LibGuides: Mendeley: Moving Between and Comparing Citation Managers

Moving to and from Mendeley

Moving from Mendeley to another reference manager

We have a step by step outline with screenshots on how to export your references from Mendeley to another citation management program like Endnote, Zotero, or RefWorks available on the moving from Mendeley section of the Switching Citation Managers guide

Moving from another reference manager to Mendeley

RefWorks
- We have step-by-step instructions on moving from RefWorks to Mendeley in the moving from RefWorks section of our Switching Citation Managers guide
Endnote
- We have step-by-step instructions on moving from Endnote to Mendeley in the moving from Endnote section of our Switching Citation Managers guide
Zotero
- We have step-by-step instructions on moving from Zotero to Mendeley in the moving from Zotero section of our Switching Citation Managers guide

	(Desktop)			F1000Workspace
HSL Online Guides	Endnote	Mendeley	Zotero	F1000Workspace
Classes at HSL	See here	See here		See here
Cost	Under $100 through UNC-CH	Free to everyone UNC-CH Add-ons	Free to everyone	Free through UNC-CH
Notes	See EndNote Basic/Online guide for further details on the free online version			Use this link to create account. Select No, I'm a new user then select password.
How is it used?	Computer + Web	Computer + Web	Computer + Web	Web
Major citation styles?
Annotation of PDFs
Locate full-text using UNC-CH subscriptions	Instructions	Inconsistent	Instructions	Instructions
Adds citation from a PDF
Sharing options	X7 and above users have sharing options / email compressed libraries	UNC-CH members have unlimited groups	See group options here	Share unlimited projects and manuscripts
Free online storage	X7 and above: unlimited	5,000+ papers (UNC-CH members have more space)	700+ papers (more space can be purchased)	Unlimited
Word Processor	Microsoft Word	Microsoft Word LibreOffice (latest)	Microsoft Word LibreOffice (all)	Microsoft Word Google Docs Manuscripts for Mac