Using an Electronic Lab Notebook
Lab notebooks are good for writing down procedures, observations, conclusions and for drawing flow charts and diagrams by hand. However, in order to accommodate the increase of digital data collected, researchers have taped instrumentation and computer printouts onto the pages of their notebooks, or cross-referenced larger data sets by recording file names and locations in the notebook.
Evernote Tutorial Lab Notebook
An Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) is a software tool that in its most basic form replicates an interface much like a page in a paper lab notebook. In this electronic notebook you can enter protocols, observations, notes, and other data using your computer or mobile device. This offers several advantages over the traditional paper notebook.
Evernote Digital Notebook
Using Evernote as an Electronic Lab Notebook in a Translational Science Laboratory. December 2012 Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation. Nathan A., a graduate research student in chemistry at the University of York (UK), uses Evernote as an electronic lab notebook: Each experiment I do has a dedicated note for it, and on the note I. An Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) is a software tool that in its most basic form replicates an interface much like a page in a paper lab notebook. In this electronic notebook you can enter protocols, observations, notes, and other data using your computer or mobile device. This offers several advantages over the traditional paper notebook. Getting started. The first step to getting started with Evernote as your ELN is deciding which. OneNote Lab Notebook The computer has become so central to research that we may need to learn how to organize our experimental proposals, designs, data collection and results in new ways. OneNote may already be installed on your computer and useful for this endeavor. OneNote is part of the Microsoft Office software suite.
Evernote Notebook View
Read more about choosing an ELN: Kwok, Roberta. 2018. 'How to pick an electronic laboratory notebook.' Nature 560 (7717): 269-270. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05895-3