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Mendeley currently have an option to export your data into Endnote or a spreadsheet. They already offer a premium (paid for) version with additional storage space but state on their website that the free version ‘will always be available’. Presumably ‘always’ means for as long as the company’s in business since there’s no guarantees – that’s what prompted this latest discussion! At least there’s a way to get your data out though.
I assume they hope to make money by imagining that the additional online storage space is something people will quickly find a need for. Personally speaking though, I only use my associated online space (2GB is included for free) for collaborating with colleagues rather than storing all of my pdfs, so I can’t see myself ever really needing it.
Best regards,
Lee G. Broderick. BA (Hons), MSc, FZS
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Imola Kelemen
Sent: 29 July 2013 10:01
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] organizing pdfs
Dear Gill,
no chance of reading them all. If I could read at least one article each day, then maybe I'd catch up... but they're coming in much faster than I can process them.
Either way, you're right. I didn't think that ahead. Of course I should be able to get all the notes out, before the program is finished!
Does any of you know if any of the mentioned programs (Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, Qiqqa) allow to transfer the gathered data to another program? Or to another user (to help a colleague), for that matter? And what if I change computers or reinstall basic softwares, will I have to start over again?
Thanks again,
Imola
From: Knowles <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Imola Kelemen' <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:47 PM
Subject: RE: [ZOOARCH] organizing pdfs
Dear Imola
Thanks for the interesting query. In theory I use Mendeley, though I’ve not managed to keep up to date with it. What I do keep up to date is a simple little Access program, where I keep loads of notes, eg from Zooarch messages, references, conference information, old notes from ages ago. I transferred 1800 records from an old reference manager program called IdeaList (now defunct). I’ll paste an empty version of it here. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12622056/ArchInfo_blank.mdb
I did have one thought re Mendeley, that since it’s free, does one know that it will still exist in 5 years’ time – it’s important to be able to get all your notes out of it to transfer to later programs.
Best wishes – I hope you’ve found time to read all those pdfs...
Gill Jones
From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Imola Kelemen
Sent: 28 July 2013 07:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] organizing pdfs
Dear all,
thank you for your answers and advices!
For those who are also interested, it seems Mendeley and EndNote are the most recommended, but there are also other programs like Zotero or Qiqqa, or a special app for MS Access.
For starters, I downloaded Mendeley and Zotero... Mendeley does seem more easy to use. We'll see later about the rest.
Thanks a lot!
Best to everyone,
Imola
Imola Kelemen
Muzeul Secuiesc al Ciucului
530132 Miercurea Ciuc, RO
Piata Cetatii Nr. 2.
Tel./Fax. +40 266 311 727
www.csikimuzeum.ro
From: Arjan <[log in to unmask]>
To: Imola Kelemen <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] organizing pdfs
Qiqqa is an exellent free pdf managment tool.
Hello all,
there might have been a discussion about this before, but I couldn't find anything in the archives...
So here's my problem:
I'm receiving/downloading .pdf articles/books almost every day, and I'm really starting to get lost around them...
Does any of you know a (preferably easy to use) program to organize .pdf-s? I would love to be able to search or filter them by author, year of publishing, name of journal, etc. Maybe give each a note of what I think of them... and search/filter by those keywords later.
How do you cope with this problem?
Thanks a lot for any advice!
Regards,
Imola
Imola Kelemen
Muzeul Secuiesc al Ciucului
530132 Miercurea Ciuc, RO
Piata Cetatii Nr. 2.
Tel./Fax. +40 266 311 727
www.csikimuzeum.ro
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