labElephant | Knowledge management

from Papers: make references to papers imported from PubMed or Endnote™
from Conferences: take notes directly into labElephant
from Seminars: notes from Seminars organized by Seminar series
from the Web: just like your browser favorites, except with searchable notes
from eMail: include those important, substantive emails from colleagues
Entries on the Knowledge form are private to the user, unless the user grants permissions to others

Import text files of paper references, with abstracts, from PubMed directly or from Endnote™ into labElephant
Include pdfs of papers for your personal library, one click away
Make notes of key learnings in Nuggets
Share papers with other members of the group
Participate in a virtual Journal Club for the paper within the lab by sharing the Nuggets you write

Nuggets are 255 character text fields that are used to record the essential points that are important to YOU
Multiple Nuggets can be made from any paper, or from any reference in any of the knowledge sources
Nuggets are the result of your analysis
Nuggets are fully searchable, and provide easy access to the original information sources
Nuggets can be organized into Topic and Subtopics

Ingots are paragraphs of essentially unlimited length
Ingots are made from Nuggets brought together under the Foundry tab of the Knowledge form
Ingots are the result of your synthesis of the information in the Nuggets you choose to include
Ingots can be used to create backgrounds for Experiments: once made, they can be connected to any Experiment, without unnecessary duplication

Nuggets made from papers imported from Endnote™ automatically include the citation number Endnote™ needs to create a citation
Ingots made from such Nuggets, when pasted into a Word document, are ready for bibliography generation with the Endnote™ Add-in
Users can elect to use Endnote™ Web, which is free, and still make bibliography-ready Ingots, even from papers imported directly from PubMed
Bibliography-ready Ingots are great for preparing paragraphs for manuscripts and grant applications

Papers are easily shared between members of a group, on the knowledge form
When users make Nuggets, they can elect to make the Nugget public to the group
Then, when users view Nuggets for a paper on a public Nuggets form, all of the public Nuggets are shown for that paper
This avoids the scheduling constraints of in-person meetings, and also creates an ongoing record of discussion around the paper

See the video for a demonstration, or download labElephant and try it out for yourself!