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At the beginning of this week I posted a question about alternatives to Endnote [2] and other bibliographic tools on the Association of Internet Researchers [3] list, as well as on my blog [4]. There response from my peers has been very strong, with a number of options emerging. As a reminder, what I was especially keen on were tools which would allow me to store multiple quotations against a single source - something Endnote isn't very good at at all. Some people did suggest adding quotes into a customised notes field within Endnote, but I don't feel that this is a very effective solution; someone also suggested storing references and quotations simply in a Word document, which is in fact what I did with the research for my book Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production [5], but that's probably not a sustainable option in the long term - good tag, search and filter functionality would be very welcome. Another generic alternative would be to use a blog for storing references, but this means that you have to be connected to add new items, and (unless there's a conversion script available) also doesn't offer functionality for formatting references in different bibliographic styles.
So, here's a roundup of the tools which have been suggested, in no particular order but with some comments attached:
Well, there you go - something for everyone... Me, I think I'll try both Jeremy's Wikindx tool and Elena's Scribe for a little longer, just to see which one offers the better workflow and output options for my purposes. Already, though, my thanks to anyone who responded to my inquiry!
Links
[1] http://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/36
[2] http://www.endnote.com/
[3] http://aoir.org/
[4] http://snurb.info/index.php?q=node/365
[5] http://snurb.info/node/28
[6] http://referencetool.tmttlt.com/
[7] http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/
[8] http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scribe/
[9] http://jabref.sourceforge.net/index.php
[10] http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/technology/python/freemind-extract-0.5
[11] http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
[12] http://www.biblioscape.com/biblioscape.htm
[13] http://www.refman.com/
[14] http://www.asksam.com/
[15] http://www.sonnysoftware.com/
[16] http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/overview.php
[17] http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/movabletype/archives/000230.html
[18] http://technorati.com/tag/bibliographic%20tools
[19] http://technorati.com/tag/referencing
[20] http://technorati.com/tag/research
[21] http://del.icio.us/tag/bibliographic+tools
[22] http://del.icio.us/tag/referencing
[23] http://del.icio.us/tag/research