2. Today you’re going to learn…
• How easy it is to organize your digital articles using
Mendeley Desktop
• How to share content with multiple devices using
SkyDrive and Dropbox
• Which apps are great to use for highlighting or
annotating your articles, with tips for using each!
4. Before this system
• Files were downloaded on multiple devices
• It was difficult to remember what files were downloaded
where
• Highlights and/or annotations were only saved on the
device where they were made
• I had to remember which device had not only which
files, but which highlighted or annotated files
6. Paperless Workflow Step #1
Select a Cloud Service
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Decide which cloud service you would like to use to store your
files
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Recommendations:
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SkyDrive
Dropbox
Important Considerations
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Does the cloud service provide enough storage for free or at a price
you are willing to pay?
Do the apps you want to use sync with the cloud service you’ve
selected?
7. Microsoft SkyDrive
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http://skydrive.live.com
7 GB free storage
Files in Skydrive folder on your PC
or Mac sync to the Skydrive cloud
Access your files from your
computer, Skydrive website, or
mobile device
Free apps available for Windows
Phone, iOS, and Android devices
8. Dropbox
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http://www.dropbox.com
2 GB free storage
Files in Dropbox folder on your PC
or Mac sync to the Dropbox cloud
Access your files from your
computer, Dropbox website, or
mobile device
Free apps available for
Android, iOS, Blackberry, and
Kindle Fire devices
9. Select a Cloud Service
• Sign up for your chosen service on the website
• Download the app or software needed for your desktop
or laptop
10. Paperless Workflow Step #2:
Install Citation Software - Mendeley
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Create an account, download, and
install Mendeley on your desktop
or laptop
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http://www.mendeley.com
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2 GB Free Storage (web)
17. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Selecting Apps for your Mobile
Device(s)
• Decide what you want to do with your articles:
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Just read?
Read and highlight and take notes?
Read, highlight, take notes, and export notes?
Functionality needs should drive app selection
18. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Simple Functionality: Mendeley App
• Download for free
from the App Store for
iOS
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Available for iPad and
iPhone
19. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Mendeley App
View the same folder
structure as your Desktop /
laptop to easily find files
21. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Mendeley App
Add tags to help
organize content &
view notes made on
your desktop or
laptop
22. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Mendeley App
Highlight or add
notes to specific
lines of text within
the article
23. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Mendeley App + Desktop/Laptop
Once the Mendeley
app syncs with it’s
cloud service, you
will be able to see
your highlights or
notes on your
Desktop/laptop as
well
24. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
Advanced Functionality: iAnnotate App
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Available for iOS (Full Version) and
Android (Lite Version)
Price:
25. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
iAnnotate App
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Connect your Cloud Storage
Service by selecting the + sign
26. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
iAnnotate App
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Name your Cloud Service and
enter your credentials to log in
You can add multiple services to
iAnnotate (i.e.
SkyDrive, Dropbox, etc…)
27. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
iAnnotate App
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Give iAnnotate permission to
access your CloudService
28. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
iAnnotate App
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Once your service is
connected, select which folders
you would like to download files
from
30. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
iAnnotate App
Email just the
highlighted text
to yourself or to
Notebook
software like
Evernote
31. Paperless Workflow Step #3:
iAnnotate App
Once iAnnotate
syncs with your
cloud service,
you will see the
highlights in your
Desktop/Laptop
Mendeley
software.
I went about this backwards – I decided which apps I wanted to use and then chose cloud services that would work with the apps.
Syncs well with PCs and MacsYou can purchase additional storage if you’d like
You can purchase additional storage if you’d like
You can purchase additional storage if you’d like
Mendeley attempts to pull in citation data for each article. If it thinks content is missing or potentially incorrect, it will prompt you to review the data. You can also add details manually.
Select the Citation Style you would like to use. Once you have an article open, choose Command + C (Mac) or Ctrl + C (PC) to copy the citation. Keep in mind that this is not always perfect – make sure to check your citations!