I'm a beginning Ph.d. student and after some weeks of research I've noticed that I'm not managing my information efficiently.
Is there any software you can recommend? I found JabRef (a Java reference manager) - which is open source, and I like it very much (don't have the money for Endnote ;-)
But storing references is only one part of the story. I would like to extract quotes, add my own ideas, cross-reference them with other papers etc. etc. In short, I would like to organize my research - that was has traditionally been done with pencil and paper.
Do you know of any software which can be recommended for this? Preferably open source or freeware.
are there any note field? (I haven't use jabref before) maybe tiddlywiki can help to a certain extent but not if you want to export your reference (unless there are some plugins that I am not aware of) :-/
If you want to do things online, then Wikindx may be the way to go. If on your Mac, then at present I favour Circus Ponies Notebook (commercial but not too expensive) with JabRef or another reference manager of your choice. For Windows, the only good option I know of personally is wikidPad (Open Source).
> I'm a beginning Ph.d. student and after some weeks of research I've noticed > that I'm not managing my information efficiently.
> Is there any software you can recommend? I found JabRef (a Java reference > manager) - which is open source, and I like it very much (don't have the > money > for Endnote ;-)
> But storing references is only one part of the story. I would like to > extract quotes, > add my own ideas, cross-reference them with other papers etc. etc. > In short, I would like to organize my research - that was has > traditionally been done > with pencil and paper.
> Do you know of any software which can be recommended for this? > Preferably open > source or freeware.
> On 5/6/06, Peter Mexbacher <deb...@aon.at> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm a beginning Ph.d. student and after some weeks of research I've noticed > > that I'm not managing my information efficiently.
> > Is there any software you can recommend? I found JabRef (a Java reference > > manager) - which is open source, and I like it very much (don't have the > > money > > for Endnote ;-)
> > But storing references is only one part of the story. I would like to > > extract quotes, > > add my own ideas, cross-reference them with other papers etc. etc. > > In short, I would like to organize my research - that was has > > traditionally been done > > with pencil and paper.
> > Do you know of any software which can be recommended for this? > > Preferably open > > source or freeware.
I think I will look at both wikindx and wikipad, though I must say from first glance wikindx looks very promising and my be just the tool I'm looking for.
Thank you again very much for your help, Kind Regards, Peter
>> On 5/6/06, Peter Mexbacher <deb...@aon.at> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm a beginning Ph.d. student and after some weeks of research I've noticed >>> that I'm not managing my information efficiently.
>>> Is there any software you can recommend? I found JabRef (a Java reference >>> manager) - which is open source, and I like it very much (don't have the >>> money >>> for Endnote ;-)
>>> But storing references is only one part of the story. I would like to >>> extract quotes, >>> add my own ideas, cross-reference them with other papers etc. etc. >>> In short, I would like to organize my research - that was has >>> traditionally been done >>> with pencil and paper.
>>> Do you know of any software which can be recommended for this? >>> Preferably open >>> source or freeware.
WikiNDX if you have a newer system to run it on, is an open source reference aggregator and note organizer, developed and released as open source-ware by a programming geek when he was doing his own thesis work. I edit dissertations and have therefore developed some workshops on pre-prep, and while the school that routes me the most work has chosen to do a site license with RefWorks (which is a delightful online subscription-based reference and notes aggregator), I like to let folks know there is an open source option, and I like this one bunches. Even though I don't use LaTEX... WikiNDX began as one person's useful tool, and (yay) continues to be developed and supported. Worth a look.
One items from my "most common errors noted" to avoid: always make sure you have the page range for direct quotes, to go in your text citatation, no matter what style publication manual you're using!
Google's new Notebook coming out next week (by 5/18.06) is going to be interesting to look at for how useful it might be for note-taking and cross referencing to online resources.
Nud*ist is another cross-referencing research database tool (commercial not-cheap-ware) that can be incredibly worthwhile for folks who are doing qualitative, or deep interview work, and want to pull out themes.
hah! First time I've been described as a programming geek. And I'm still doing my thesis (which has nothing to do with programming -- a few months and it will be done hopefully). Wikindx also doesn't use laTeX (although I'd like to get someone who knows that format to do some export routines for me).
Anyway, wikindx v3.3 was released about 10 hours ago.
It's great to hear that wikindx has been updated again, and I've just upgraded. My general impression is that this is the best solution all-round for someone starting from scratch. (I'm afraid it's taking me an inordinate amount of time to get up to speed, because I wasn't able to get my existing data into good enough shape to import it into wikindx without incident.)
> But storing references is only one part of the story. I would like to > extract quotes, > add my own ideas, cross-reference them with other papers etc. etc. > In short, I would like to organize my research - that was has > traditionally been done with pencil and paper.
> Do you know of any software which can be recommended for this?
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Hello, keep an eye on www.citavi.com. At this time only a German version is available, but an English one will follow at the end of this year. Its free up to 100 records per file. The unlimited version costs 90 Euro.
Just found an application named InfoRapid Knowledgemap which provides some very good ways to collect, organize and present researched information. I have not tried it as yet - hoping to spend some time with it this weekend - so if anyone has giving it a try, please let as all - at least me - know.
Wouldn't it be nice if Devonthink had a Windows version!
Since it doesn't, this is a topic that I have been occasionally searching, to see if anyone comes up with anything.
InfoRapid knowledgemap seems like it might be the thing - though it's heavy.
For me, what is important is the possibility of an app that can troll my drive (or the folder that I use to store my documents in) and catalogue keywords, allowing me to view and manipulate the results - over a variety of document forms, and two very different languages (Hebrew and English).
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