Comments on: Monday Master Class: How to Build a Paper Research Database http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/ Decoding Patterns of Success Wed, 16 May 2012 13:44:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-26251 Kevin Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:00:25 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-26251 After I attended a one-hour Zotero workshop, I quickly realized the indispensability and simplicity of reference software management. Two of my graduate research groupmates, plus my adviser, use Papers which is MacOSX-only. Thankfully, our research goals are discrete enough. After I attended a one-hour Zotero workshop, I quickly realized the indispensability and simplicity of reference software management. Two of my graduate research groupmates, plus my adviser, use Papers which is MacOSX-only. Thankfully, our research goals are discrete enough.

]]> By: Organization vs. Busy Work « lostbutfinding http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-24331 Organization vs. Busy Work « lostbutfinding Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:53:40 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-24331 [...] Usually I type all of my quotes into one MS Word document (peppered with a ton of headers that I sometimes forget about and then duplicate), but that’s poorly organized and it’s too difficult to find what I need. So I checked out Study Hacks and found the Paper Research Database. [...]

[...] Usually I type all of my quotes into one MS Word document (peppered with a ton of headers that I sometimes forget about and then duplicate), but that’s poorly organized and it’s too difficult to find what I need. So I checked out Study Hacks and found the Paper Research Database. [...]

]]> By: Re-inventing the wheel – Peter Smith: Blog http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-22666 Re-inventing the wheel – Peter Smith: Blog Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:18:42 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-22666 [...] on Study Hacks there is an art­icle on How to Build a Paper Research Data­base. The art­icle describes: bq. This is how you win a Pulitzer Prize. Ima­gine, then, what this [...]

[...] on Study Hacks there is an art­icle on How to Build a Paper Research Data­base. The art­icle describes: bq. This is how you win a Pulitzer Prize. Ima­gine, then, what this [...]

]]> By: Friday Links « Arteliance http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-20298 Friday Links « Arteliance Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:11:14 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-20298 [...] How to Build a Paper Research Database detailed directions to setting up Excel for containing all your research and making paper writing easier [...]

[...] How to Build a Paper Research Database detailed directions to setting up Excel for containing all your research and making paper writing easier [...]

]]> By: Jessica http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-12075 Jessica Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:06:02 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-12075 Thanks, really enjoying your posts. Would just like to say that I use Zotero and like it.It lives in Firefox, automatically adds info it can glean (URL, title, sometimes author) and you just manually add any other info you want for your bibliography. If you use the snapshot option, you can highlight and annotate articles. You can add just a selection of text, the whole page, links, etc. Not that long ago, a sync capability was added, which I've been loving seeing as I alternate between two computers. You just click this refresh button and it updates your library (Obviously you'd need an internet connection). Hmm, what else? Oh, and you can get a little toolbar for MS Word or Open Office so that you can add references or a complete bibliography list straight into your essay, etc. Having said all that, I can see that some doing assignments with massive amounts of quotes would baulk. So I guess the long and the short of it is, check it out if you're interested, as its undergone a fair bit of change over the last few years. Thanks, really enjoying your posts.

Would just like to say that I use Zotero and like it.It lives in Firefox, automatically adds info it can glean (URL, title, sometimes author) and you just manually add any other info you want for your bibliography. If you use the snapshot option, you can highlight and annotate articles. You can add just a selection of text, the whole page, links, etc. Not that long ago, a sync capability was added, which I’ve been loving seeing as I alternate between two computers. You just click this refresh button and it updates your library (Obviously you’d need an internet connection). Hmm, what else? Oh, and you can get a little toolbar for MS Word or Open Office so that you can add references or a complete bibliography list straight into your essay, etc.

Having said all that, I can see that some doing assignments with massive amounts of quotes would baulk. So I guess the long and the short of it is, check it out if you’re interested, as its undergone a fair bit of change over the last few years.

]]> By: Research Paper http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-9591 Research Paper Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:42:56 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-9591 Really nice information about when to use a paper research database. Thanks for sharing Really nice information about when to use a paper research database. Thanks for sharing

]]> By: Michael http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-9300 Michael Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:09:41 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-9300 I recently downloaded Office 2007 for the upcoming school year, and was fairly surprised to see a sort of research database tool inside of Word 2007. It allows you to build a database and cite directly from it in several different formats. I think this native support sufficiently fills the gap between the research database you outline and a sufficient system for citations and bibliographies on a smaller level. Just an idea I thought you might want to look into further because I know I would of loved to have had this support in my paper writing in the past. I recently downloaded Office 2007 for the upcoming school year, and was fairly surprised to see a sort of research database tool inside of Word 2007. It allows you to build a database and cite directly from it in several different formats. I think this native support sufficiently fills the gap between the research database you outline and a sufficient system for citations and bibliographies on a smaller level. Just an idea I thought you might want to look into further because I know I would of loved to have had this support in my paper writing in the past.

]]> By: A very useful article on organizing your research « Protoscholar http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-9016 A very useful article on organizing your research « Protoscholar Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:44:42 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-9016 [...] October 1, 2007 by protoscholar Cal Newport over at Study Hacks has a great article on building a research paper database [...]

[...] October 1, 2007 by protoscholar Cal Newport over at Study Hacks has a great article on building a research paper database [...]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » How to Build a Paper Research Wiki http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-8773 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » How to Build a Paper Research Wiki Mon, 11 May 2009 21:11:04 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-8773 [...] in the early days of Study Hacks, I introduced the paper research database. The idea was to build a database of every quote you might need to cite in your paper. These [...]

[...] in the early days of Study Hacks, I introduced the paper research database. The idea was to build a database of every quote you might need to cite in your paper. These [...]

]]> By: BrownStudies : Writing research papers http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/01/monday-master-class-how-to-build-a-paper-research-database/#comment-8471 BrownStudies : Writing research papers Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:08:59 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121#comment-8471 [...] adapted Cal Newton’s Excel-based research database. I added a worksheet to track the lists of keywords I searched against. I kept a list of all of my [...]

[...] adapted Cal Newton’s Excel-based research database. I added a worksheet to track the lists of keywords I searched against. I kept a list of all of my [...]

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