Mendeley
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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, Sciwheel, or Zotero available on the moving from Mendeley section of the Switching Citation Managers guide
Moving from another reference manager to Mendeley
- Sciwheel (formerly F1000)
- We have step-by-step instructions on moving from Sciwheel to Mendeley in the moving from Sciwheel 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
Comparing reference managers
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| HSL Online Guides | EndNote | Mendeley | Zotero | Sciwheel (formerly F1000Workspace) |
| Classes at HSL | EndNote Classes | Mendeley Classes | Sciwheel Classes | |
| Cost | Under $100 through UNC-CH |
Zotero is free | 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 for EndNote |
Inconsistent |
Instructions for Zotero |
Instructions for Sciwheel |
| 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 |