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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)

EndNote Web: only web based, hosted on remote producer's servers
Versions: v. 2.4 (October 2008)
Price: free for institutions having subscribed ISI Web of Knowledge. Also: With the EndNote X2.0.1 update, each user receives an EndNote Web account. This applies to individuals as well as volume or site licensees

-language: English, Chinese
Individual license & Site license: see above Price

RefWorks only web based, hosted on remote producer's servers;
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.

EndNote Win: Windows version X2 (12), June 2008;
EndNote Mac: Mac OS X, v. X (12) September 2008;
interoperability between MacIntosh and Windows versions without need to convert databases, also within a multi-platform network. 
No backwards 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 250 if downloaded from the webstore. No printed manual, manual as PDF file; (US and CA students: ca $US 110); users of countries with local distributor must purchase from them at localized prices 
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.x-5.4.x (8 MB RAM): not tested.
The Palm version is not a full EndNote on the Palm. It is a small application to make your references -one db at the time- available away from your main computer, with limited editing capacity. It does not provide: change reference types; CWYW manuscript formatting; scan RTF 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.

Reference Manager version 12 Windows, single user and network version, published September 2008;
Versions: 
-single user: yes, Price: ca $US 300 + handling and shipping, or 250 if downloaded (students in North America: ca $US 116); when local agreed distributors exist, users from outside North America must purchase from them
-standalone read-only database: no;
-language (menu, manual, help): English;
-network: yes, with workstation installation 5 User Network License ca $US 1.400, (for concurrent use contact the developer); see also Network version

EW:
Browsers: MS-Internet Explorer 6.0-7.0 / Firefox 2.0-3.0 / Safari 1.3 - 2.0
Windows Plug-in Requirements : Windows XP SP2, Vista ; CWYW: MS-Word 2003 / 2007 ; Toolbar: MS-Internet Explorer 6.0-7.0 set as the default Web browser ; Firefox 2.0 for Windows set as the default Web browser
Macintosh Plug-in Requirements: Macintosh OS X 10.4.9 and 10.5.x  / CWYW: MS-Word 2004/2008 / Toolbar: Firefox 2.0 for Macintosh set as the default Web browser .
Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled in the Web browser settings.
Format any RTF file as a paper