Law

From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University.

Advantages:

• Very good support for HTML content. (Mendeley and Refworks are more PDF-centric.)



• Lets you take an unlimited number of notes on each item, create notes that aren’t attached to a specific item, and search and tag notes.



• Highlights and annotations on documents are synced across computers.



• Good support for group collaboration.

Disadvantages:

• Browser plugin is only available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.



• Highlighting and annotating documents relies on external tools (e.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, macOS Preview).

Advantages:

• Lets you highlight and annotate PDFs inside the program, and syncs your highlights and annotations.



• Installed in campus computer labs.



• Some support for small group (up to 3 people) collaboration.

Disadvantages:

• Works best when you download the desktop program, although there is a Web interface.



• Weaker support than Zotero for searching, tagging, etc. your notes and annotations.