Compare Reference Manager and EndNote

Reference Manager 12 was a powerful bibliographic solution for workgroups, networks and collaborative projects. But now that EndNote offers library sharing for up to 100 users plus yourself, it's time to make the switch.

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Side by side: EndNote and Reference Manager

EndNote X8 works with both Windows^® and Macintosh^®, and delivers many of your
favorite Reference Manager features plus a whole host of other useful features.

	EndNote X8	Reference Manager
	Desktop & online	Desktop
Operating systems	Mac^® OSX & Windows^®	Windows^®
Reference storage	Unlimited	Unlimited
Attachment storage	Unlimited	Unlimited
Cloud storage	Unlimited	None
Library sharing		In network only
Reference sharing
Manuscript matching
Automatic reference updating
Advanced reference organization
Online database searching
Create a list of favorite styles
Create custom groups of references
Create smart groups of references for instant sorting
One click to find full text
Annotate and highlight PDFs
Search PDF text and annotations
PDF auto-import folder
Smart reference creation
Integrated with Microsoft Word
Predefined bibliographic formatting styles	6,000+	1,300+
Create your own formatting styles
Multiple bibliographies in a single document
Subheading and category bibliographies		Subject bibliographies only
Composite references
Field substitutions
Journal abbreviation recognition & standardization
Custom options to add more database providers
Max number of fields	56	37
Max number of reference types	48	35
Unicode compliant

Hassle-free migration to EndNote

Making the move from Reference Manager to EndNote is easy.

Watch a short video tutorial

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