This page is a guide to the various computer resources available for linguistics at the ANU. It has links to documents both at the ANU and elsewhere that explain the workings of various software tools that are, or should be, in everyday use by ANU linguists. They are the following: Microsoft Word, Shoebox Parser, EndNote Plus, and GREP.
The following links are connected to a page of tips for linguists using MS Word (which is based on a similar page at UCSB's Computing Lab):
Styles
Shoebox Parser is software available from the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and can be used on Macs as well as PCs. It can be downloaded at: the SIL's shoebox web page. If you want some tips on using the application, go to Jeff Marck's shoebox parser tips page.
Macintosh MS Word for Linguistics
Fonts
Typography: the Basics
Numbering Examples
Cross-referencing
Numbering Headings
Footnotes & Endnotes
Shoebox Parser
EndNote Plus
The application EndNote Plus is used for managing references and is particularly handy when it comes to automatically formatting in-text citations and bibliographies. It's supported by the university and is available on either Macs or PCs. For a page of tips on EndNote Plus, go to Jeff Marck's EndNote Plus tips page. The makers of EndNote Plus have created a page of endorsements for EndNote Plus, some of which contain useful info. In addition, we maintain some EndNote resources (like library files and style sheets for linguistics journals).
GREP
GREP (short for Generalised Regular Expression Parser or Print, depending on who you ask) is a powerful tool for string searching. It's a bit like the find function of MS Word but it's much more flexible. It's not exactly software, but it's listed here because many applications make use of it. There is a local GREP tutorial available which explains the workings of grep in a fairly implementation-neutral fashion. If you wish to toy around with grep, you have various options. You can use the grep functions found on most UNIX machines (assuming you can navigate in a UNIX environment) or you can download software that supports grep. BBEdit Lite is particularly good, since it supports searches on multiple files and then shows the results in such a way that you can easily access the examples found in the searched files. Furthermore, it's free! To download BBEdit Lite 4.1 for the Macintosh, click here: DOWNLOAD BBEDIT.
Comments, corrections, and/or suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Last modified: 12 April 1997