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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

    October 5, 2008

    No More Notecards: Humanties Workshop at UC Irvine on Oct 6

    Filed under: events,research,writing — Jana @ 11:48 am
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    NO MORE NOTE CARDS: NEW WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH
    Mon., 10/6, 12:00-1:30, 137 Humanities Instructional Building
    Join us for an informal workshop/demonstration/discussion about popular web-based applications for use with graduate-level research and writing. We will discuss programs such as Zotero, GoogleDocs, Scrivener, and the digital imaging of archival resources. If you’d like, bring your laptop with you.

    Discussion Facilitator: Jana Remy, Graduate Student, Department of History

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