Tour - Nota Bene

AN EIGHT MINUTE INTRODUCTION TO NOTA BENE
Introduces the Nota Bene Workstation (word processor, with a focus on academic styles, Ibidem, Orbis and Archiva) emphasizing the integration among the principal component programs, note-taking files, and searching on-line library catalogs

These videos developed by Professor Mark Szuchman demonstrate the special effectiveness of the Nota Bene suite of programs in academic research and writing.

The video in olive shows the totally reimagined interface introduced in NB 15
The videos in gold are draw attention to the new Radius program, or are new or updated videos highlighting new capabilities first introduced in NB 14, all of which are still active in NB 15
The others, in blue, were prepared for version 13, but they will still be helpful for NB 15, with only perhaps some small details being different

New Opus User Interface

The Opus interface has been completely redesigned to provide an exceptionally intuitive and responsive user experience in drafting and editing documents

Ibidem: Bibliographies/Citations

Introduction to Ibidem; panes; create & import records; cite with reference styles; search techniques; subsequent cites; academic style; automatic citations updates

Two citation tools — introduction to Pop-Up Ibidem; comparisons with full Ibidem

Ibidem Explained

A brief (soundless) introduction to Ibidem

Orbis: Text Search & Retrieval

Use Orbis to search files; enter search terms & examine retrieved text; explore context surrounding each result; insert retrieved text in an open file and/or open the source file

Popup Orbis — Search without Keyword Tagging

Use small-footprint popup Orbis to effortlessly search auto-created textbases (recent files, notes linked to Ibidem, files in current folder, and more) for any term(s), without markup

Popup Orbis — Advanced Keyword Tagging

Popup Orbis also lets you easily add special keywords to files, for discipline-specific or more technical/refined searches

Advanced Word Processing
Academic Tables

Introduction to tables; emphasizes capabilities of tables for academic publishers

Capture Web Citations

Use Archiva to parse citations from journal aggregators (e.g., JSTOR, Project MUSE)

Search Libraries

Use Archiva to search libraries from around the world with its own z39.50 client

RADIUS (ADD-ON MODULE FOR SMART WEB CLIPPING/DATA PARSING)

Harvest Contents from Web Pages

Use Radius to clip contents from web pages and simultaneously parse, save, index, and retrieve different types of data to Ibidem databases and for searching with Orbis/Orbis+

ARCHIVA+ (ADD-ON MODULE EXPANDING CITATION CAPTURE)

Harvest Data from ISBN #'s

Use Archiva to harvest bibliographic data from ISBN identifiers

Convert Formatted Bibliographies

Use Archiva to convert formatted bibliographies into individual Ibidem records

TIPS

Converting Word Files with Zotero Citations

Word documents opened in NB automatically invoke a smart-conversion wizard that adds NB's framework/outline structures and converts Zotero cites to Ibidem references/database entries

Return to sets of previously opened files, especially those related to ongoing research projects, exactly the way you left them, picking up precisely where you left off

Preparing Camera-Ready Final Copy

Review and adjust hyphenation, justification, line spacing, and note spacing in preparation for submitting a document in PDF format to publisher.

Ibidem Databases & Subsets

Guidance as to the optimal use of Ibidem; creating subsets

Automatically Reformat Citations

Demonstrates the automatic reformating of citations brought from one document to another, each with a different reference style

Subject Bibliographies

Prepare bibliographies tailored to chosen subjects and formatted according to selected academic style. Perfect for preparation of syllabus and to mentor student projects

Expand Orbis search results with the use of synonyms and asterisks

Add Power to Note-Taking Files

Advanced use of Orbis keywords to add conceptual power and enhance search results