Doctoral Research - Project or Document Management Software
I am a Ph.D. student and currently arranging research material for my thesis proposal and dissertation. In my research, I am coming across a vast number of online sites and offline material. Usually, I save them as documents and organize them as files and folders in my study area or computer. However, I was wondering if there is any academic software that could manage, categorize, and coordinate research, conferences, publications, calender, appointments, etc in a strategic manner. I know there are applications like Microsoft Outlook that can organize mail and calenders for communication and planning and EndNote and many web-based software are there for organizing bibliographies, library lists, and publishing but I was wondering if there is a comprehensive academic software for research project management? I am sure this would be very helpful for all graduate students and academic researchers and any suggestion would be very helpful! Thanks! Samita -- Samita Nandy Media and Information, Curtin University of Technology Communication and Culture, University of Toronto E-Mail: samitanandy@gmail.com Phone: 1-905-896-7834 Fax: 1-905-268-9996
Samita Nandy wrote:
I am a Ph.D. student and currently arranging research material for my thesis proposal and dissertation. In my research, I am coming across a vast number of online sites and offline material. Usually, I save them as documents and organize them as files and folders in my study area or computer. However, I was wondering if there is any academic software that could manage, categorize, and coordinate research, conferences, publications, calender, appointments, etc in a strategic manner.
For organising publications, take a look at Papers: http://mekentosj.com/papers/. You *do* have a Mac, right? ;-) For some of your other requirements, look at OpenGroupware.org: http://www.opengroupware.org/en/applications/index.html. -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}'
You can really use any database program to organize things. If you are a mac user, I use something called DevonNotes (www.devon-technologies.com), it handles any kind of format, and its a good way to take notes. Papers, like Jeremy suggested, is also a good mac application. I've also experimented with using a personal wiki, but that's still in its early stages. The key is to think about exactly what you need, and then look around and find a program that is close to what you're thinking of. There are actually a lot of programs out there for this application. I'm interested in what other's use. Ben Spigel Graduate Student Department of Geography The Ohio State University On 6/19/07, Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy@malcolm.id.au> wrote:
Samita Nandy wrote:
I am a Ph.D. student and currently arranging research material for my thesis proposal and dissertation. In my research, I am coming across a vast number of online sites and offline material. Usually, I save them as documents and organize them as files and folders in my study area or computer. However, I was wondering if there is any academic software that could manage, categorize, and coordinate research, conferences, publications, calender, appointments, etc in a strategic manner.
For organising publications, take a look at Papers: http://mekentosj.com/papers/. You *do* have a Mac, right? ;-)
For some of your other requirements, look at OpenGroupware.org: http://www.opengroupware.org/en/applications/index.html.
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I've just started wrestling with this problem, too. I've been experimenting with Journler (http://journler.com/) and Yojimbo (http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/), both for Mac. Journler is donationware, but you can get a student discount for Yojimbo. Right now, they're looking the same to me, but maybe 30 days will tell the difference. :) I'd love to hear what other people are using, too. -Dan Dan_Sutko@ncsu.edu TA - Public Speaking Program RA - Mobile Gaming Research Lab Dept. of Communication North Carolina State University On Jun 19, 2007, at 9:02 PM, Ben Spigel wrote:
You can really use any database program to organize things. If you are a mac user, I use something called DevonNotes (www.devon-technologies.com), it handles any kind of format, and its a good way to take notes. Papers, like Jeremy suggested, is also a good mac application. I've also experimented with using a personal wiki, but that's still in its early stages.
The key is to think about exactly what you need, and then look around and find a program that is close to what you're thinking of. There are actually a lot of programs out there for this application. I'm interested in what other's use.
Ben Spigel Graduate Student Department of Geography The Ohio State University
On 6/19/07, Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy@malcolm.id.au> wrote:
Samita Nandy wrote:
I am a Ph.D. student and currently arranging research material for my thesis proposal and dissertation. In my research, I am coming across a vast number of online sites and offline material. Usually, I save them as documents and organize them as files and folders in my study area or computer. However, I was wondering if there is any academic software that could manage, categorize, and coordinate research, conferences, publications, calender, appointments, etc in a strategic manner.
For organising publications, take a look at Papers: http://mekentosj.com/papers/. You *do* have a Mac, right? ;-)
For some of your other requirements, look at OpenGroupware.org: http://www.opengroupware.org/en/applications/index.html.
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I have always made entries in Reference Manager (http://www.refman.com/) to document the titles for downloaded files and webpages. I have a titling system and everything goes into one folder for easy access and that system works fine for me. However, I have to admit that I really like the look of some the programs you've suggested here, particularly Papers. Are their any good PC based solutions? No I don't own a Mac...not yet. Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Student - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Adjunct Instructor - School of Informatics, IUPUI, Indianapolis IN USA and IUPUC, Columbus IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com Quoting Daniel Sutko <dmsutko@ncsu.edu>:
I've just started wrestling with this problem, too. I've been experimenting with Journler (http://journler.com/) and Yojimbo (http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/), both for Mac. Journler is donationware, but you can get a student discount for Yojimbo. Right now, they're looking the same to me, but maybe 30 days will tell the difference. :) I'd love to hear what other people are using, too.
-Dan
Dan_Sutko@ncsu.edu TA - Public Speaking Program RA - Mobile Gaming Research Lab Dept. of Communication North Carolina State University
On Jun 19, 2007, at 9:02 PM, Ben Spigel wrote:
You can really use any database program to organize things. If you are a mac user, I use something called DevonNotes (www.devon-technologies.com), it handles any kind of format, and its a good way to take notes. Papers, like Jeremy suggested, is also a good mac application. I've also experimented with using a personal wiki, but that's still in its early stages.
The key is to think about exactly what you need, and then look around and find a program that is close to what you're thinking of. There are actually a lot of programs out there for this application. I'm interested in what other's use.
Ben Spigel Graduate Student Department of Geography The Ohio State University
On 6/19/07, Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy@malcolm.id.au> wrote:
Samita Nandy wrote:
I am a Ph.D. student and currently arranging research material for my thesis proposal and dissertation. In my research, I am coming across a vast number of online sites and offline material. Usually, I save them as documents and organize them as files and folders in my study area or computer. However, I was wondering if there is any academic software that could manage, categorize, and coordinate research, conferences, publications, calender, appointments, etc in a strategic manner.
For organising publications, take a look at Papers: http://mekentosj.com/papers/. You *do* have a Mac, right? ;-)
For some of your other requirements, look at OpenGroupware.org: http://www.opengroupware.org/en/applications/index.html.
-- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http:// aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http:// listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Joyce Walker and Jim Purdy reported on the info management tools used by university students. Check out their paper in Kairos: http://english.ttu.edu/Kairos/11.2/binder.html?topoi/purdy-walker/index.htm 3.3.9 PANEL: Understanding the Search: The Quest for Intellectual Resources in E-Space
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Organizers/Presenters: Joyce Walker Jim Purdy Douglas Eyman Colleen Reilly Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tues: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
--- Samita Nandy <samitanandy@gmail.com> wrote: Samita - The particular tool was called www.furl.net Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tues: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php
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