Software for dissertation research & writing

Posted by Kenneth Rhee
Dec 5, 2006 at 08:15 PM

I think currently the best software for doing academic research is Notabene. I think once IdeaMason 3 appears, that might change. Most of folks I know use Word and Endnote combination since both are most popular programs in each respective area.

Ideal academic writing requires several components: good bibliographic software, information management and retrieval, outlining and writing.

I don’t think any of PIM we discuss here can offer all three features, and thus, doesn’t qualify for good academic writing tool.

However, it does not mean they are not good writing tools by any means. Whizfolder has a new version (version 6) that offers a lot of improvement over the previous version.

Ken