I've more thoroughly summarized some of these resources here.
Bibliographic Tools (organizing bibliographic data and exporting for use in footnotes and bibliographies)
- Zotero - The Next-Generation Research Tool (only works with Firefox, but this is my favorite apart from NotaBene's Orbis and Ibidem)
- SBLHS Apparatus Builder is designed to produce apparatus (that’s citation footnotes and bibliography) for publications conforming to the Society for Biblical Literature's SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. It is currently ready to use in beta test. It also includes integration with Ibidem, the bibliographic management tool of Nota Bene.
- LibraryThing
- Amazon.com Your Media Library
- ShelfServant.com
- OttoBib - Free Automatic Bibliography Generator. Fast! MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian
- Google Notebook for IE7 or Firefox
- For NotaBene users, Ibidem is a complete solution. When used with their Archiva program, it also becomes a tool for incorporating data from the Internet.
- Remote Library Search in Logos: This really is a remarkable part of Logos that often goes unnoticed. (Access within Logos by using File > New > Remote Library Search.) It searches quite a few national and theological libraries. Results can be exported in a variety of formats (MLA, CMS, Turabian, SBL, etc.)Logos also provides a Remote Library Search video to demonstrate how to use it as well as a blog post by Rick Brannan. (This addin is only available in the Scholar's, Silver, and Gold collections and does not appear to be available for purchase separately.)
Research Tools (especially looking for Scripture references in articles)
- Index Theologicus at Tübingen - Biblical scholars should especially note the Scriptural Reference page. It a great help for finding articles on a specific verse.
- Reference Search: Explicit Searches on Implicit References. This new search engine only works to search references to biblical/early Xn/rabbinic texts. (Check out the Reference List of works it is cataloging.) It will not direct to you online versions of those texts. It will find articles that mention that specific text.
Other resources to try:- Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7 or to Firefox (right click on search box)
- Language Resources
- Google Language Tools -Resources in 14 languages; can search pages in other languages; provides rough translations for web pages or text
- lingro - Includes dictionaries (6 languages, and since it is open content, users can add to the dictionary and also create their own word lists for review), a web viewer, and a file viewer. Works by rendering every word on a page or document as clickable and providing a popup translation of choice.
- Web Annotation: Consider using i-Lighter. It is a free service that allows you to highlight and organize web material. It includes some elements of Zotero and Google Notebook mentioned above.
- Data Visualization: Many Eyes (examples)
Thanks for the links. I appreciate the work you put into reviewing various products/websites.
ReplyDeleteZotero looks interesting, I've just installed it and will give it a try. It looks like it could be very useful in doing lit searches and keeping track of thoughts on materials I've looked at during research.
I've been using microsoft onenote for much of this work, but I like the idea of having it build into my browser. I use firefox anyways, so it definitely won't hurt to give it a try.
I tried OneNote for a bit while it was free in beta, but I haven't used the official version. I would be interested to hear what sort of experience others are having in using it as a research, organizational, or bibliographical tool.
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