You might look at eNote (see below; html file). You'll have to play
with it a bit to get it to work with IE6. I've forgotten just what I
had to do. Ignore the overly ambitious statements on the site. eNote
just copies the highlighted text to a file with a reference when you
select "Tools | Take an eNote".
Also look at Cogitum Co-Citer (see below), BiblioExpress, Scholar's
Aid 2000 Lite, and other citation managers (bibliographic tools).
These may not be an exact match (e.g., storing information in a
database), but one of them may be what you want. Unfortunately the
lite versions may remove some of the features you may want (e.g.,
Scholar's Aid Lite disables URL links).
You could also create a macro to store the text in KeyNotes or
something similar with the date as the node.
BillR
-----
Cogitum Co-Citer
Non-commercial Freeware
http://www.cogitum.com/co-tracker-text/more.shtml
Cogitum Co-Citer is a tool for creating collections of texts from the
Internet. It automatically captures the selected text, its Internet
address, its title and date of adding to the database.
The program even allows you to assign your own comments and place it
to a specified folder. Once a text has been grabbed, you can:
Create and manage new collections;
Create and manage folders for organizing texts;
Add comments about the grabbed text;
Sort records according to various criteria;
Follow the link associated with the grabbed text just by clicking on
it;
Import/export collections to work with them at other computers, to
split a large collection into smaller ones, or to combine small
collections into a larger one;
Publish the collection as a Web page;
Send the collection by e-mail;
Control how the grabbed texts and information are displayed;
Search the collection;
Print texts from a collection;
Delete grabbed texts from the collection.
-----
eNotes
Freeware (abandoned?)
http://www.my-enotes.com/
eNotes™ (patent pending) is a FREE enhancement for Microsoft's
Internet Explorer 5 provided by R.J. Schmonsees & Associates. It adds
an intelligent "cut and paste" capability that gives you a simpler,
faster, and more effective way to gather information from the web.
Simply highlight any thing that interests you and eNotes automatically
captures and organizes it in your own personalized Knowledge Cart™.
(I've misplaced the citation for this description.)
eNotes is an outstanding download that extends the functionality of
Internet
Explorer, particularly when you copy and paste text. It smoothly
integrates
into your browser, and offers a novel way to gather the information
you find
on the Web. When you normally copy and paste, you have to export text
into
another application such as a word processor or Notepad- and tracking
these
files can be a pain. When you use eNotes, however, the information is
conveniently stored in the Knowledge Cart. Notes may be viewed in your
browser, or even edited in Word. Each entry includes its original URL,
date/time and the complete snippet of text. Your knowledge cart can
also
capture and display any live link or graphic that you copy.
eNotes is made available from the right-click menu that appears from
within
Internet Explorer. After highlighting anything on a page, rather than
copying, you'll simply select "Take an eNote." Meanwhile, the program
is
accessible from the toolbar area of your browser. It's here where you
can
view or edit notes, or launch the help documentation. You probably
won't
need the last option, because eNotes is quite easy to use.
D