Guerrero Jijon, Santiago XavierLópez Cortés, AndrésGarcía-Cárdenas, Jennyfer M.Saa, PabloIndacochea Cusirramos, AlbertoArmendáriz-Castillo, IsaacZambrano, Ana KarinaYumiceba, VerónicaPérez-Villa, AndyGuevara-Ramírez, PatriciaMoscoso-Zea, OswaldoParedes, JoelLeone, Paola E.Paz-y-Miño, César2019-07-302019-07-302019Guerrero S, López-Cortés A, García-Cárdenas JM, Saa P, Indacochea A, Armendáriz-Castillo I et al. A quick guide for using Microsoft OneNote as an electronic laboratory notebook. PLoS Comput Biol. 2019 May 9; 15(5): e1006918. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.10069181553-734Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/42204Scientific data recording and reporting systems are of a great interest for endorsing reproducibility and transparency practices among the scientific community. Current research generates large datasets that can no longer be documented using paper lab notebooks (PLNs). In this regard, electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) could be a promising solution to replace PLNs and promote scientific reproducibility and transparency. We previously analyzed five ELNs and performed two survey-based studies to implement an ELN in a biomedical research institute. Among the ELNs tested, we found that Microsoft OneNote presents numerous features related to ELN best functionalities. In addition, both surveyed groups preferred OneNote over a scientifically designed ELN (PerkinElmer Elements). However, OneNote remains a general note-taking application and has not been designed for scientific purposes. We therefore provide a quick guide to adapt OneNote to an ELN workflow that can also be adjusted to other nonscientific ELNs.application/pdfeng© 2019 Guerrero et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are creditedProgrames d'ordinadorMicrosoft OneNoteCiències de la salut -- Investigacióinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006918info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess