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(For data relating to address, URLs, email, telephone, fax, discussion list, distributors, assistance, support, resource depository, demo versions, special licences and other products, make reference to the  Producers' respective basic web URL, see below: www)

RefWorks only web based, hosted on remote and unknown server;
Versions: v. 5.0;  August 2007
Price: ask the producer for site licences most often delivered on a FTE basis; individual license can be around $ 100 US per year
-language: English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean
Individual license: one account login that can be used by more users
Site license: with unlimited number of accounts.

Scopus edition: "RefWorks and Scopus have teamed up to create an add-on module to RefWorks that will provide linking between references in your RefWorks database and information in Scopus.  This free feature is only available if your Organization subscribes to both RefWorks and Scopus...The Scopus Links icon identifies a reference as being imported from Scopus and having links back to Scopus for additional information" (cited from official documentation: not tested as I cannot access a Scopus subscription)

EndNote Win: Windows version X1 (11), June 2007;
EndNote Mac: Mac OS X, v. X (10) August 2006;
interoperability between MacIntosh and Windows versions without need to convert databases, also within a multi-platform network. 
No back compatibility to versions lower than v. 8  (citation styles, import filters and connections not at risk)
Versions:
-single user: yes, ca $US 300 (handling and shipping not included); $US 240 if downloaded from the webstore. No printed manual, manual as PDF file; (US and CA students: ca $US 110)
standalone read-only database: no
-language (menu, manual, help): English;
in other languages: no 
network: yes (read-only) requires license adequate to the total number of concurrent network users
Windows and Mac OS editions: the two versions work in the same way with a few differences: Mac
1. Mac has got Spotlight search ability: can use full-text automatic Mac Spotlight background indexing to locate also strings within EndNote library records
3. Toolbar can be customized
4. Format paper command can be made available in wp other than MS-Word using the Mac Services function when available
5. Reference Edit: special characters command opens a window for font and characters to be chosen
6. Import from Internet: Direct export of bibliographic data from information providers web sites can be available only via Mozilla-Firefox (official doc. says also Netscape) when it is customized so that EndNote works with Mozilla-Firefox as a helper application.
PALM OS edition: Both Windows and Mac editions can be synchronized with  handheld devices using Palm OS™ 4.1-5.x (16 MB RAM): not tested.
The Palm version is not a full EndNote on the Palm. It is a small application to make your references available away from your main computer, with limited editing capacity. It has no: change reference types; CWYW manuscript formatting; scan paper; Z39.50 searching; print; import; export; changing styles, etc. You can make simple changes to references such as adding records and data, and do very simple searching.
Adding notes is done in an independent entry window instead of in a separate field, this is a Palm standard. The field information will be plain text when it is synchronized back to the PC.