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Organize Notes and Research with askSam

For researchers, gathering information is just part of the job... the other part is organizing the what you find. This is where askSam can help. askSam is a different kind of database... a database made to organize and search information... a database designed not for programmers, but for researchers, writers, journalists, students, professors, anyone who works with information.

 

 
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askSam is like a searchable filing cabinet for all of your information; anything from research notes, documents, contact information, and email. Put in all your information and instantly find whatever you're looking for. With askSam it's quick, easy, and affordable.

askSam is used for different types of research. Journalists use askSam to gather information for investigative reports and articles. Students and professors compile research for dissertations, theses, research papers, and textbooks. Authors use askSam for novels (fiction and non-fiction) as well as reference works. (You can read our User Stories for some brief descriptions of how writers and researchers use askSam).

To organize such diverse types of information, askSam is extremely flexible. It allows you to save information from Web pages, word processing documents, PubMed, PDF files, and more. You can also enter notes and comments - about information you gather from other sources or your own thoughts and ideas. askSam helps you organize your research, keep track of your sources, and quickly sift through all your information. 

  Collect information from anywhere

  • Import word processing documents, email, spreadsheets, Web pages, PDF files, and more.
  • Copy and paste from Microsoft Word, email, the Web, or any other application.
  • Import documents you scan and OCR.
  • Type in your own notes, comments, and thoughts.
  • Create Entry Forms with fields (e.g. Title, Author, Keywords), or use our pre-defined templates.

Instantly find what you're looking for:

  • Simply type the word(s) you're looking for and askSam instantly finds the information. 
  • Search the full text of your documents, or restrict searches to specific fields (e.g. Title, Keywords, or Notes). 
  • Search by date, use wildcard searches, fuzzy searches, even proximity searches. 
  • askSam lists the documents containing your information and even shows the context of hits from the documents. 

Put your information into askSam...

Import the information you collect into askSam. Rather than hundreds of files scattered about your hard drive, organize all sorts of different information in askSam. Bring in files from Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, the Web, Adobe Acrobat, email, and many other sources. 

Type notes, thoughts, comments and other information into askSam. askSam lets you create "forms" for you information so you set up fields for keywords, categories, subjects, dates, or anything else. These fields can help you better organize and manage your information. askSam comes with pre-defined templates, many of which have been specifically designed for researchers. 

Search and find...

Once your information is in askSam, you're ready to search. Simply type any words or phrases you wish to find, and askSam will list all the matching documents. With askSam you can search the full text of your documents, or you can restrict your search to specific fields (perhaps Title, Keywords, or Notes). You can search by date, use wildcard searches, fuzzy searches, even proximity searches. askSam offers the fastest and most powerful searches you'll find anywhere your information will be where it belongs... at your fingertips

Analyze and organize...

askSam offers you a powerful set of tools to organize and analyze the information you collect. 

  • Reports
    Output lists of your documents sorted by title, author, or any other fields. Reports give you an overview of your information, and in askSam, no programming is necessary to create great looking reports. 
  • Hypertext
    Create hypertext to navigate between your documents. Create links that connect bits and pieces of information or provide an overview of your documents. You can even link to external documents or Web sites. 
  • Output specific text fragments
    askSam's show command lets you search your documents and output text fragments containing a word or phrase. For example, you could generate a list of every paragraph from every document containing the phrase "international aid".

Get started today...

Let us show you the ease and speed of using askSam for Research. Take a few minutes to view our Quick Tour, schedule a live, on-line demonstration with one of our technicians, or download our fully functional 30-day trial version. Anyway you choose, we know that once you get familiar with askSam, you'll wonder how you got along without it.


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If you are not satisfied with askSam for any reason within 90 days, return it for a full, no-questions-asked refund.

 

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"askSam is an essential part of my software tool chest. I can research and collect data from anywhere and any source. Once it is in askSam I can edit, rearrange, organize, and search the information easily. Then I can present it and make it totally useful for other people via the web or CD. Fantastic!"

-- Valda Hilley, Author, Literary Agent, Teaching Consultant, Pack rat, and President, Convergent Press, Ltd.

 

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