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October 7, 2008

No More Notecards: Links to web resources

Filed under: research, resources — Jana @ 5:57 am
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A list of links for my “No More Notecards” workshop.

Zotero:
~Adding items into a collection and organizing sources
~Creating a bibliography via Word or GoogleDocs
~Managing your collection through tags
~troubleshooting
~Endnote file transfer (in litigation)

Scrivener (for Mac):
~intro vid
~other Mac resources:DEVONthink
~similar PC software

Project Management:
~Hiveminder/GCal
~Remember the Milk (Also works with GCal)

UPDATE:
Some resources that were suggested during the workshop:

  • iGoogle, as a portal to all of the diverse Google applications including GoogleBook, GoogleScholar, GooglePatent, etc
  • Mind Mapping software (H/T Stephen Franklin), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software, lists as external refs, Innovation Tools: Independent site dedicated to introducing accelerated learning tools. It includes a survey of Mind Mapping software use. Mind-mapping.org, independent site claiming to have every piece of mind mapping software in its list of over 178 packages. It also includes on-line mind mapping services, software for concept mapping and outlining and a historical record of past software in these categories.

Note: workshop hosted by Humanitech, which is also a sponsor of the Making History Podcast

    January 29, 2008

    Technological tools for historians

    Filed under: research — Jana @ 11:31 pm
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    Zotero is really starting to grow on me. I added this bibliographic application to my browser in November and I now find that I use it constantly to create lists of books to read, to organize items relevant to my research, and so forth. I like that it’s far faster and easier to import data than EndNote (and I have been a devotee of EndNote for several years). I also appreciate that it works with my web browser so I no longer need to run a separate program while searching the web.

    Another application that I’m growing fond of is Hiveminder, a task management system I’m using to manage my research goals as well as personal stuff like grocery lists and errands. What I like best about Hiveminder is that it integrates with both my browser (so I can add items via my searchbar) and with googlecalendar–showing my daily ‘to do’ list on the top of each day’s schedule. Hiveminder allows for recurring tasks and “before-after” tasks (as in, before I finish my grant application I need to contact my advisor to write a recommendation letter and after I finish it I need to go to the post office–all added seamlessly from one entry).

    Are you using Zotero, Hiveminder, or other similar programs? If so, how are they aiding your research and writing?

    Here’s a brief youtube overview of Zotero:

    And a look at Hiveminder:

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