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Anonymous Tue 26 May 14:46:22 2020 No.11713637 View Reply Original Report

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How do you guys organize your papers/references?
What is the best way to organize them without using any external software (Mendeley, Zotero, etc)?
More specifically: how do you name your files (author name, title, tags, etc)? how many subfolders do you use, and which ones? Any general tips you find useful?

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Anonymous Tue 26 May 2020 15:13:37 No.11713739 Report

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>>11713637
I label all my papers with the Unix timecode corresponding to whenever I downloaded them and throw them all into one huge folder named “papetrs” because I couldn’t be bothered to fix the typo.

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Anonymous Tue 26 May 2020 23:08:19 No.11715306 Report

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>>11713637
I have a BibTeX file and when I need one I'll just scroll through.

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 00:02:58 No.11715415 Report

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>>11713739
Honestly if you need software and can't handle doing this you're hopelessly lost.

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 02:14:06 No.11715719 Report

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>>11713637
Why not just use software?

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 03:09:02 No.11715844 Report

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>>11713637
>How do you guys organize your papers/references?
>What is the best way to organize them without using any external software (Mendeley, Zotero, etc)?
>More specifically: how do you name your files (author name, title, tags, etc)? how many subfolders do you use, and which ones? Any general tips you find useful?
Zotero all the way. Tried all the other solutions, it works best for me. I like the ability to share on the web with teams while having local master copies, the tag system and just that it's open source. Also that it's becoming better integrated with Google products.
I use it with individual project folders and lots of tags. Zotero will pull suggested tags from keywords inside a paper but sometimes that gets spamtastic as people overload their keywords. Zotero lets you search by author, tag, title, date, etc. Suggestion if you use it, limit your folders and rely on the tag system. When I first started it, I busted out 4 levels of folders only to back it off to 2 with tagging.
>>11713739
Strong typing is for weak memories?
>>11715719
Functionally retarded poster.

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 03:13:40 No.11715860 Report

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I used JabRef for my dissertation and general research. You had to manually link the reference to the pdf file on your computer, but once I did that I could pull up any paper I want without having to remember the cryptic file name. Most online journals provide the bibtex reference file for free, and only on few occasions have I had to modify these.

You will need to install Java though.

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 04:13:21 No.11716045 Report

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>>11715415
so much this. You're done

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 04:14:30 No.11716049 Report

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>>11716045
brainlet who hasn't read enough papers yet

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Anonymous Wed 27 May 2020 13:22:58 No.11717416 Report

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>>11713637
Cute Patcho.

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