Scribe

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New! Scribe Redesign Survey.

Dear Scribe User: The Center for History and New Media has received a grant to develop a new advanced version of Scribe. To help us develop the new features, please complete a brief survey. Thanks!

Download Scribe 2.5

Scribe 2.5 is a free cross-platform note-taking program designed especially with historians in mind. Think of it as the next step in the evolution of traditional 3x5 note cards. Scribe allows you to manage your research notes, quotes, thoughts, contacts, published and archival sources, digital images, outlines, timelines, and glossary entries. You can create, organize, index, search, link, and cross-reference your note and source cards. You can assemble, print, and export bibliographies, copy formatted references to clipboard, and import sources from online catalogs. You can store entire articles, add extended comments on each card in a separate field, and find and highlight a particular word within a note or article. Scribe's uses range from an undergraduate history research seminar to a major archival research project.

Main Features

Create very long notes (up to 64,000 characters)
Store published and archival sources (up to 22 types of sources)
Create, print, and export bibliographies
Copy footnote and parenthetical references to clipboard in Chicago or MLA format
Import sources from online catalogs (one at a time only)
Index note and source cards using a large number of keywords
Store contact information and notes on authors
Add extended comments on each card in a separate field
Search notes and sources by author, title, keyword, note, comments, and other fields
Perform word search: find and highlight a specific word in the note
Link sources to notes
Link sources and notes to images
Create cross-reference links between cards
Create an outline and link it to cards
Create a timeline and link it to cards
Create a glossary for your project

A simpler Scribe Beta version is also available for download.

Support for the development of Scribe has come from
the Center for History and New Media
and George Mason University's Technology Across the Curriculum program.