Academic planning / Endnote ... student needs advice

[InfiniteLoopy]

Hello all,

I have a huge academic project (Masters level) to do and am looking for Mac software which can help me organise, plan and so on.

I use Pages and master what I need to in it quite well. I am interested in Endnote as I really hate doing referencing.
I have a few questions regarding it though:
- Can it store files (such as PDF references) like a database?
- Is it user-friendly (it seems to be from what I've seen)?
I know there's a demo out but I want to wait a while as it's time-limited and now's a bit early for when I'll test it.

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I also need some kind of planner as I'm not sure iCal will be sufficient. Basically a "wall chart", but on the Mac, where I can enter specific dates for when things need to be done and which offers a global overview.
I'd also like to be able to save little notes to myself.
Any recommendations?

Thanks,

 

[iStudentUK]

I did my Masters project in chemistry last year. I used pages and endnote- I have to say it was fantastic. I hated referencing with a passion and endnote made it much, much easier. I had a 60 page thesis and pages made it easy to handle and endnote integrates very well.

I always linked to PDFs files online, I never tried storing them locally I'm afraid. I had endnote 3 but I think the endnote 4 does support importing (but don't hold me to that).

It takes a few days to get the hang of it but it is great. Your university may be able to get it for free/discounted for you so ask them first.

 

[ma11ory]

I love Evernote

Since I downloaded Evernote as an app on my Mac, I love it! Both Safari and Firefox have plug ins that make it easy to snap a webpage and save it as a note. It saves pdfs, pics, webpages, etc.

I can also sync 'notebooks' to my Evernote app on my iPhone.

I'm taking an online class, and I can't believe how helpful this has been for me.

It's free, so give it a shot.

 

[InfiniteLoopy]

I did my Masters project in chemistry last year. I used pages and endnote- I have to say it was fantastic. I hated referencing with a passion and endnote made it much, much easier. I had a 60 page thesis and pages made it easy to handle and endnote integrates very well.

I always linked to PDFs files online, I never tried storing them locally I'm afraid. I had endnote 3 but I think the endnote 4 does support importing (but don't hold me to that).

It takes a few days to get the hang of it but it is great. Your university may be able to get it for free/discounted for you so ask them first.

Thanks for the info.
I can't get it for free but discounted. I wonder if any students would sell their copy now that they don't need it ...

Since I downloaded Evernote as an app on my Mac, I love it! Both Safari and Firefox have plug ins that make it easy to snap a webpage and save it as a note. It saves pdfs, pics, webpages, etc.

I can also sync 'notebooks' to my Evernote app on my iPhone.

I'm taking an online class, and I can't believe how helpful this has been for me.

It's free, so give it a shot.

Hi, I was talking about Endnote, not Evernote. I got confused too at one time.

 

[iStudentUK]

Thanks for the info.
I can't get it for free but discounted. I wonder if any students would sell their copy now that they don't need it ...

I got mine through university, so no physical disk or I'd have offered you mine.

I'm sure some students somewhere are itching for cash to pay off their loans!

 

[InfiniteLoopy]

Thanks.
Anyone got one?

 

[InfiniteLoopy]

So does anyone have any advice on a wallchart planner app?
Thanks,