Organising information – Reference Tools
Organising your references is not too hard with a reference management tool. EndNote, Refworks,
Mendeley and some free tools are available. But which one is best for you? Let’s tell you the
features of different tools.

Using environment
Desktop/Web-based
Windows/Mac &
iPad/iPhone
Web Browser
CWYW/Write-N-Cite
Availability

RefWorks
Web-based
IE, Safari, Chrome
and Firefox
EndNote tab in MS
Word, works with
Desktop EndNote
IE, Firefox, Safari
and Chrome
RefWorks tab in MS
Word, Sync data
from RefWorks to
MS Word
The library paid
IE, Safari, Chrome
and Firefox
Mendeley tab in MS
Word, works with
Desktop Mendeley
EndNote
Yes
RefWorks
Yes
Mendeley
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, catalogues and
PubMed
Yes
Yes, catalogues
Its own database:
Papers
Yes
No
Yes, Import citation
and PDF
Yes
Yes, RefGrab-It
works well on Firefox
only
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
EndNote
Groups
Yes
RefWorks
Folders
Yes
Mendeley
Folders
Yes
The library paid for
Desktop/Web-based
EndNote, not for iPad
version
Yes
Mendeley
Desktop/Web-based,
Sync
Yes
Free for 2GB of
storage
Adding references
Directly importing
from databases
Importing from
saved RIS file
Searching remote
databases
Importing from PDF
file
Importing web
resources
Importing/exporting
to other reference
tools
Exporting Latex Bib
RSS Feeds

EndNote
Desktop/Web-based,
Sync
Yes
No
Yes
Organising references
Folders, Groups
Attachments
Searching references
Yes, including
attached files
Yes, including
attached files
Checking/merging
duplicates
Checking/updating
the references
Find Full Text/SFX
Yes
Yes
Research Notes/
Annotation

Yes
Authenticate and
automatically Find
Full Text, SFX
Research Notes
SFX
Research Notes
SFX for Papers only,
Not for My Library
references
Annotation
Citing and Reference styles
CWYW/ Write-N-Cite
Format bibliography
Reference styles
Creating/modifying a
reference style

Yes, does not
including attached
files
EndNote
Yes, in-text and
reference list
Yes, from Desktop
EndNote
More than 5000,
including Harvard
UTS and AGLC UTS
Yes
RefWorks
Yes, in-text and
reference list
Yes, from web
EndNote
No,
send an EndNote
Library copy only
RefWorks
Yes, share within a
private group
More than 3300,
including Harvard
UTS
Yes
Mendeley
Yes, in-text and
reference list
Yes, from Desktop
Mendeley
More than 2200, no
Harvard UTS
Yes
Collaborating
Sharing within a
group/publicly
Mendeley
Yes, share within a
private group or
Publicly