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By: Reading Academic PDFs on the iPad (Tools We Use) | Savage Minds

Reading Academic PDFs on the iPad (Tools We Use) | Savage Minds — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:58:56 +0000

[…] Once I’m done with the article I will go back to Sente and set the status label to “finished” assign a star rating according to how useful the article is for my work (different from rating it according to how “good” it is) and make a short note about what I found useful in the article. This creates a reading journal of sorts, although not the social kind that Rex wanted. […]

By: John McCreery

John McCreery — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:29:29 +0000

Res, thanks for the nudge to reconsider Mendeley. I’ve just given it a try, and it looks pretty good. I remember Kerim recommending Sente. Any thoughts on how one stacks up against the other?

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:55:06 +0000

I’ve taken a quick look around and it looks like Mendeley might be the best choice. It follows the facebook model (where you request friend status and people give it to you) rather than the twitter-like model of Academia.edu or the hybrid model of Wunderkit. Some people will want only their friends to see their updates. Some people (like me) do want to be world-readable, but maybe we can try that and see how it goes. If you’re interested, shoot me a friend request on Mendeley.

Man, the problem with being a veteran Internaut is that things like Mendeley that weren’t that impressive when you first saw them keep on getting developed while you’re not looking and four years later — wham! SNS.

By: Kerim

Kerim — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:46:51 +0000

Findings looks nice, but it seems to be only for books, not for academic articles?

By: withneedle

withneedle — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:06:16 +0000

Findings might work for sharing notes about what one is reading: https://findings.com/

By: Kerim

Kerim — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:20:25 +0000

I think this is one of the problems that Glassboard was meant to solve. It creates a single-topic private online forum

I set up an Anthropology Glassboard, but it hasn’t been used much: invitation code: nhspq

More about Glassboard here: http://t.co/43N3blue

Perhaps we should try setting up one for social reading?

By: Kerim

Kerim — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:42:13 +0000

I was maintaining an academic reading Tumblr for a while, but frankly – it was just to much work to write up my notes in such detail.

http://academicreading.tumblr.com/

Sites like GoodReads and Anobii are good for books, but there isn’t something so nice at the level of academic article. I did use Mendeley for a while, but found that it suffered from a number of usability problems which led me to abandon it.

By: CarlosFM

CarlosFM — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:29:00 +0000

Oh, and more on the subject, heard of Mendeley? An online platform to share articles, collaborate on reviews and share on public/private groups. Never used it so I can’t say how good it is.

http://www.mendeley.com/

By: CarlosFM

CarlosFM — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:20:11 +0000

Do you have any books you recommand ‘how to be a graduate student’, perhaps with a focus in anthropology/social sciences? Did my BA in anthropology, currently doing a professional masters in an other field (international development and aid, not too far off but no research) and considering the possibility of going back to anthropology for a phd in a few years.