Bidel 0 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Dear All, I am looking for a card system, an archive system to keep my notes for PhD-research, to easily retrieve them, combine and so on. Is Evernote is the right one for this or do you advice me another system? Thank you. Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted October 5, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted October 5, 2017 On 2017-10-05 at 1:24 AM, Bidel said: I am looking for a card system, an archive system to keep my notes for PhD-research, to easily retrieve them, combine and so on. Is Evernote is the right one for this or do you advice me another system? Thank you. I think Evernote excels at "to easily retrieve" There is extensive search features; notes are listed in a simple title index, with snippet and card options Content is ocr'd and indexed for searching. Notes can be tagged for easy acess I archive notes by assigning an "Archive" tagNotes are linkable; There is a merge function on the Mac/Win platforms You should create a free account and try out the features Evernote includes an editor that's adequate for basic notes but I don't consider it a replacement for a dedicated word processor app I use Word/Pages and attach the documents to a note Evernote allows any format file to be added as an attachment. Office/iWork/pdf/image documents are included in the search index Link to comment
DrFrankBuck 554 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Bidel, Evernote is exactly the right software to organize your notes. Wish I had it 20 years ago when I did my dissertation. I suggest your research project be a STACK and each chapter in your project be a NOTEBOOK. Each entry will be a NOTE. Use TAGS to identify the to[ic for each note. 1 Link to comment
Lexbrkly 17 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hi, I had this discussion lately. I prefer citavi for my PhD work, since it integrates with word, meaning citation is much easier. However, if you work on a Mac and/or don't need the citation feature, Evernote should work. It's the old dicsussion of Notebooks v tags, but you could have your whole thesis structure replicated by tags (e.g. Introduction - main part - conclusion) with hierarchical subtags, which would give you the option to use a note containing the source (a pdf file for example) and tag it according to where in your phd you'll use the source. Regards Alex Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted May 31, 2018 Level 5* Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Lexbrkly said: I prefer citavi for my PhD work, since it integrates with word, meaning citation is much easier. However, if you work on a Mac and/or don't need the citation feature, Evernote should work. My notes in Evernote contain files of many formats including MS Word. If that's a format you need to use, it's supported in Evernote. Link to comment
Lexbrkly 17 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 3 hours ago, DTLow said: My notes in Evernote contain files of many formats including MS Word. If that's a format you need to use, it's supported in Evernote. Hi DTLow, Sorry if I expressed myself unclearly. What I meant was that with citavi, I have the option in word to insert the citation of the text as a footnote, the form of the citation being related to what kind of text (e.g. article, judgment etc.) it is. Meaning the citation of the text is the same throughout the document and I can change it later as well. It's a bit off-topic, check out a description of citavi if I am still unclear. Cheers Alex 1 Link to comment
JayF 30 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 On 10/5/2017 at 4:24 AM, Bidel said: Dear All, I am looking for a card system, an archive system to keep my notes for PhD-research, to easily retrieve them, combine and so on. Is Evernote is the right one for this or do you advice me another system? Thank you. Hi Bidel, Like others on this forum, I agree that Evernote (as well as other apps) can help as you work on your dissertation. Since there is life after completing your doctoral studies, I would urge you to develop a knowledge management strategy that will allow you to use what you read and write during your coursework and research as you continue your post-doc career. I worked on team a few years ago that developed some suggestions for grad students for organizing and synthesizing your information in Evernote. The link to the site is: http://evernoteaturi.wikispaces.com/ Good luck with your studies! Jay Fogleman 3 Link to comment
NLGsy 1 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I use and recommend Evernote to everyone in my courses. I have a stack named School and sub-notebooks for various things like Notes for improvement, Resources/Bibliography, Research Coding, and Research Nodes just to name a few. I am able to update it with ideas on my dissertation no matter where I am. I love the app on my phone and computer. There is so much I use Evernote for. Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted March 28, 2020 Level 5* Share Posted March 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, NLGsy said: I have a stack named School and sub-notebooks for various things like Notes for improvement, Resources/Bibliography, Research Coding, and Research Nodes just to name a few Take a look at the tags feature - max 100,000 tags - hierarchy for unlimited levels - multiple tag assignments supported for a note Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,790 Posted March 29, 2020 Level 5 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I completely agree - tags are the core of bringing structure into an EN database, not notebooks. What may help a lot concerning research and teaching are saved searches. This will allow to retrieve information easily and without rethinking over and again what you are looking for. Saved searches can be modified to serve as templates for similar search jobs. They work great if combined with tagged notes. Link to comment
Bidel 0 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Thank you all for your valuable information! I really appreciate this. May be you can help me with the following questions as well: I want to write my dissertation in Evernote and use "incitations" like in Word and at the end produce bibliography and references from Evernote. Is this possible. Can I integrate the functions of Evernote and Endnote in one? Thanks. Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted April 16, 2020 Level 5* Share Posted April 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, Bidel said: I want to write my dissertation in Evernote and use "incitations" like in Word and at the end produce bibliography and references from Evernote. Is this possible. Can I integrate the functions of Evernote and Endnote in one? Evernote provides a note editor This is not word processing quality and the format is enml (basically html) i suggest you require a word processing editor like MS Word or Apple Pages The document can be store in Evernote as a note attachment Link to comment
JeremyDowell 0 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Evernote is a perfect way for a study driver, and for what you want to do. I have been saving in Word format some essays and docs of Ph.D. importance for already a year. I work on https://studydriver.com/the-yellow-wallpaper/ and, therefore, I have frequently to work with Evernote. So you have to entrust it to keep your documents because it is safe, and is out of documents' danger of disappearance. Link to comment
Clare42 1 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I use Evernote for many of my works, and it's my huge helper Link to comment
FredMoore 0 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 That's why I actually got it. Now for my Phd. but for other writings. It's indeed a huge helper, and it's good to have all the info you need in one place Link to comment
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