Archived thread 1024528 from Education & Science. Markdown source: Education_&_Science/thread_1024528_Managing_research_material.md
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
I use JabRef to manage the citations (as it does BibTex databases for me rather nicely) and lots of dead trees.
euler_fan said: 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
Do either of those enable you to add a new output style? I've got to use a customised version of Harvard style. Cliff
loobyloo said: 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
myotis said: 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.
myotis said: 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.
euler_fan said: 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
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! :)
sybille said: 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
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.
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 :)
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.
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.