Qiqqa
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Qiqqa is freeware
and freemium
reference management software
that allows researchers to work with thousands of PDFs. It combines PDF reference management
tools, a citation manager and a mind map
brainstorming tool. It integrates with Microsoft Word
XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010 and BibTeX
/LaTeX
to automatically produce citations and bibliographies
in thousands of styles
. Researchers and research groups can store, synchronize and collaborate on their PDF documents, annotations, tags and comments using the internet cloud-based
Qiqqa Web Libraries.
(NLP) techniques to guide the researcher in their reading.
Qiqqa is increasingly being noticed by universities and their libraries , and has been incorporated into several research skills courses.
In 2011 Qiqqa won both the University of Cambridge
CUE and CUTEC competitions.
's ClickOnce
technology to automatically upgrade users' installations of Qiqqa to the latest version.
Freeware
Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...
and freemium
Freemium
Freemium is a business model that works by offering a product or service free of charge while charging a premium for advanced features, functionality, or related products and services...
reference management software
Reference management software
Reference management software, citation management software or personal bibliographic management software is software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising bibliographic citations . Once a citation has been recorded, it can be used time and again in generating bibliographies,...
that allows researchers to work with thousands of PDFs. It combines PDF reference management
Reference management software
Reference management software, citation management software or personal bibliographic management software is software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising bibliographic citations . Once a citation has been recorded, it can be used time and again in generating bibliographies,...
tools, a citation manager and a mind map
Mind map
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Especially in British English, the terms spidergram and spidergraph are more common, but they can cause confusion with the term spider diagram used in mathematics...
brainstorming tool. It integrates with Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010 and BibTeX
BibTeX
BibTeX is reference management software for formatting lists of references. The BibTeX tool is typically used together with the LaTeX document preparation system...
/LaTeX
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
to automatically produce citations and bibliographies
Bibliography
Bibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology...
in thousands of styles
Citation style language
The Citation Style Language is an open XML-based language to describe the formatting of citations and bibliographies. Reference management programs using CSL include Zotero, Mendeley and Papers.-History:...
. Researchers and research groups can store, synchronize and collaborate on their PDF documents, annotations, tags and comments using the internet cloud-based
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
Qiqqa Web Libraries.
History
The development of Qiqqa, based in Cambridge, UK, began in December 2009 and was first released as a public alpha in April 2010. The first version offered PDF management and brainstorming capabilities. The several releases since have seen the inclusion of the Web Library, OCR, integration with BibTeX and other reference managers, and the use of natural language processingNatural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
(NLP) techniques to guide the researcher in their reading.
Qiqqa is increasingly being noticed by universities and their libraries , and has been incorporated into several research skills courses.
In 2011 Qiqqa won both the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
CUE and CUTEC competitions.
Features
- Rich PDF viewer supporting annotating, tagTag (metadata)In online computer systems terminology, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching...
ging, notes, searching and cross-referencing. - Filtering and reporting against your tags, autoTags and aiTags.
- A full-text search across your entire PDF library.
- The tagging of text annotations and the associated annotation report features enables Qualitative researchQualitative researchQualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts. Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such...
and Grounded theoryGrounded theoryGrounded theory is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the generation of theory from data. It is mainly used in qualitative research, but is also applicable to quantitative data....
methodologies against your PDF documents and scans. - Automatic extraction of paper metadata and integration with GoogleScholarGoogle ScholarGoogle Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest...
to automatically build the rest of your citation metadata. - Sync your documents, metadata and annotations across multiple computers and to a private online Web Library.
- Integration with web browsers to support searching of the internet for new PDFs to add to your document library.
- Optical character recognitionOptical character recognitionOptical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...
(OCR) of PDF documents to support text searching of scanned PDFs. - Text and image export text export for PDFs (including scanned PDFs)
- Automatically generate your citations and bibliographies in Microsoft WordMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010 with support of thousands of Citation Style LanguageCitation style languageThe Citation Style Language is an open XML-based language to describe the formatting of citations and bibliographies. Reference management programs using CSL include Zotero, Mendeley and Papers.-History:...
(CSL) styles. - BibTeXBibTeXBibTeX is reference management software for formatting lists of references. The BibTeX tool is typically used together with the LaTeX document preparation system...
export to allow researchers using LaTeXLaTeXLaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
to format their lists of referencesBibliographyBibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology...
in a consistent manner, e.g. using LyXLyXLyX is a document processor following the self-coined "what you see is what you mean" paradigm , as opposed to the WYSIWYG ideas used by word processors...
. - Integrates with the built-in Microsoft WordMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
2007 and 2010 reference management systems. - A brainstorming tool allowing you to incorporate your ideas, PDF documents, annotations and information on the internet.
- Import your PDFs and metadata from other reference managersReference management softwareReference management software, citation management software or personal bibliographic management software is software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising bibliographic citations . Once a citation has been recorded, it can be used time and again in generating bibliographies,...
.
Technology
Qiqqa is a .NET 3.5 application targeting the Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 platforms. It uses MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's ClickOnce
ClickOnce
ClickOnce is a Microsoft technology that enables the user to install and run a Windows application by clicking a link in a web page. ClickOnce is a component of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and later, supports deploying applications made with Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation...
technology to automatically upgrade users' installations of Qiqqa to the latest version.
See also
- Comparison of reference management softwareComparison of reference management software- General :In the "notes" section, there is a difference between:* web-based, referring to applications that may be installed on a web server...
- Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis SoftwareComputer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis SoftwareComputer Assisted/Aided Qualitative Data AnalysiS is the use of computer software to aid qualitative research such as transcription analysis, coding and text interpretation, recursive abstraction, content analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory methodology, etc.-Definition:CAQDAS is used in...