Product

EndNote 8

RefWorks - Aug. 2006 release

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

No for core program.

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

33

Images

Stored in .DATA file

No image capacity at this time

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
[Netscape or Macintosh users must use the One Line/Cite View Paper function]

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 (PubMed)

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]

400+ styles, 688 filters and 33 different reference types [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