4/2/2023 0 Comments Importing a bibdeskEditing an item in one collection updates that item in all other collections. You can create a Zotero collection for specific projects, and items can live in multiple collections. It’s also far easier to maintain a master list of references. For one of my reading-intensive class, I’ve even created a shared Zotero group library that all the students can join and cite from, which is neat. When I started my PhD in 2012, something revolutionary happened: the characters in the. R Markdown hadn’t been invented yet and I still hadn’t discovered pandoc, so living in a mostly LaTeX-based world was fine. I kept using my MultiMarkdown + LaTeX output system throughout my second master’s degree, and my references.bib file and PDF database slowly grew. BibDesk is a wonderful and powerful program with an active developer community and it does all sorts of neat stuff like auto-filing PDFs, importing references from DOIs, searching for references on the internet from inside the program, and just providing a nice overall front end for dealing with BibTeX files. I stored all my bibliographic references in a tiny little references.bib BibTeX file that I managed with BibDesk. I didn’t know about pandoc yet, so I only ever converted to PDF, not HTML or Word. I did all my writing for my courses and my thesis in Markdown and converted it all to PDF through LaTeX using MultiMarkdown. ![]() Markdown itself had been a thing for 4 years, and MultiMarkdown-a pandoc-like extension of Markdown that could handle BibTeX bibliographies-was brand new. When I started my first master’s degree program in 2008, I decided to stop using Word for all my academic writing and instead use plain text Markdown for everything. Click the newly-added bundle, “Build Cite With BibDesk.” Find the line that begins “CMD = ‘”$HOME”…,” and set it to the path of your binary file.My longstanding workflow for writing, citing, and PDF management ![]() Finally, open Textmate and go to Bundles > Bundle Editor > Show Bundle Editor. Next, copy the binary file “BibDeskTMCompletions” somewhere convenient, like a folder called “bin” in your home directory. To set up that neat little drop-down menu in Textmate, first download and unzip the “Completion.zip” package ( available here). Make sure you’ve installed Textmate (trial available from Macromates) and Bidesk. If you copy a bibtex citation record to the clipboard, you can add it automatically to Bibdesk by typing Command-Option-L. You can download this beautiful little app for free from Sourceforge. Now you’ll see that useful BibTex link below all your search results.īibdesk. Click the dial that says, “Show links to import citations” and select “BibTex” from the drop-down menu. Log into your Google account, go to Google Scholar, and click the “Scholar Preferences” link next to the search box. You won’t see these unless you actually set them up. ![]() But in every search after that, you’ll have your regular access to secure articles.īibtex Records on Google Scholar. ![]() When you first search for something, you’ll have to enter your username and password. That’s it! To search for stuff, just invoke Quicksilver, hit “.” (period) to enter text, hit Tab, start typing “Find with”, hit Tab again, and start typing “GoogleScholar.”Įven more useful - if you want to use a secure remote access service (like VPN) to search for articles from home, just log into VPN before going searching for “ ***” in Google Scholar. Paste it in the web-search shortcut you just created in Quicksilver under “URL.” Under “Name,” write something useful like “GoogleScholar.” Finally, rescan your catalog by clicking the circular-arrow in the bottom right. Just go to any search box (such as Google Scholar) and search for “ ***“, and copy resulting page’s URL. Go to Catalog, click the “+” at the bottom-left, and select “Web Search List.” A new pane should appear (if not, click the little i), in which you can add any number of web-search shortcuts by clicking the other “+” appearing above “Source Options” on the new pane. After you download Quicksilver (free) and open the preferences window, go to Plug-ins > All Plug-ins, and check the box next to “Web Search Module.” Restart Quicksilver. Below, you’ll find instructions on how to set up all these neat little tricks. Using a Mac to do your academic work? Here’s a brief tutorial on how to optimize your day-to-day dealings with academic citations, by integrating Bibdesk, Textmate, Quicksilver and Scholar. By Bryan 31 December 2009 funky, tutorial, video
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