YuriDaniel
Registered
Hi! For the past three days I have probably spent about 10 hours thinking about how to give shape to my reference filing system. I really want to stick to 1 system only, but I'm getting the feeling that this is virtually impossible to reach when using the various software tools that are available. Let me explain why:
My reference filing system will contain notes, but also tons of materials in an external file format such as .docx, .xlsx, .pdf, .epub, .rar, .winzip, .jpg, .mp4 and so on. I could file all of this information in a neat A-Z system using folders and subfolders on my Windows OS, without using any additional software tool. But what I am then missing out on are the great features that tools like Evernote or OneNote offer, such as tagging files with several tags for cross-reference purposes.
On the other hand, when using Evernote (which I don't dare in the first place because of security issues and the inability to make back-ups in a format that is compatible with software other than Evernote), or OneNote, I can use neat features like tags etcetera, and can also embed / refer to all those file formats that I mentioned before. However, as far as I understand, these systems will not actually store the files I am embedding, but they are simply linking to those files, meaning that I still need to organize those files somewhere else, and need to make sure that the location of those files does not change as otherwise the links will be broken.
If some of you could share their approach for or opinion on broad based reference filing, I would be very grateful!
My reference filing system will contain notes, but also tons of materials in an external file format such as .docx, .xlsx, .pdf, .epub, .rar, .winzip, .jpg, .mp4 and so on. I could file all of this information in a neat A-Z system using folders and subfolders on my Windows OS, without using any additional software tool. But what I am then missing out on are the great features that tools like Evernote or OneNote offer, such as tagging files with several tags for cross-reference purposes.
On the other hand, when using Evernote (which I don't dare in the first place because of security issues and the inability to make back-ups in a format that is compatible with software other than Evernote), or OneNote, I can use neat features like tags etcetera, and can also embed / refer to all those file formats that I mentioned before. However, as far as I understand, these systems will not actually store the files I am embedding, but they are simply linking to those files, meaning that I still need to organize those files somewhere else, and need to make sure that the location of those files does not change as otherwise the links will be broken.
If some of you could share their approach for or opinion on broad based reference filing, I would be very grateful!