E-Notebook: A Valuable Tool Beyond Paper Notebooks
A chemist from Switzerland explains.
Company:
The Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
THE ADVANTAGES of a conventional laboratory notebook are obvious. Regardless of whether you are working at your bench, in your office or at an analytical instrument, a paper notebook can be taken everywhere. There is no limit to the information that a notebook can contain. Cutting, pasting and printing into a notebook is simple and only requires a pair of scissors and some glue. So why should one consider using an electronic notebook?
Motivation for an Electronic Notebook
It all comes down to data management. No matter how careful you are when writing down reaction details, it is tedious work to find information stored in a paper notebook or to keep a good table of contents. This becomes especially true for academic research groups with large collections .....
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