Research-related Softwares

Hua Ye
Divison of Social Science
The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
Outline
• Citation and Reference: EndNote
• Notes: Evernote
• Online file synchronizer: Dropbox
EndNote
• Why? Dealing with citations and references are
tedious and time-consuming.
• Functions of EndNote:
 Match citations and references;
 Format references;
 Maintain a database for the papers you have
downloaded.
EndNote
• Demonstrations:
 Choose a style;
 Insert and delete citations;
 Edit the citation and style;
 Export citations from JSTOR and Cambridge;
 Use it with RefWorks.
• Limitations: cannot synchronize (may use
Dropbox as a short-cut)
• Alternatives: RefWorks, Zetero.
Evernote
• Why? Can you find notes which were taken one
month earlier?
• My suggestion: Don’t use Word (or Notepad) to
take notes, use Evernote.
Evernote
• Demonstrations:
 Tags;
 Copy from Word, from webpages (Web Clipper);
 Synchronize;
 Web-based editor.
• Limitation: 60m per month (enough for an
ordinary user)
• Alternative: myBase.
Dropbox
• Functions:
 Synchronize files among several computers,
keep file updated;
 Share files with others, useful for collaborative
projects.
• Limitation: 2G
• Alternative: Everbox.
One last suggestion
• Master it, or lose it.