dotTech - Topic: Best academic software http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Ozzie on Best academic software http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/#p1483 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/#p1483 Thanks Karen! Much appreciated! Laugh

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:22:14 -0800 karen on Best academic software http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/#p1469 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/#p1469 I don't know if this will help you, but cnet recently had an article on note-taking plug-ins to FF.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10411096-68.html

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:58:12 -0800 Ozzie on Best academic software http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/#p1463 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/best-academic-software/#p1463 Greetings all! I was thinking it might be helpful for students at all levels of study to add a topic for the best (preferably free) academic-related software. As a full-time worker and part-time masters student, I am always on the lookout for programs that can make my research and study a bit easier - be that in terms of time-efficiency, information collation, bibliographies, etc. So if anyone has any suggestions, please post.

The tools I'm using at present are:

Zotero

Endnote (which we are supplied for free courtesy of my university)

Percent (a nice, light little prog for when I have to calculate percentages)

I have just installed Mendeley desktop (freeware) but have yet to go through it and see if it will be of benefit

And I am always on the lookout for a good (free) tree-style note program into which I can link web pages and images, as well as text (and one that allows me to export as Word docs or rtfs). Alas, I am yet to find exactly what I'm looking for despite trying numerous progs.

So how about all the rest of you students out there. What software do you find indispensible? 

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