Digital Research Tools
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I’ve started a research project this winter and thought it might be a good time to try to learn to keep track of my research using my computer. After looking around for some options, I found Zotero–a firefox plugin that is easy to use but also quite sophisticated. Great for capturing bibliographic data from library catalogs and on the web.
Drawbacks are 1) no simple way to back up the files, 2) no control over where files are managed.
I’m interested if anyone has any recommendations for research free tools. I have Access and Excel, but there are obvious limitations there too. I haven’t run across any good templates yet.
I’m interested if anyone has any recommendations for research free tools. I have Access and Excel, but there are obvious limitations there too. I haven’t run across any good templates yet.
Scott,
The best tool I’ve found for collecting and organizing random material while doing research is Microsoft OneNote. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx
Hi, Mike. Thanks for the feedback. That’s kind of what I thought.
I looked at One Note and for whatever reason decided to try the Zotero plugin first. After using it for two months, I’ve found it’s pretty good.
I may yet try One Note down the road as I get into writing my project. At the moment, Zotero is working well for bibliographic stuff and organizing loose docs, notes and ideas. I really like its feature of capturing a webpage but preserving the actual link to the page. If the link is broken later, you still have the material you orginially linked to.
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