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Posted by basilides
Aug 6, 2011 at 03:03 AM
Greetings!
I have a folder on my computer that is packed with over 4,000 pdfs of various sizes (most are academic journal articles, but some are scanned books / pdfs of over 100 megs), and the number of pdfs in this folder is growing daily. I have been using the heretofore stable Ultra Recall for quite some time to link and view these pdfs, but recently UR has been freezing up, and I haven’t been able to find the reason, though I will keep trying on Kinook’s Forum.
Be that problem as it may, I was wondering if there any good alternatives to UR. I realize there are dozens upon dozens of PIMs and the like that can do this, but I would like to hear from the Forum experts about some of the most stable and robust outliners when it comes to linking and viewing (and searching) very large numbers of pdfs.
Posted by Wojciech
Aug 6, 2011 at 09:32 AM
Do you know Mendeley?
http://www.mendeley.com/features/
It’s not an outliner but still worth of checking if you work with PDFs.
Best regards!
W.
Posted by basilides
Aug 6, 2011 at 09:47 AM
Tried Mendeley some years ago, then lost interest. Citavi is great (http://www.citavi.com/), but too expensive. Qiqqa is intriguing.
Posted by Slartibartfarst
Aug 6, 2011 at 09:55 AM
*@ basilides:* You might be interested in this.
I have trialled the reference management programmes Zotero and Mendeley, but I found they did not meet my requirements.
I have recently started trialling another reference management programme called Qiqqa, which blew me away - it scans and indexes text-searchable PDF files and PDF files containing images - i.e., it OCRs any text in the images in the PDF files.
I installed Qiqqa on my HP Envy i7 laptop, and then let it loose on my library of about 650 PDF documents. I left it scanning and indexing the lot overnight.
It successfully OCRed and indexed all the imaged PDF files too. It seems quite intuitive to use and has lots of good features, though it is still under development.
There’s a good list and comparison of “reference management software” here:
Comparison of reference management software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
On the Qiqqa website, there is a good comparison between Qiqqa, EndNote, Zotero, and Mendelay, :
Qiqqa Features
http://www.qiqqa.com/About/Features#Compare
The OCR capability stands out as a strength for Qiqqa.
Posted by Wojciech
Aug 6, 2011 at 09:57 AM
Well, have you tried EverNote - the premium version? It can OCR PDF files and is great for organizing them anyhow.