Scribe
Posted by subscriber
on 1/4/2006
subscriber
1/4/2006 11:21 am
Has anybody tried Scribe?
http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scribe/
Initially I was impressed by the description on its web page:
"Scribe 2.5 is a free cross-platform note-taking program designed especially with historians in mind. Think of it as the next step in the evolution of traditional 3x5 note cards. Scribe allows you to manage your research notes, quotes, thoughts, contacts, published and archival sources, digital images, outlines, timelines, and glossary entries. You can create, organize, index, search, link, and cross-reference your note and source cards. You can assemble, print, and export bibliographies, copy formatted references to clipboard, and import sources from online catalogs. You can store entire articles, add extended comments on each card in a separate field, and find and highlight a particular word within a note or article. Scribe's uses range from an undergraduate history research seminar to a major archival research project."
However it looks like old DOS program difficult to cope with on WinXP machine. There is no installer, you simply unzip the downloaded file and run the exe. Most of the menus are grey and not accessible... I would be very much interested in having your opinion.
Wojciech
http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scribe/
Initially I was impressed by the description on its web page:
"Scribe 2.5 is a free cross-platform note-taking program designed especially with historians in mind. Think of it as the next step in the evolution of traditional 3x5 note cards. Scribe allows you to manage your research notes, quotes, thoughts, contacts, published and archival sources, digital images, outlines, timelines, and glossary entries. You can create, organize, index, search, link, and cross-reference your note and source cards. You can assemble, print, and export bibliographies, copy formatted references to clipboard, and import sources from online catalogs. You can store entire articles, add extended comments on each card in a separate field, and find and highlight a particular word within a note or article. Scribe's uses range from an undergraduate history research seminar to a major archival research project."
However it looks like old DOS program difficult to cope with on WinXP machine. There is no installer, you simply unzip the downloaded file and run the exe. Most of the menus are grey and not accessible... I would be very much interested in having your opinion.
Wojciech