Comments on: More on bibliography software http://www.greenflame.org/2008/01/22/more-on-bibliography-software/ Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Stephen http://www.greenflame.org/2008/01/22/more-on-bibliography-software/comment-page-1/#comment-3522 Stephen Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:48:42 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/01/22/more-on-bibliography-software/#comment-3522 Yes, I saw Zotero has some PDF handling software in the preferences screen. Haven't had much chance to play with that feature yet though - given the huge number of PDF files on my disk though that would be a good feature. Of course, that sort of indexing/search capacity is only as good as the type of PDF being analyzed. Some journals still seem to produce a PDF of scanned pages of a journal - each page is an image - which would mean that there would be an additional OCR step needed, perhaps. As I'm in flux as I start my new academic appointment over what platform I'll be working on for writing etc. maybe the portability of Zotero across software platforms is the way to go. Maybe I'll give Mellel and Bookends or Sente a go and see how they work. Always good to see what else is out there. Yes, I saw Zotero has some PDF handling software in the preferences screen. Haven’t had much chance to play with that feature yet though - given the huge number of PDF files on my disk though that would be a good feature.

Of course, that sort of indexing/search capacity is only as good as the type of PDF being analyzed. Some journals still seem to produce a PDF of scanned pages of a journal - each page is an image - which would mean that there would be an additional OCR step needed, perhaps.

As I’m in flux as I start my new academic appointment over what platform I’ll be working on for writing etc. maybe the portability of Zotero across software platforms is the way to go. Maybe I’ll give Mellel and Bookends or Sente a go and see how they work. Always good to see what else is out there.

]]> By: Scot Becker http://www.greenflame.org/2008/01/22/more-on-bibliography-software/comment-page-1/#comment-3519 Scot Becker Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:50:45 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/01/22/more-on-bibliography-software/#comment-3519 Zotero is also a very adept PDF manager, with full text search, tagging, and the ability to 'categorize' PDFs/references in unlimited folders (according to workflow, library location, project, or whatever). It slurps full-text articles from many sites (only those you otherwise have access to of course) automatically, with bibliographic info. It needs a few bits for full SBL style support, but it's on the move. It has already surpassed Endnote in may ways, and might soon leave it entirely in the dust. Zotero is also a very adept PDF manager, with full text search, tagging, and the ability to ‘categorize’ PDFs/references in unlimited folders (according to workflow, library location, project, or whatever). It slurps full-text articles from many sites (only those you otherwise have access to of course) automatically, with bibliographic info.

It needs a few bits for full SBL style support, but it’s on the move. It has already surpassed Endnote in may ways, and might soon leave it entirely in the dust.

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