My ad hoc “solution” is to change my mind day by day. It’s a question I have yet to answer satisfactorily. That means you need to decide what to place at the centre of your work routine. Similarly, I don’t think it’s technically possible from outside DT to link directly to a specific file within DT. So, you probably need a dedicated reference manager, but you’re going to need some way to link the DevonThink information to the Bookends (or whatever) info.Īs far as I know, it’s not possible to link from outside Bookends to a specific reference within Bookends. The problem, of course, is that it isn’t as effective as a dedicated reference manager (such as Bookends or EndNote) at finding, storing or outputting the field-specific data that you need if you’re going to create properly formatted bibliographies. It’s certainly the place that I think of first when I want to keep notes on papers or books. I think probably a lot of people have been looking at DevonThink in connection with bibliographic data. I hope that I will be able to find items easily, and to group them (perhaps as replicates) in certain topics I’m working on (for quotes etc). I hope to use it as a kind of bibliography tool, with (sometimes extensive) notes and keywords. TIP: Import the DT user Manual (Screen Version) into the application for handy reference. TIP: When creating empty folders, put a placeholder document into it so that the file heirarchy stays in tact when exporting for backup purposes. TIP: I keep a document at root level that contains an image of a horizontal rule that I can cut and paste into RTF documents as needed. TIP: I use this file naming convention to always keep things in chronolgical order. Of course I use the built in text editor to take notes for everything. I keep other groups for reference materials, online resources, articles (political, general interest, etc.), a folder of applescripts to launch applications I use frequently in conjunction with DT, and a group for e-texts that I reference often. They are divided into finished, unfinished, and portfolio work. I keep a group of categories for my writings (I am an author and poet). I use the outline feature on one group for to do lists, particularly homework assignments which get checked off when finished. I keep electronic copies of my syllabus in the main class folders for easy reference. I have folders set up for each term, subfolders for each class, further sub folders for Assignments, Class Notes, Reading Notes, Course Materials. But here is my scene: I am a first time student after nearly twenty years away from school.
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