Tool suggestions for Art History Database?

Posted by Susanne
Jan 3, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Thanks for your suggestions Dr Andus.
the problem with connected text is that most of the web clippings are not just text, but contain images. The solution I am looking for needs to be able to have all of the data/images embedded so that I don’t have to worry about links etc. when moving between machines.

Amode sounded nice as well, and I liked the idea of all the various information, notes, even drawings, etc. but a) getting information in is just as tedious, and b) the calendar/gantt will also not let me add dates so far in the past or even so long.

Thank you also for the link to the comparison of ACCESS (it´s been so many years!) and CT - I can quite sympathise with the author and may yet see what has been added to it, I used to quite like ACCESS.

I am even looking at possibly using MyInfo or Surfulater - but will need to make a decision soon, before the quantity of information makes assimilating it all too boring to contemplate ;-)

Dr Andus wrote:
Susanne wrote:
>>2) Connected Text: Wiki aspect might be nice, though getting
>information
>>in is even worse than TheBrain and also no timeline - not sure about
>how
>>it handles database size.
> >Re “getting info in”, CT has automatic paste for text (Clipboard
>catcher), so that can’t get any quicker, and once you have an
>appropriate folder directory system set up, adding images and other
>files in is a matter of drag and drop from a Windows Explorer window.
>There are also dedicated “date topics” with calendar view.
> >As for timelines, you may want to check the CT forum, as this issue has
>been discussed there and there are a few others using CT for historical
>research: http://connectedtext.com/forum/
> >Another option might be to use a specialist software for the timelines
>only. See examples here:
>http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/2503/20
> >Other options:
> >1) Mindsystems Amode V2:
>https://portal.mindsystems.com.au/downloads/7/Mindsystems-Amode
> >It has a hierarchical tree, a Gantt chart and a calendar view. You can
>attach notes, images, files, tasks, concept maps to each node and even
>link nodes to each other. Multiple databases can be open in tabs and
>compared using the Briefcase feature. Not sure how it would work with
>large amount of data. Can export/import into Word, Excel, MS Project,
>Outlook.
> >2) MS Access. Here is a case study (compared with CT):
>http://jostwald.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/to-tweak-or-to-chuck-that-is-the-question/