Biblioscape Workflow

Workflow is a new buzz word that is appearing everywhere. It depicts a sequence of operations used to accomplish a work, and in Biblioscape, it is defined as how an information object like a reference or note is captured, organized, edited, annotated, linked, used, and finally published in your writings.

Here is the definition of workflow from wikipedia: A workflow is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, work of a simple or complex mechanism, work of a group of persons, work of an organization of staff, or machines. In the manufacturing industry, the term "production workflow" is used, and in document intensive industries such as insurance and health care, there is a document workflow. Overall, people who understand their business inside and out will try to define and describe each step in "workflow" as it applies to them.

For a researcher, the process of searching literature, capturing references to your database, annotating your references, brainstorming for ideas, outlining your notes, and finally publishing your writing can be a very complex process as well. In the case of a graduate student writing a thesis, or a researcher writing a book, it may take a couple of years, so the term workflow can also be applied to managing your references and notes. As with every workflow, a Biblioscape user's workflow contains several steps.

Collect: References are collected mainly by Internet search. Biblioscape allows users to search 2,700 plus university and public libraries, as well as commercial citation databases, while the search results are directly captured in your database. Users can also search in a web browser and use EndNote Direct Export to capture references directly into your database, and when surfing the web, users can capture web clippings directly into a notes folder.

Manage: The first step in managing is to put new records into the right folder. As your collection grows, you can tag records with categories, link records to other records, and define a link relationship. Notes can be reused in a new virtual folder and have different parent-child relationships and ordering. It is also possible to save any search to the folder tree as a search folder.

Publish: You can use your favorite word processor to write your papers, and insert Biblioscape temporary citations whenever you need to cite a reference. Before submitting to a publisher, Biblioscape can be used to generate the final draft with formatted citations and a bibliography, and BiblioWeb makes publishing your database on the web easy, so your reference collection can be shared with others.