Re: Scholar's Aid

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Posted by daly_de_gagne
2005-10-07 10:56:19

Scholar’s Aid is a nice concept, but generally is found, I believe, to have bugs in it. Check it out well before providing a cheque, if you get my drift.

There is Biblioscape, which I have, but I think its strengths will be move evident in the version that Paul Chen is now woorking on.

I think for tons of material it is worthwhile to learn Zoot. Remember that Zoot, in addition to virtual folders, has categories. Now I’m not sure how to use categories, but someone such as Graham, who is here and at Zoot Yahoo can probably suggest how categories could become part of your information solution.

ADM 4 now in public beta is also a possibility—it now has an easy to use clone feature (the previous clone feature was kind of clunky but it is now changed), metadata columns, keywords, etc.

Also, there is MDE InfoHandler, with its system of assigned keyworods or categories, as well as full search features.

Both ADM and InfoHandler also have a good writing environment with a ruler, margins, tabs, etc. ADM allows you to have more than one topic page window at a time, which is good for referring to other information when writing (such as the exact notes from a source, for example, or a previous draft side by side with the current draft).

Daly

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