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Reference managers comparison

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  EndNote Mendeley RefWorks Zotero
Cost Free for Bond staff and students within Bond's licence.

Free

Additional storage provided under Bond's Institutional membership

Free for Bond staff and students with Bond's licence.

Free and open source.

Small fee (paid by user) for additional storage.

Bond 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 - for word processing integration

Not installed on student computers.

Available for staff from Company Portal.

Desktop or online Desktop with an online extension Desktop and online Online Desktop and online
Operating system 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 processing

Microsoft Word Cite While You Write (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]

Google Docs [CWYW] only using Endnote Web.

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

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
Library support

Library guide

Personal consultations

Export results from Library Search

Citation from Libkey Nomad

Library guide

Personal consultations

Export results from Library Search

Citation from Libkey Nomad

Integration with Resource Lists

Library guide

Personal consultations

Export results from Library Search

Citation from Libkey Nomad

Integration with Resource Lists

Library guide

Personal consultations

Export results from Library Search

Citation from Libkey Nomad

Integration with Resource Lists

If you change your mind at a later date, it easy to export your existing citation library to a new reference management system.

Information tools and apps