| SOFTWARE |
REFERENCE MANAGER FOR WINDOWS V10 |
PRO-CITE FOR WINDOWS V5 or MacOS V4 |
ENDNOTE FOR WINDOWS or MacOS V4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer |
ISI Research Soft |
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| Hardware |
IBM personal computer or 100% compatible; Pentium or better; 16 MB RAM; HD with 25MB |
IBM personal computer or 100% compatible; 486 or higher; 8 MB RAM; hard disk; Apple G3 or higher |
IBM personal computer or 100% compatible; 386 or higher; 8 MB RAM; hard disk; Apple G3 or higher |
| Operating System |
Windows 95 or higher or Windows NT 4.0 |
MS Windows 95, 98; NT4; MacOS 8.6 |
MS Windows 3.x, 95, NT, 98; MacOS 8.6 |
| Word Processor Compatibility |
Word for Windows 97, 2000 or XP or Corel Word Processor 8, 2000 or 2002 |
Microsoft Word for Windows and Corel WordPerfect for Windows (32-bit versions) |
Microsoft Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows and others |
| Ease of Use |
Menus, buttons, key commands, toolbars, drag and drop, right mouse support |
Menus, buttons, key commands, toolbars, right mouse support |
Menus, buttons, key commands, drag and drop |
| View formatted references in split screen display |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Customize display |
Yes |
Yes; view any field in any order |
Yes |
| Edit from main display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Data Entry |
Keyboard or import files |
Keyboard or import files |
Keyboard, import files, drag-and-drop from remote z39.50 sources |
| Data Entry Formats |
35 pre-defined formats, user-modified reference types |
27 pre-defined; unlimited user-defined formats |
16 pre-defined; 1 user-defined; unlimited user-modified formats |
| Importing Files Downloaded from Databases |
Any consistently tagged output format |
Any consistently tagged output format |
Any consistently tagged output format; automatic import from z39.50 sources |
| Editing |
Full-screen or global editing |
Full-screen or global editing |
Full-screen or global editing |
| Detects duplicate records |
Yes, customize |
Yes, customize |
Yes |
| Detects use of new terms |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Authority Lists |
Authors, editors, keywords, periodicals |
Authors, keywords, titles, journals, and unlimited user-defined lists |
Any field |
| Authority Lists Automatically Generated |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Author synonyms |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Keyword synonyms |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Spell check selected text/entire reference |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Selecting from Authority Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recognizes Journal Synonyms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fields |
Ample fixed-length fields; variable-length Notes and Abstracts fields |
Variable-length fields to 32 K characters |
Variable-length fields |
| Records |
unlimited record size |
unlimited record size |
64k character maximum record size |
| Databases |
Unlimited database capacity and number of databases; storage limited only by disk space |
Unlimited database capacity and number of databases; storage limited only by disk space |
Up to 32,000 records per database; number of databases limited only by disk space |
| Searching/Free Text |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Searching/Specific Fields |
Any field, reference number, document type, or reprint request date |
Any field, record number, or format type |
Any field, record number, or reference type |
| Number of databases searchable simultaneously |
10 |
1 |
1 |
| Number of saved strategies |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
One (current) |
| Supports Greek and other non-English characters |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Boolean Operators |
And, Or, Not |
And, Or, Not |
And, Or, Not |
| Relational Operators |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Truncation |
Right-sided truncation |
Right-sided and left-sided truncation |
Right-sided and left-sided truncation |
| Sorting |
Sort by any field displayed in the reference list |
Sort by any field or combination of fields displayed in the reference list up to 6 levels deep; 7 pre-defined sorts |
Sort by any field or combination of fields; 1 pre-defined sort |
| Create manuscript and bibliography as single document |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Formatting Bibliographies |
Over 300 pre-defined formats including APA, MLA, Vancouver, CBE, JACS; unlimited user-defined formats and modification of existing formats; displays sample formats |
30 formats are pre-programmed including ANSI, APA, MLA, Science, Turabian, Chicago A and B; unlimited user-defined formats and modification of existing formats |
Over 300 pre-defined formats including APA, MLA, Vancouver, CBE, JACS, ANSI, Science, Turabian and HTML; unlimited user-defined formats; and modification of existing formats |
| Create subject bibliographies |
Yes |
Yes, also creates index |
Yes |
| New Features v.10 |
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| Share Libraries across Windows and MAC platform |
Requires conversion |
Requires conversion |
Yes |