Yetanotherdegree Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I posted yesterday in the research section and folks over there have recommended all kinds of programs for managing bibliographic data. It only occurred to me after that this type of thing really is subject-specific, in that the tools scientists want for bibliographies are slightly different from the tools used by folks in the humanities. So, if you're making notes and building a bibliography for future use as a theologian/religious studies-type, what features do you look for in a program? Any specific tools to recommend? I just need a place to keep an annotated list of books, preferably something I can later subdivide, merge, and generally mess around with. My institution provides access to Endnote and also recommends Zotero, so I will probably go with one of those, but any reviews or recs from people with similar academic interests (and therefore dealing with similar types of data) would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. t Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Zotero is my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Body Politics Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Zotero forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndlessAshley Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 I third Zotero. I have also tried RefWorks but found Zotero to be much more user friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetanotherdegree Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Thanks, everyone. Zotero it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaus-gabri Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Definitely Zotero--unless you're REALLY cool (read: nerdy), then use BibTeX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Body Politics Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 What about for PDF-reading and annotating? I am currently using Mendeley, wishing I had EndNote, and open to suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. t Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I use Diigo for my online note taking (it's significantly better than evernote for academic purposes). It will work on embedded PDFs IIRC. I'm still a bit old-fashioned when it comes to note taking, so I'll usually do PDFs and books in my regular notebooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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