![]() I’ve been using it to build research databases, to construct a bibliography and notes for qualifying exam preparation, and to help me organize potential archives as I begin to craft my dissertation prospectus. It isn’t perfect, but it’s by far the best fit I’ve found for my purposes. So when a colleague suggested I check out DEVONthink Pro Office, I figured it was worth a shot. I needed something dynamic and user-friendly to help me store and organize my ever-swelling cache of files. ![]() (If you’re interested in trying Zotero, check out this post by GradHacker writer Alex Galarza.) Heading into the early stages of dissertation research, I knew I needed to get serious about selecting a tool and sticking with it. To date, I’ve flirted with Zotero, EndNote, and RefWorks, but none of them quite worked for me. Over the past couple of years, I’ve toyed around with different software programs in a half-hearted attempt to get organized. ![]() My habit of stashing secondary source literature is almost as bad. I’m an historian by trade, and like many other researchers, I have a tendency to accumulate messy piles of primary source documents until I forget what I have or can’t locate the proper item when I need it most. My name is Emily, and I’m an evidence hoarder. You can find her on Twitter at or at her blog, dighistorienne. Emily VanBuren is a PhD student in History at Northwestern University.
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