Managing research material

[myotis]

How do you manage research material? Do you have a specific workflow?

With Windows and Macs, there are prgrams like Devonthink and Zoot, that meta manage data, both structured and random, and its common to read about how people use these programs as a central component in their workflow.

Would anyone care to share how they manage their research material and writing workflow in Ubuntu. ie from grabbing or storing data/papers/analysis etc through to final paper or report.

Many thanks,

Graham

[hubie]

It doesn't solve the whole problem, but for managing papers (in PDF format), there is Librarian (http://www.bioinformatics.org/librarian/index.php). The nice thing about it is that it is designed for a group of people to maintain a common library of papers.

[myotis]

It doesn't solve the whole problem, but for managing papers (in PDF format), there is Librarian (http://www.bioinformatics.org/librarian/index.php).

Thanks, useful to know about.

Graham

[euler_fan]

I use JabRef to manage the citations (as it does BibTex databases for me rather nicely) and lots of dead trees.

[myotis]

I use JabRef to manage the citations (as it does BibTex databases for me rather nicely) and lots of dead trees.

Yes, so do I, except I grab references with Zotero and then dump them by project into Jabref.

Graham

[loobyloo]

Do either of those enable you to add a new output style? I've got to use a customised version of Harvard style.
Cliff

[myotis]

Do either of those enable you to add a new output style? I've got to use a customised version of Harvard style.
Cliff

Jabref allows you to create customised styles (but I've never done it).

Zotero has an extensive list of downloadable styles including several Harvard styles, and you can create your own styles using CSL. Which I have just discovered is a form of XML designed for creating citations. Again, I have not tried this

Graham

[euler_fan]

Yes, so do I, except I grab references with Zotero and then dump them by project into Jabref.

Graham

I'll definitely have to play with Zotero :) It looks like it even handles masses of pdf files on the HD nicely.

[euler_fan]

Jabref allows you to create customised styles (but I've never done it).

Zotero has an extensive list of downloadable styles including several Harvard styles, and you can create your own styles using CSL. Which I have just discovered is a form of XML designed for creating citations. Again, I have not tried this

Graham

Custom export formats for JabRef look like LaTeX in a html file . . . so nothing so hard there so long as one is willing to put in the time.

[myotis]

I'll definitely have to play with Zotero :) It looks like it even handles masses of pdf files on the HD nicely.

It is very very useful, and once v2 comes out which will allow storage on a central server, it will be even more useful.

Graham

[sybille]

For some tips on using Zotero in Ubuntu, you can check out the following page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Zotero

Please add any and all new material and corrections to the wiki! :)

[myotis]

For some tips on using Zotero in Ubuntu, you can check out the following page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Zotero

Please add any and all new material and corrections to the wiki! :)

Thanks, some useful tips here.

Graham

[MikeSho]

Guys Please I know this is totally different to Managing research material.

Is there a software to restructure / change words in an english sentence?

Many thanks.

[loobyloo]

If you hear of anything, can you let me know because I'm getting really sick of this essay I'm doing because I've been "restructuring sentences" for weeks :)

[yollyp]

I think there's a software that caters to checking the correctness of your english-but can't figure out the name. What I can suggest the usual grammar checking in msword which includes the punctuation and spelling check.

[loobyloo]

At the risk of opening a can of worms, I'd be very careful about using anything that comes packaged with Word. It uses a very particular and idiosyncratic notion of what constitutes correct English and I know many of the things it recommends are dubious or plain incorrect (in the UK at least). There's no substitute for having a couple of good style guides next to you as you write.