Reference Manager® is the powerful bibliographic solution for workgroups, networks and collaborative projects. Search online databases, organize references easily, and watch your bibliography appear as you write.
"It's highly recommended for anyone needing a powerful reference tool."
With Reference Manager, you can:
- Collect references from online databases — no typing required.
- Organize personal reference collections easily and search across databases.
- Cite references and format bibliographies instantly.
- Share references with a network edition that allows multiple users to work in the same database simultaneously.
Why choose Reference Manager?
Database Manager:
- Unlimited database capacity.
- Perform key operations across databases — retrieve references, detect duplicates, create bibliographies.
- Link references to full-text articles, PDF files, graphics, related records and Web pages.
- Create synonyms for keywords, author names and periodicals.
Bibliography Builder:
- Locate references in Microsoft Word® with Cite While You Write®. Watch the bibliography appear as you write.
- Format bibliographies instantly in over 950 bibliographic styles, including footnotes, anonymous works and other advanced bibliographic detail.
- Collaborate easily with a traveling library of cited references that follows the Microsoft Word® document.
- Create a subject bibliography with topic headings to produce curricula vitae and reading lists.
Easy Reference Sharing
- Publish up to 15 Reference Manager® databases on the web or intranet.
- Share reference databases using the network version of Reference Manager® — multiple users can read and write to the same database down to the field level within the same bibliographic record.
One of these bibliographic products is right for you...
- EndNote® is the most popular and easy-to-use desktop package.
- EndNote Web is a Web-based bibliographic tool that integrates with the ISI Web of Knowledge and EndNote.
- Reference Manager® offers network features with simultaneous read/write access to databases.
- ProCite® provides flexibility to manage special collections and create unlimited workforms.
Read on for a more in-depth comparison:
| Feature | EndNote | EndNote Web | Reference Manager | ProCite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | X3 | 2.9 | 12 | 5 |
| Organize references | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Store and cite images and objects | Yes | No | No | No |
| Find full text articles automatically | Yes | No | No | No |
| Link to PDF files on the Web or desktop | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Format bibliographies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online database searching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Import filters for online databases | 700+ predefined; create your own | 700+ predefined | 430+ predefined; create your own | 580+ predefined; create your own |
| Z39.50 searching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Operating System | Mac OS X & Win | Win, Mac & Linux | Win | Win |
| Access to references | Desktop & Network | Web browser | Desktop, Network & Web browser (via Web publisher) | Desktop & Network |
| Software installation required | Yes | Optional toolbars — IE, Firefox and Word | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-user access (network or Web) | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| # of output styles | 3,700+ predefined; create your own | 3,700+ predefined | 1,300+ predefined; create your own | 600+ predefined; create your own |
| Database size | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Max # of References | Unlimited | 10,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Max # of fields | 52 | 50 | 37 | 45 |
| Max # of Reference Types | 46 | 39 | 35 | 39 + create your own |
| Create table and figure lists | Yes | No | No | No |
| Subject Bibliography | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Spell Check | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Create a list of "favorite" styles | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Reference grouping | Yes | Yes | Use keywords or multiple databases | Yes |
| Create Smart Groups for instant sorting | Yes | No | No | No |
| Advanced searching capabilities | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Search across multiple databases | Cite While You Write | No | Databases & Cite While You Write | Cite While You Write |
| Integrated in MS Word | Cite While You Write | Cite While You Write (optional installation) | Cite While You Write | Cite While You Write |
| Construct document with MS Word templates | Yes | No | No | No |
| Access OpenURL links | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Unicode compliant | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Unable to open Ref Man - BLD 1709 error
Thursday, 04 March, 2010 03:25 AM
RM11 & Word 2003 - disappearing bibliography
Wednesday, 03 March, 2010 05:59 AM
Unable to collaborate with V11 users and V12 users
Friday, 26 February, 2010 05:27 AM
Going back to version 11 ?
Friday, 26 February, 2010 04:36 AM
Reference Manager 12 Word toolbar replaced by EndNote X2 toolbar after applying update 12.0.2 to Reference Manager
Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 10:43 AM
Is Reference Manager certified?
Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 03:15 AM
Problem opening file attachments in RM 12
Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 03:31 PM
Ref IDs moving to other fields when copying between databases
Monday, 25 January, 2010 02:57 PM
Defective Field entry on search
Wednesday, 13 January, 2010 09:45 PM
SLOW entry of new references
Wednesday, 13 January, 2010 09:40 PM
Cannot perform online search (RM12) after Pubmed's facelift (server name could not be resolved)
Sunday, 10 January, 2010 12:43 PM
'Cannot open Endnote Library'
Wednesday, 06 January, 2010 08:18 AM
Toolbar in Word 2003 does not work any longer
Thursday, 24 December, 2009 07:31 AM
Windows 7
Wednesday, 23 December, 2009 10:58 AM
refman 12 crash
Thursday, 19 November, 2009 12:25 PM
Legal Statutes and Government Documents
Monday, 16 November, 2009 12:15 PM
RefMan 12 - Windows mistakes file extension rmx for Real Media File
Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 04:21 AM
RefMan class schedule for Nov and Dec 2009
Monday, 09 November, 2009 05:22 PM
uninstalling reference manager
Friday, 06 November, 2009 07:06 AM
adding comments within reference brackets
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 01:38 AM
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