>>>>> Frank <f...@muenn.net> writes: > I've used org-mode about a year and a half, and I don't think it's the best > application for what you describe. There are several packages available to > do this; the one I've used most often and successfully is Zotero > (zotero.org). This is a browswer plug-in which implements a very nice > database for your papers. At this point, I've indexed 1092 papers (PDFs, > web pages and other materials). In some cases, I have multiple files > attached to each of them.
If you happen to have a Mac, the application DEVONthink Pro is simply wonderful for organizing collections like this. I have about 7k PDFs in a financial database, and it's always easy to find what I'm looking for. John