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4 scholarly research solutions

#1 Post by Midas »

Without any special reason or ordering, here are a couple solutions for scientific research documentation management I have found recently...
  • Readcube (http://www.readcube.com/)
    Based on Adobe Air, available for Windows & MacOS, registration required for client download, no info on portability.

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#2 Post by Midas »

... and a few intriguing articles on the subject I found while doing my (re)search:

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#3 Post by starstuff »

hello Midas,

thank you for your share, i was looking for reference manager and your post is very helpful.

what do you currently use for reference/research management?

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starstuff wrote:What do you currently use for reference/research management?

Hi, starstuff. Unfortunately, I'm still looking for a manageable solution for that particular area of my daily computing; for the time being, I make do with wikidPad's clipboard catcher and a few other lesser programs... :oops:

WikidPad: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1099.

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Related online resources...
  • http://www.refme.com/
    "The free web and mobile tool to generate citations, reference lists and bibliographies." Free client software for iOS and Android.
For further choices, you can start by check this article: elearningindustry.com/14-best-online-bibliography-and-citation-tools...

Programs already mentioned around TPFC's forums:

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#6 Post by johnwaller »

See here is collection of some updated and accurate tools

http://www.citationmachine.net/ Citation Machine automatically generates citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian.
http://www.bibme.org/ BibMe Free Bibliography & Citation Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard
http://www.citethisforme.com/ Create your citations, reference lists and bibliographies automatically using the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles. It's fast and free!
http://www.researchomatic.com/citation-generator/ Create citation in all 16 styles.

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#7 Post by Midas »

Thanks for your input, johnwalker. :)

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#8 Post by Billo255 »

I came across a FireFox add-in called Save Text to File.

You can highlight a section or a whole page and then click a Save Text to File icon and it copies the selection to a text file.

It ignores images and copies only text.

It has options that allow the user to pick how and where the text is saved and how automated they want it to be.

A couple of examples:

Option to append to a specific file or to create individual files
Option to review or not review detailed info about the file before it's saved.

This is an example of what the output looks like.

---------------------------------------------------------
Date stamp: 2017-09-02
Time stamp: 19-06-56
posting.php?t=20967

See here is collection of some updated and accurate tools

http://www.citationmachine.net
http://www.bibme.org
http://www.researchomatic.com/
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It's simple but useful when you want to quickly grab pieces of info and not have to remember when and where you got it from.

Bill
Last edited by Billo255 on Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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#9 Post by __philippe »

@Billo255

Thanks for your valuable input.

In order to improve the post readability, could you possibly reformat it for a narrower display,
by inserting some line-breaks here and there, at judicious intervals within some overly long text lines?

This would ward off the pesky "horizontal scroll-bar" side-effect.

Thank you.

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#10 Post by webfork »

__philippe wrote:In order to improve the post readability, could you possibly reformat it for a narrower display, by inserting some line-breaks here and there, at judicious intervals within some overly long text lines?
Or just select some of the text that's not wrapping properly and choose "Font size: Small" or "Tiny"

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#11 Post by Billo255 »

I have been accused of being a bit verbose from time to time.

Comes from drafting too many documents describing things in
excruciating detail directed at lawyers and dense business people.

Hopefully my edit meets everyone's standards and viewability criteria? :wink:

Bill

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#12 Post by __philippe »

@Billo255

Radical cleanup indeed, Ta!... :o

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#13 Post by webfork »

A few updates on this thread:
Midas wrote: Readcube (http://www.readcube.com/)
The program has mostly been replaced by a successor program called "Papers" https://www.papersapp.com/ but is still available for download http://download.readcube.com/client/readcube.exe (last updated back in 2013, thanks to Softpedia for this link).

[Papers' listing on Softpedia]

EDIT:

JabRef appears to be distributing a portable version of the program:
https://www.fosshub.com/JabRef.html

Also the link for Midas' "PDF & Citation Managers: A Subjective Review" died but I was able to track it down:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160812221 ... ve-review/

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#14 Post by Midas »

A propos, a reference to WinBib reviewed a while back might be in order here: viewtopic.php?t=21823.

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