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Zotero citation management: Comparison Table

Zotero is a free citation manager. This page offers information that will help you create and build a Zotero library, create and use groups to collaborate, and use Zotero to add properly formatted citations to your papers.

Credit for Table

The original table is from Northwestern University's guide, it was adapted by Todd Quinn for UNM.

Bibliographic Managers: A Comparison Table

Zotero* EndNote** Mendeley***
Cost Free,
open source		 $116;
one-time fee		 Free
UNM Libraries support Yes Yes No
Operating Systems Mac, Windows, Linux Mac and Windows Mac, Windows, Linux
Word processor
integrations (plug-ins)		 MS Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice MS Word, LibreOffice MS Word
Desktop app Yes Yes Yes
Official mobile app Yes Yes  No (third party)
Web platform Yes, create an account Yes, create an account Yes, create an 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
Share citations/collection Yes Yes Yes
Citation formats (default) 12 200+ 15
Add citation formats Yes, 5000+ Yes, 7000+ Yes
Works with LaTeX / BibTex Yes Yes Yes
User Community Network Yes No Yes
Developer A nonprofit* Clarivate Elsevier

 

Notes for each Bibliographic Manager

Zotero notes

  • Corporation for Digital Scholarship is a nonprofit created via an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant
  • Free, but a nominal charge for extra cloud storage space
  • Must use the Chrome browser to integrate with Google Docs
  • To share PDFs via a group, create a private group on site
  • UNM Libraries provides a few introduction workshops each semester
  • Zotero guide

**EndNote Software notes

  • Clarivate owns Web of Science and ProQuest (library subscription databases)
  • Cost is $250 for non-students (one-time fee)
  • Human help via 1-800 number
  • No cloud storage limit
  • Web platform is best used as pass-through for sharing
  • EndNote guide

***Mendeley notes

  • Elsevier is a major publisher of scholarly journals and owns ScienceDirect (a library subscription database)
  • Free, but a nominal charge for extra cloud storage space
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