1. Note taking, literature reviews and referencing software/applications Daniela Sirinic & Kristin Makszin

3. Show & tell  Referencing managers (&or bookmark managers)  EndNote  Mendeley  Citavi  JabRef  Zotero  Note taking software suggestions  Keynote NF  Keep Note  MindMap  PDF readers – short intro  Foxit Reader  PDF-Xchange Viewer  Other useful apps

4. Referencing managers (& or bookmark managers)  EndNote  not free, but easy to get  Word in-cite option – not working well with ‘student version’  On the other side…  everyone uses it  MyEndNoteWeb option to bookmark articles in your browser and export them to the desktop version  Almost unlimited reference styles

6. Referencing managers (&or bookmark managers)  Mendeley (http://www.mendeley.com/)  Free / + online backup of up to 500MB (+500MB for shared)  All-in-One  Reference manager  Folder organizer  Automatically collects metadata from Google Schoolar and updates your citations (not allways perfectily)  Opens pdf’s, allows pdf annotation within  Great interface  Many other fun features for organizing databases  "Mendeley is pretty much the most fun you can have with your pants on.“  Works with Zotero and BibTex

9. Referencing managers (&or bookmark managers)  Citavi  Swiss academic software  Up to 100 references free // otherwise $  You can apply for a free version PhD lottery  Basically same features as Mendeley  Better interface – easier to use  Organize knowledge: save quotations, thoughts, and comments  Plan and track tasks

12. Same in EndNote and Mendeley

13. NEW! Check it

14. Referencing managers (& or bookmark managers)  Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/)  Free with100 MB of free Zotero File Storage for attached files, with larger storage plans available for purchase.  Reference manager  Easily build library using internet browser (works only with Firefox)  Can export library to BibTeX, MODS, RIS, …  Can sync library between multiple computers  No built in PDF viewer or organizer

19. More formats available at: http://www.zotero.org/styles

20. Note taking

21. Keepnote http://keepnote.org/keepnote/

22. Note taking

23. Literature review

24. KeyNote NF  http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/ http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/  I prefer this one  better export options  automatic backup of last 9 changes  code written by a PhD student

25. Literature review

26. MindMapping  http://sciplore.org/software/sciplore_mindmapping/ http://sciplore.org/software/sciplore_mindmapping/  works with Mendeley, JabRef & Zotero  CHECK: http://sciplore.org/blog/2010/03/02/how-to-write-a- phd-thesis/

28. Other apps  Foxit Reader  PDF-XChange Viewer  KickRSS – Feed Aggregator  http://www.kickrss.com/Research%20Blogs http://www.kickrss.com/Research%20Blogs  Google Reader  Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/)  Find open source alternatives: http://alternativeto.net/software/keynote-nf/

30. The end…  Questions?  Suggestions?  Email addresses:  Daniela - sirinic_daniela@ceu-budapest.edusirinic_daniela@ceu-budapest.edu  Kristin – nickel_kristin@ceu-budapest.edunickel_kristin@ceu-budapest.edu