New York University | Bobst Library: Citation Comparison

Bibliographic Software Comparison Chart

import citations from databases, websites, and library catalogs create bibliographies in most output styles format citations for papers manage, categorize, and organize citations attach PDF's, images, etc to citations in your collection and add notes to any citation(s)

This comparison chart gives you a brief overview of the main features of several bibliographic software programs.

	RefWorks	EndNote	EndNote Web*	ProCite	Connotea	CiteULike	Zotero
Access
Web Based	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Must be online to use	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Cost	Free**	$$	Free	$$	Free	Free	Free
Adding References
Import from online databases	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Import web pages	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Import data from RSS feeds	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Utilize NYU's SFX link for full text	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Output
Create bibliographies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No***	No***	Yes
Create footnotes, in-text references	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No***	No***	Yes
Sharing
Share access to program with others	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Tag items for discussion	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Generate RSS feeds from references	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Ease of Use (1 easy - 5 hard)	3	4	2	4	2	2	3

* EndNote Web adds many online features to the EndNote desktop application, but may be used alone.

** NYU Libraries licenses the use of RefWorks for NYU students and faculty.