Zotero is really excellent.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 11:40:48 am PDT #15197 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
flea - Oct 12, 2010 11:41:17 am PDT #15198 of 25501
information libertarian
Shir, maybe Librarything for a small library?
For citation management, we have site licenses for both EndNote and Refworks (both of which support Unicode for non-Roman scripts); free online products like them include Mendeley and Zotero. Talk to a librarian at your institution to learn more.
flea - Oct 12, 2010 11:41:43 am PDT #15199 of 25501
information libertarian
aaaand all the academic citations geeks xpost.
Shir - Oct 12, 2010 12:17:01 pm PDT #15200 of 25501
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Talk to a librarian at your institution to learn more
I need to clarify something here: we're talking about a really small institute. Around 15 people, including all PhD students, senior staff and administrative staff. And they want to attract more people, for they are an excellent place, but they need better access and better tech. So for this purpose, I am the librarian. And the computer geek. And the "OK, what we can do with this...?" gal. And I want this place to shine with intelligence and creativity online as it does offline.
Vortex - Oct 12, 2010 12:19:36 pm PDT #15201 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
How do people feel about refurbished iPhones. I was going to upgrade to the 3GS, but was thinking about the refurbished 32 gig 4. I am a little wary of the refurbished, especially in light of the problems with the original 4. Anyone have thoughts or recs?
flea - Oct 12, 2010 12:49:46 pm PDT #15202 of 25501
information libertarian
Well then, I volunteer to be your librarian consultant. (Though a librarian at your University would probably be helpful as well, and will definitely know more about the quirks of working with Hebrew and any local tech issues.)
le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 2:48:09 pm PDT #15203 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex,
I just bought a refurb Ipad and I am as happy as can be! Cheaper price, things works (it is brand new for all intents and purposes) and it has Apple's warranty.
Whee!!!
amych - Oct 12, 2010 2:50:10 pm PDT #15204 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I got my iPhone 3G as a refurb about almost 2 years ago and it's had no more problems than I'd expect from a bought-new one -- it's a little scratched and banged and I'm itching for an iPhone 4 now, but that's the 2 years talking, not the refurb.
Una - Oct 12, 2010 3:02:46 pm PDT #15205 of 25501
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Google Docs question:
I'm setting up a form that feeds its answers into a spreadsheet (so that I can gather lab results from all my students and then share class data with those students). It's a pretty long form, so I've broken it into several pages. Is there any functionality to add a "save" button for the person filling out the form so that a partially filled form may be (a) saved at intervals (like every page) in case of computer crash, and/or (b) saved at intervals so that it can be returned to / completed in multiple stages/sessions? I haven't been able to find anything.
le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 3:13:12 pm PDT #15206 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Una,
no, I don't think so. I think you can do a work around.
1) have different spreadsheets that have different parts of the form
2) create a final spreadsheet that combines the data from the other spreadsheets into one form.
what you would need to do if you do the above is make sure everyone has a unique id so that you can match the responses across each spreadsheet.
is the above clear.