Website to download pdf,doc, ppt files about Web research and other categories

It is a usefull website to get information about Web research and other categories   in different formats:

• pdf
• doc
• ppt (presentations)

Shelfster – a new tool (compare with Evernote)

Today I’ve got an info about Shelfster comparing Evernote. I have read their website and asked for invitation to start testing.   Some info from

Shelfster vs Evernote — Well, Sort Of

“Shelfster is a free tool that attempts to bridge the gap between note taking/web clipping and annotation/social sharing. This is a good thing, because Evernote, as awesome as it is, just doesn’t share as well as it could. For example, if you want to share a single note in Evernote, the only way to do it is by email (or by email to a service like Ping.FM, but that’s a different post altogether). You can’t find information via Evernote, either, socially or otherwise — Evernote is mainly meant for note taking, and it does what it’s meant for extremely well. With Shelfster, both sharing and searching for information is pretty easy.”

Notable App: a collaboration tool that lets you clip, annotate, and share feedback on websites and images

A few days ago I have got an info about an interesting tool Notable App. Author claims that “At heart, this software is a web-clipping tool with online storage, similar to Evernote. Yet Notable App is designed for sharing clipped web pages with collaborators, making notes on them and receiving feedback in a kind of virtual conversation.”

I had no time to check it and I shall be very glad to get some comments about this tool.

Website for search Web research, Web clipping and other tools

You can find different tools using filetransit website.

You enter a query “Web research”  OR   “Web clipping” OR  “note taking” etc and then you gert a list of free and paid tools with short annotation.

Battle Of The Webclippers – Which One Has Top Spot?

You can read a review of different Web clipping or online note programs.
You will find a short evaluation of:

• Evernote,
• Cintanotes,
• Springpad,
• Ubernotes

and other are mentioned without evaluation:

Microsoft Onfolio
ClipMarks
Plucker
DeepMemo

Software for Research (using Windows)

I have found a very intersting and large list of software for research.

Main categories of software is below in fheshort excerpt of the webiste:

“

GETTING ORGANIZED to do lists, contact managers, and personal information managers project planning, project management concept mapping and brainstorming MANAGING INFORMATION notetaking programs, outliners, clipboard extenders all-purpose information managers spreadsheets and databases web page downloads and annotation file managers for electronic & paper files bibliography and citation management software interviewing and transcription software storage, back-ups, security web logs; peer-to-peer collaboration computer utilities

FINDING INFORMATION search tools and extraction tools data archives research trips: tools and tips ANALYZING INFORMATION qualitative analysis quantitative analysis spatial analysis simulation software PRESENTING RESEARCH document software presentation software and advice web and email presentations BUYING SOFTWARE freeware, academic retailers, shareware, Linux, other links

“

Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for Students

Look at the other list of 15 tools for students.

You will find different catogories:

• Stay Organized
• Study better
• Work and Collaborate
• Cite Right

I should like recommend  you to pay attention to Evernote, Zotero that you will find in different categories.

You will find Web research (online research, Web clipping or Note taking) tools in different categories. Titles of categories can be used when you search new tools.

21 Brilliant Productivity Tools Every College Student Must Use

There is an interesting list of 21 tool for students. It includes both free and paid tools.

The tools are include to different categories:

1. Resarch and taking noets
2. Communication
3. Storing & Keeping track
4. Other interesting tools

A short extract about one tool as an example

“5. Evernote is my personal favorite and probably the most popular note taking tool available. It offers all the versions – web based, desktop and mobile and syncs your notes between all the 3 mediums effortlessly.“

MIcrosoft Live Lab tool Thumbtack

I preliminary tested rather simple Microsoft tool Thumbtack using Firefox browser. I suppose that using IE browser would be better.

A short excerpt from the homepage

“Thumbtack is an easy way to save links, photos, and anything else you can find on bunch of different Web sites to a single place.  Grab the stuff you want, put it into a Thumbtack collection, then get to it from anywhere you can get online.  Share it with your friends, or just keep it for yourself. It’s way easier than sending a bunch of links in an e-mail, and even easier than setting lots of favorites in your browser.”

The tool is rather simple but I suppose that Evernote or Zotero or Webnotes or Ubernote are better.

I shall test it with a slow internte in the village later. In the village the best tool is Evernote.

A list of note taking tools

I recommedn to look at the blog where you find a number of taking tools. A few of them:

• WebNotes,
• Quotepad,
• MindRider,
• Evernote,
• Zoho,
• CintaNotes and other.

I shall try to test some of them, e.g. QuotePad and MindRider. It would be nice if somebody will test as well and write about testing results as I live in the village with slow internet and only a few days a month I come back to the town with normal internete speed..