as a layperson i read too many sci papers and forget which is the one that described x, or y, or whatever is relevant to what i'm studying
do any Real researchers out there know of a software (or anything, i'm open) solution apart from shitloads of stickynotes (which works, but not perfectly)?
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Nanoraptor
In response to this postfor example the endometrial-like tissue in endometriosis, not all papers describe the precise differences, but some do - and in different manners. i'd like to be able to tag those pdfs in a nicely searchable way.
take in mind all my document organisation has been folders + files since ever.
or say my curiosity has been especially the ankle structure of dromaeosaurs - and 10 out of the 30 papers i've read this last year specifically mention detail of ankle structure. i'd like to have a spot to find which are those 10 papers.
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4censord (no more dect:[):nfp:
In response to this post@NanoRaptor some i know just add all papers they read to a literature management software, e.g. zotero.
or use something like google scolar (e.g. their unis library has something) to search for it again
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Jon Sterling
In response to this post@NanoRaptor I keep a personal wiki for this (my “forest”). Many people use Obsidian for this, which works well, but also just keeping some text files in a folder can be good too.
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Nogweii
In response to this post@NanoRaptor have you looked at Zotero? https://www.zotero.org/
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Waltteri
In response to this post@NanoRaptor everyone in the thread is already recommending Zotero, and they are right! amazing piece of software 🧡 in addition to being nice to use, it is free, open source, and led by a nonprofit organization
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Plaid
In response to this post@NanoRaptor This is the sort of thing that Zotero is designed for. It's also open source and mostly free-as-in-beer.
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.:/ DiSCATTe \:. 💾 ᓚᘏᗢ
In response to this post@NanoRaptor going to follow this thread because I really need to do the same with old website bookmarks while im doing historical research.. they just get lost in a sea of folders and words tacked on to the title.
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Phil Stevens :tinoflag:
In response to this post@NanoRaptor I've been using Zotero for a few years now. Would recommend at least trying it out. #foss
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Nicolas Sabatier
In response to this post@NanoRaptor notebookllm by Google is really impressive. You can add source and ask an ChatGPT like AI questions.
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Josh Dick
In response to this post@NanoRaptor I'm not a Real Researcher but I believe some Real Researchers use Zettelkasten for this purpose (either digital -- with any software that supports text backlinks -- or analog): https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/
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Hakan Bayındır
In response to this post@NanoRaptor Another vote for Zotero from me. Install a WebDAV server somewhere, and you have free backup and sync between your installations, incl. mobile.
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BigRB
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You might like DEVONthink – your use case is its main job.
https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink
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beasom
In response to this post@NanoRaptor Not a scientist, but I have used URIs to locally-saved PDF files or web archives and text files for decades, well before Obsidian contributed to making that approach "mainstream".
Never got into the "everything bucket" approach since I already had organization habits from the ’90s, but I’ve heard *many* people recommend Devonthink. Best use case is for local files.
Zotero seems to be better for online resources that you may or may not have saved locally.
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