Literature documentation software

[Dov Grobgeld]

I'm not sure how relevant it is to your question, but I'm using org-mode in
emacs for all my documentation needs. Computers are so fast these days, so
that there is almost impossible for a single person to generate more data
in e.g. a year than may be found quickly enough by brute force search. I.e.
for a database like you propose, one or more linked text files in org-mode
should be more than sufficient. org-mode also comes with advanced search
options, though I have not yet used them:

See:

   - http://orgmode.org/
   - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/advanced-searching.html

Regards,

Dov


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Steve G. <wordz2u at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am preparing to do a (scientific) literature review, in which I am going
> to look for articles on a topic, read them, and summarize their important
> content.
>
> I would like to do it electronically, in an organized fashion, so I can
> also search and retrieve information later on. Right now, I print the
> articles, read and mark important parts, and then write up the content in a
> text document.
>
> My ideal program would have fields for the article name, source (journal,
> web address, etc.), authors, link to original article (i.e. the pdf file I
> will save or either a link or a copy of the web page in case of an html
> page) and summary/comments which I will enter.
>
> There should be some searchable record keeping system, where all the
> articles will be listed and be searchable by field (say, all articles from
> Washington Post, or Lancet, etc.).
>
> If it is online, it would be nice to be able to share access to a document.
>
> Can you recommend a program that does that, on Linux or online?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Z.
>
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