Product
|
EndNote 8 |
RefWorks 4.0 |
|
Hardware/environment |
|
Operating system |
Macintosh (OS X version)
Windows 2000, XP
Networked systems |
Web-based
(Windows, Mac, UNIX)
Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP
Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
Netscape 6.0 or later |
|
Database interchangeable between
PC and MAC |
Yes.
Observe file naming conventions |
N/A |
|
File/record locking capability.
Or can multiple users make changes to a library |
No, one version is writable,
others can look at the library in read-only or locked mode
|
Assign a read-only password.
Allows searching, exporting and creating bibliographies
Excludes editing, importing or changing folders |
How
many users can look (read only) at a single library/database at a time
|
Up to
15 users |
Unlimited
(need username and password) |
|
True network capability
|
No |
Yes |
|
Multi-user access
|
No |
Yes |
|
Version compatibility
|
Forward – yes
Backward - no |
N/A |
|
Access to references
|
Desktop & Network
|
Web Browser |
|
Software installation required
|
Yes |
Yes (Write-N-Cite portion of
program) |
|
Database capacity
|
|
Max # of reference
|
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
|
Max # of fields |
52 |
45 |
|
Max size of each field
|
Unlimited |
Notes, abstract and user
definable fields are limited to 1 gigabyte (slows down processing if too
large) |
|
Max # of reference types
|
37 |
31 |
|
Images |
Stored in .DATA file
|
No image capacity
|
Word processor compatibility
|
MS
Word (Windows) |
MS
Word 2000, XP, 2003 |
MS
Word 2000 and up |
Corel
Word Perfect |
10
(2002) and 11 |
No
|
MS
Word (mac) |
Microsoft Word X and 2004 |
Yes |
Other
word processors |
Yes
|
No
|
Unicode compliant |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cite While You Write (CWYW)
Compatible with MS Word 2000, XP, 2003, MS Word X (Mac) and 2004
(Mac)
|
Write-N-Cite
Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP
Internet Explorer 5.0 and up
|
Searching
|
Search
capabilities/Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Search
by fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Advanced search capabilities
<,>,=, date ranging |
Yes
|
No
|
Sort
by field |
Yes,
any field in the EndNote Record |
Yes,
by:
Author
Pub Year (ascending or descending)
Ref ID
Ref Type
Title
Periodical (full or abbrev)
Created
Last Modified |
Search
web based databases/sources |
Yes,
via Connection files |
Yes
|
Ability to connect, search and retrieve records from ORBIS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Import
text files saved from other databases |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Truncation |
Yes
|
Quick
Search retrieves embedded terms |
Images
|
Yes
|
No
|
Building your Database
|
Spell
check |
Yes
|
No
|
Global
editing for authors, editors, keywords, and journal titles
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Authority list of authors, editors, keywords, journals |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Connecting files (z39.50) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Import
filters for online databases |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Direct
export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Duplicate detection |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Document/Bibliography
Creation |
Integrated into MSWord |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Create
manuscript and bibliography as a single document |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Footnotes (end of page) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Format
bibliographies |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Subject bibliographies |
Yes
|
No
|
Create
list of ‘favorite’ styles |
Yes
|
No
|
Number
of Bib styles |
1100+
[for new styles, must visit EndNote site and ftp] |
318+
[updated automatically for you] |
Create
new or modify a bib style |
Yes
[EndNote will also create for you upon request] |
Yes
[RefWorks will also create for you upon request] |
Use MS
Word templates |
Yes
|
NO
|
Images, Objects, URLS, PDFs
|
Link
to PDF files on web or desktop |
Yes
|
No
|
Link
to URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Store
and describe images or objects |
Yes
|
No
|
Cite
images and objects |
Yes
|
No
|
Insert
images and objects into documents |
Yes
|
No
|
Create
table and figures lists within documents |
Yes
|
No
|
SFX
Compatible |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Other |
Authority lists automatically generated |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Saves
search strategies |
Yes
|
No
|
Contact Information
|
Address |
ISI
ResearchSoft
800 Jones St .
Berkeley, Ca 94710 |
RefWorks
16835 West Bernardo Dr .
Suite 202
San Diego , CA 92127 |
Phone
|
408-987-5609 (support) |
775-327-4105 (support)
800-834-7751 (order info) |
Email
|
http://www.endnote.com/encontact.asp
|
Info@refworks.com
support@refworks.com
refworksinfo@csa.com
|
Url
|
http://www.endnote.com/
|
http://www.refworks.com/ |
Cost
|
|
Free!
Institutional Subscription for Yale |
Price
(retail) |
$239.95 (download) |
$100/
year |
Price
(retail w/cd +manual) |
$299.95 |
N/A
|
Upgrade |
$89.95
if you download
$99.95 boxed upgrade |
N/A
|
Student edition (approx.) |
$109.95 |
N/A
|
