Use Zotero to manage PDFs and citations
Free open source software. Essential! Invest the time to learn to use this great citation and PDF manager. When you're traveling light, and when you're working on a long project, you'll thank yourself.
Useful wherever you are
Play with digital tools (translate to reach English instructions)
Infoclio.ch, the web portal for Swiss historians, offers a useful selection of links to core digital tools. The annotated lists are available in French, German and Italian, but each link leads to English text describing the tool.
"On this page you'll find a selection of software for retrieval, organization, and information sharing in the humanities. These tools are sorted into categories and have been chosen for their ease of use and free availability. the selection is oriented to online applications that don't require installation and that will function on any computer with an internet connection."
Catégories:
- Analyse de texte
- Bibliographie
- Blog
- Chronologie
- Edition de sources
- Fils et flux RSS/Atom
- Inventaire d'archives
- Marque-pages et signets
- Nuages de mots
- Présentations
- Réseaux sociaux académiques
- Schémas heuristiques
- Visualisation de données
Et s'il fallait n'en choisir qu'un seul ?
Nous vous recommandons Zotero, une application open source qui combine les fonctions de gestion bibliographique, de bibliothèque de signets et d'aide à la prise de notes. Voir la [in English] vidéo d'introduction (3 min.) ou le Slidecast (57 min.) "Zotero and the Future of Digital History" par Sean Takats, responsable du programme Zotero, colloque infoclio.ch, 11 sept. 2009.
Help at midnight
There’s lots of online help for you whenever you need it. Don’t forget about all the great online training videos, tutorials and research guides prepared by real Cornell librarians. To get help from a human, just
Use your phone
"How to Use Your Existing Phone Overseas" -- advice from The New York Times.