[frankfriend]

Hi,

As you go along studying in any field, say computing, or lierature, or art, ot whatever, you gather a lot of snippets of information. It can be great to put these down as you find them, to cut and paste items and references. You could build up your own mini encyclopaedia, and even publish it on the web as it becomes more useful.
What sorts of software are there out there to help do this?

I guess some sorts of wiki type software might be part of it.
Then there are research tools, for cutting and pasting.

There are things like Research Organiser which came with Encarta a few years back.

Did borland have something?

How do encyclopaedia or reference book publishers handle their materials?

How would this sort of notion relate to databases?

It's more than a blog, which is a bit random.

What tools do researchers in industry use?

Searching for patterns within masses of information could be another approach - David Luckham did some work on this down at Stamford.

What do other Forum members use to keep a handle on the work and researching they do?

Of course the field needs to handle text, video images, sound, reference to external media etc.

Any one able to suggest any sources of information on this cloudy area, or specific tools or or ideas to follow-up.

Best regards