Again, using my iPad, I read the books using the Kindle Reader app, highlighting and placing notes as I read. If I want to quote from a particular article, the quote is in my notes along with the citation information that I can plug into my document (either using Google Docs or Microsoft Word).īut what about books? Although not all books are available electronically nor will be purchased for your research, I have a few that I purchased through Amazon. This has saved me countless amounts of time to focus on writing my research instead of gathering information for my research. What I am left with is a document with complete, correct citation and notes from the journal article that I did not have to type manually. I can then use Google Research feature, which is part of the “Tools” palette, to get a full citation in MLA, APA or Chicago style using Google Scholar search. Once I have the email, I copy the information into a Google document.
I discovered it is best to provide the article title for the name of the document although one could use the author instead. The subject line and first line of the email provide the document title. Each annotation is marked according (example: Highlight (yellow) : ) by page. I chose to send myself a copy of the annotations, which appears in the body of the email. Goodreader also can sync documents with the server so if you are reading in multiple places or devices, you will be using the most current version.Īfter I have completely marked up a journal article, Goodreader can email a summary of the annotations along with the article, just the annotations or just the file. I then bring the files down onto the iPad in the same folder structure. Goodreader allows me to connect to various server types like Dropbox, Google Drive, and SugarSync so I am able to store files in folders on those drives. I also could add my personal notes at any point in the document.
Using the app, I was able to highlight a document, underline, add squiggly lines, all using multiple colors. This app is incredible for working with PDF documents. While reading any journal article there is a need to markup the copy with personal notes, highlights, underlines, and other helpful markings so I needed a program that would allow me to do that on my mobile device.Ī colleague pointed me to Goodreader for the iPad. I also did not want to read the copies while sitting at my computer but to use my iPad instead. In preparing for my own dissertation research, I began getting electronic copies of journal articles so that I would not be burdened with lots of paper copies and for better file organization.
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