[Xmca-l] Re: Reference data bases

[Huw Lloyd]

On 30 January 2015 at 01:53, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Go for it, Huw! Set up one of those start-up sites and see what you can
> raise. When you become part of the 1% do we get a %? :-))))
>
>
With some of both the world's top 1% cultural psychologists and the world's
top 1% programmers for acquaintances, what could possibly go wrong?

Huw



> mike
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Martin,
> >
> > If you have something specific in mind and you're able to pool a large
> > source of (presumably frustrated) donors, then I could write/produce it
> for
> > you all.  Part of the issue, as I see it, is that everything is related
> to
> > everything else.  So the issue becomes how things are related not that
> they
> > are related.  On a similar theme I am thinking of starting up an
> > educational news website, because there is so much trash around and so
> > much bureaucracy in and around traditional education.
> >
> > Huw
> >
> > On 29 January 2015 at 17:06, Martin John Packer <mpacker@uniandes.edu.co
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Simply that BookEnds is much better!  I used EndNotes for years, and it
> > > was clunky and its developers upgraded it very slowly. Perhaps it has
> now
> > > improved...  BooksEnds is very stable, it handles over 11,000
> references
> > > quickly, it can insert citations into a text with a single key-press,
> > it's
> > > possible to read and annotate a pdf, and create notes, all within the
> > > program. It automatically finds citation data from Google Scholar and
> > > elsewhere. One can add tags and create groups easily. And, as I said,
> it
> > > will generate bibliographies virtually instantaneously in APA and many
> > > other formats.
> > >
> > > However, Greg, do you know of anything that would build a semantic
> > > network? BookEnds creates a tag cloud from selected references, which
> one
> > > can then dig down into. But that's not quite what I'm looking for.
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Oh, and all three of the ones I mentioned have the ability to easily
> > > > cite-while-you-write and to automatically create bibliographies.
> > > >
> > > > Martin, do you have any thoughts for why BookEnds over Endnote?
> > > > -greg
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Greg Thompson <
> > > greg.a.thompson@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Just talking this over with my students yesterday.
> > > >>
> > > >> Endnote is probably the most common utility. Here is a link:
> > > >> http://endnote.com/product-details
> > > >> Intro and training videos for endnote can be found here:
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining
> > > >>
> > > >> Mendeley has a very friendly interface for reading and marking up
> > pdf's.
> > > >> You can store pdf's on your device or you can store them in the
> cloud
> > > for a
> > > >> monthly fee.
> > > >> http://www.mendeley.com/
> > > >>
> > > >> Zotero is, I think, particularly easy to use if you are just looking
> > for
> > > >> an easy way to cite-while-you-write (the others have this capability
> > > too),
> > > >> but you have to use Mozilla in order to use it:
> > > >> https://www.zotero.org/
> > > >>
> > > >> There are other more stripped-down versions like Refworks, but for
> > what
> > > >> you want to do I'm guessing that Endnote is probably what you want.
> It
> > > also
> > > >> looks like X7 version has cloud sharing too so you can store your
> > entire
> > > >> library in the cloud and access it anywhere and even share it with
> up
> > > to 12
> > > >> people! Mike, since you are a man on the move, I think you could
> > really
> > > >> take advantage of that...
> > > >>
> > > >> -greg
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:30 AM, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Dear Colleagues  -  In working through a recent review paper, I
> began
> > > to
> > > >>> experience severe difficulties in keeping track of pdfs in
> connection
> > > with
> > > >>> the refs.  Are there any recommendations among you for a reliable,
> > > pretty
> > > >>> large (able to take several thousand refs/pdfs)
> > > >>> utility that a non-adept could use effectively? I imagine others
> > might
> > > >>> have
> > > >>> a similar question.... or will have soon enough!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Thanks for any help on this.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> mike
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>> It is the dilemma of psychology to deal with a natural science as
> an
> > > >>> object
> > > >>> that creates history. Ernst Boesch.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D.
> > > >> Assistant Professor
> > > >> Department of Anthropology
> > > >> 880 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
> > > >> Brigham Young University
> > > >> Provo, UT 84602
> > > >> http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D.
> > > > Assistant Professor
> > > > Department of Anthropology
> > > > 880 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
> > > > Brigham Young University
> > > > Provo, UT 84602
> > > > http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> It is the dilemma of psychology to deal with a natural science as an object
> that creates history. Ernst Boesch.
>