![]() ![]() √, can be added at any time at any place in the notebookĬan be copied instantly elsewhere, access needs to be separately managed, build in password option too simplistic Keyboard or stylus input, figures, images, spreadsheets, entire filesĬontain the train of thoughts behind experiments, following observations and during results analysis ![]() Record observations, results and analysis details Record details of all steps performed and materials used While the ELN sector has moved on to provide several new options (and I’ll get to them later), I am still following my decision from 2008, Microsoft onenote, for several reasons: Requirements A handful of vendors with pricey options for the private sector, standard word processing tools like Microsoft Word and early versions of different note or journal programs like evernote and onenote. The electronic option needed to fulfil the traditional & policyrequirements and make full use of a modern laboratory work environment.Īlmost a decade ago, there weren’t all that many options, nor much talk about how to maintain an electronic lab notebook. ![]() This started to become annoying and inefficient so I looked around for electronic lab notebook (ELN) alternatives. ![]() After diligently filling dozen of pages I found myself spending increasingly more time looking for something I had written before and, new to the entire process of conducting experiments, adding details to previously filled pages. When I started my first lab project as a research student/assistant at NeuroSearch I received an A5-sized notebook with the instruction to write all and every experiment detail, idea and thought process into it. *** Update: read about the experience of moving our lab group to OneNote during 2016 *** Using Microsoft onenote as your lab book leaves you in control of your content with full offline access while remaining flexible about devices, location and integrations, but consider the intellectual property and data storage requirements of your organisation. ![]()
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