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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 software centre	Not installed on student computers Available for staff from software centre	RefWorks Citations Manager (RCM) is installed on Bond computers for staff and students.	Not installed on student computers Available for staff from software centre
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	Library guide Personal consultations Export results from Library Search	Library guide Personal consultations Export results from Library Search Integration with Resource Lists	Library guide Personal consultations Export results from Library Search Integration with Resource Lists	Library guide Personal consultations Export results from Library Search

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