If you are using firefox, I'd like to also recommend ScrapBook extension.You can save any Metalink SR/Note or other useful posts locally with this plugin . Some pdf/slides/text can be uploaded to Google docs, and then you can search them easily . Otherwise you can install the Google desktop search , it will build necessary index . Maclean Liu Oracle Database Administrator Oracle Certified Master http://www.oracledatabase12g.com On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Leyi Zhang (Kamus) <kamusis@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > All my PDFs/words/slides were stored in folder with sub folder for > every area of interest, exactly the same as Sriram did. > And I'm using ScrapBook add-on for firefox to store all web > clips/pages which from MOS or other web site. > > -- > Kamus <kamusis@xxxxxxxxx> > > Visit my blog for more : http://www.dbform.com > Join ACOUG: http://www.acoug.org > > > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 2:45 AM, David Mann <dmann99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This might be a little off the mark but I am experimenting with > > keeping my e-books, white papers, pdfs, slides, etc in a program > > called Calibre. Inside Calibre I am seeing it can search on tags or > > comments you create for each cataloged item... Not sure if there is a > > full text search available but I do know Calibre has some plugins > > available for it. > > > > http://calibre-ebook.com/about#features > > > > The nice part is the conversion feature. My library consists of some > > formats my e-Reader cannot handle and out of the box Calibre has a > > conversion engine that works pretty well. For example I have a lot of > > OReilly books in .CHM help file format. These are easily readable on > > PCs. They can be opened with CHMox on Mac/OSX. But other than that > > they are pretty useless. Calibre converted them to a format my Kindle > > could handle so I am not stuck booting up a PC to get at the info or > > if I want to read them on the go. > > > > -Dave > > > > -- > > Dave Mann > > www.brainio.us > > www.ba6.us - Database Stuff - http://www.ba6.us/rss.xml > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > >