to serve the management problem. Part of my purpose is to develop a paperless research methodology. I just don’t want to use up precious resources if I don’t have to. It is harder to read documents and process the texts within the computer. But, with the new pdf formats making it possible to select text out of the document, I think, if I used a system of text selection for quotes, and then a separate field for my response, annotation, or summary, that might create a powerful cognitive process for getting the most for my time spent on the work. The database is not the bibliographic reference software, that is a separate entity specifically used for citation management. No. This is a cognitive processing application, that will allow me to track the documents I have read, and from there, begin to formulate my own arguments and positions. One thing I want to track is what kind of paper/book I have read. I think the fields will emerge through the process. I can add as many as I like. Yup. I’m going to set up the database now.
