Re: [Tb] Tinderbox for a research literature review

I haven't looked at BibDesk because Tinderbox is working for me for
now. Once I'm in grad school next year, I may need a more robust
solution, and then I'll think about switching. Right now papers are
also small enough that I don't use Bib, I just handle it manually. But
seeing the number of books my boyfriend uses for his papers (he just
started grad school) I think I may be switching soon, and I'll
probably be glad you let me know about the program. My school
distributes EndNote to all the grad students, but there's no way I'm
going back to using Word.
- Emily

On 12/15/05, Willem Smelik <willem__AT__smelik.gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> Many thanks for this valuable template.
>
> I do wonder whether you've considered BibDesk, and if so, why you
> prefer Tb over Bd. I have just started using Bd (if only because it
> allows Unicode, which Tb does not [yet?]).
>
> What if a file becomes very large? I find Tb slows down more than,
> say DT (which I tried for bibliography but eventually decided against
> because Bd's exporting is more promising).
>
> All the best
>
> Willem Smelik
>
>
>
>
> On 16 Dec 2005, at 12:55 am, Emily Price wrote:
>
> > Actually, I happen to have a sample file right here! The basic way it
> > works is this:
> >
> > The "*Source" prototype is, obviously enough, the prototype for notes
> > representing your sources. Its key attributes include Title, Author,
> > PublicationDate, etc. (Basically, everything you need for an APA
> > citation. It also includes a "Page" attribute, but ignore that when
> > you're entering sources. The Citation attribute is automatically
> > created from the bibliographic information you enter (in LaTeX format
> > at the moment). As you create notes for your sources, make those notes
> > prototypes, too.
> >
> > As you add quotations, set their prototype to the source they are from
> > and enter the page number in the Page attribute. I usually summarize
> > the quotation in the title of the note and put the actual quotation in
> > the body.
> >
> > Having the sources at the prototypes for the quote means that you only
> > have to enter the citation information once and that you can do things
> > like color-code your sources.
> >
> > Right now, it only works for sources which are books. Because the
> > citation style is a little different for journals, etc. you'd have to
> > create another prototype similar to the "*Source" prototype that
> > accepts the right information and formats the citation correctly. If
> > you need help doing that, feel free to email me.
> >
> > I'm also attaching the export templates that go along with the file.
> > If you do an HTML export, you should end up with two files, bib.tex
> > and quotes.tex, both LaTeX files but missing the preamble. bib.tex is
> > an alphabetical list of your sources in APA format and quotes.tex
> > contains all your quotations with the citation information for each
> > following it.
> >
> > If you have any questions about using the file or the export, just let
> > me know and I'll do my best to help you out. Also, I can help you set
> > up some non-LaTeX export templates if that's not something you use.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> > - Emily
> >
> > P.S. Scott: sorry you're getting this twice. for some reason, when I
> > hit reply on the mailing list it went to you instead of to the list.
> > As for the second message, I changed this to have the updated file
> > when I resent it.
> >
> > On 12/15/05, Scott Price <sprice__AT__textuality.org> wrote:
> >> At 8:49 AM +1030 12/16/05, James Phillips wrote:
> >>> Anybody done something similar, or able to offer advice on the best
> >>> way to set this up? I have a reasonable understanding of the basics
> >>> of how to create, link and move notes in Tinderbox, but am not
> >>> strong in how to use attributes or aliases effectively (or
> >>> prototypes, for that matter, but I think the correct prototype will
> >>> go a long way to helping out here).
> >>
> >> Hello Jim--
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure that folks have done things like this, though I don't
> >> have a file to toss you immediately. There are a few pages on the
> >> Tinderbox wiki that people have put together to discuss things like
> >> this. My apologies if you've already seen them.
> >>
> >> http://www.eastgate.com/wiki2/wiki.cgi?ResearchNotes
> >> http://www.eastgate.com/wiki2/wiki.cgi?ReferenceManager
> >> http://www.eastgate.com/wiki2/wiki.cgi?FootNotes
> >> http://www.eastgate.com/wiki2/wiki.cgi?GraduateSchool
> >>
> >> ... a quick scan of those doesn't show any solid "how to build a
> >> reference manager", though.
> >>
> >> ... which means perhaps we ought to make one! Seriously, if no one
> >> else on the list has any quick advice on setting up a reference
> >> manager, I'd be willing to work with you (off-list) on building
> >> something which I could then put up on the wiki.
> >>
> >> Write me off-list if you're interested.
> >>
> >> --Scott
> >>
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> >> <latexbib.txt>
> >> <latexbibpage.txt>
> >> <quote.txt>
> >> <quotes.txt>
> >> <Volunteer research.tbx>
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Received on Thu Dec 15 22:24:07 2005