffice 5.2 or later
  • GoogleDocs
Sharing references
  • Share a library as read-and-write or read-only with up to 399 people
  • Unlimited number of read-and-write or read-only libraries shared to you
  • Free account - create up to 5 groups and share with up to 25 people (100 MB shared across all groups)
  • Bond Institutional Edition - share unlimited groups with up to 100 people
 Share groups or whole projects. Share private groups, public closed groups or public open groups.
Bond Library Support

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