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#Readcube papers chrome how to#
#Readcube papers chrome portable#
ReadCube helped me organise myself a lot during my PhD and PostDoc, and now they have apps available for your Android, and Apple portable devices, even the KindleFire, so you can read on the go.How to Block Readcube and Why I could go on about all the features but I think you ought to just try it out for yourself, it won’t take long. This will tell you how often the article has been cited and tweeted, but only if you get the ‘Pro’ package.īookmarklet for your web browser too.
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Name of the reading list and highlighted contents (left), right click and options shownĮnhance PDF! This means that more information belonging to the PDF, usually from the publisher, appears on the PDF when you read it, like the institution to which the authors belong and supplemental material!: Yes, it’s so easy to export your whole reading list (highlight all articles and right click) to your citation manager, you might even want to send it to a colleague so they can see what you’re reading – keep it for your course students!

View Supplemental Material! Yes, it’s much easier to view additional material (not for every article as it depends on the source and download – e.g. Highlight your favourite passages in your PDF and make notes as you read, you won’t need to remember what your fervent scribbles mean any more. Reading PDFs is made easier too and all your notes are kept with the PDF.Search for the latest articles based on your entire library or specific lists you’ve made *** the best bit*** ReadCube will even recommend articles for you to read based on your entire library OR from a specific list – over a specific time period (published, last week/month/year).Search within your own library or PubMed/ GoogleScholarĮven if you don’t have all the papers in your library, don’t worry, use ReadCube to search for articles via PubMed/ GoogleScholar and download new articles (via your institute proxy servers!) is a great way to keep focussed while on your paper-trail since you don’t have to dip in and out of the program.List of lists you’ve created using your library and search results

Whether preparing reading lists or a group of relevant papers for an article or report, the list feature is a great way to organise yourself and your relevant papers: Yes, more list-making (I love lists, it’s the taxonomist in me). What ReadCube does so well is, after you’ve effortlessly imported all your PDFs from your computer onto the FREE app you’ve just installed, you can start researching or writing for your paper straight away:

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I still have a gargantuan folder full of PDFs with a cut-off date of 2015, when I was last active in research, it is backed up to the ‘cloud’ but finding and reading and organising my reading for writing papers was a nightmare until ReadCube! (No, I’m not being paid by these guys or have anything to do with the company I just love the product, I’m the same about Evernote – blog coming soon!) PDF – The ‘Portable Document Format’ that we all know and love(?) and can never get enough of.

ReadCube organises you and your reading life I am writing this piece for a great friend, ‘Becca, who’s just started her PhD and she knows I advocate using lots of online tools for academics but I never got around to showing her ReadCube cuz there just wasn’t enough time! So here you are, Becca, this is for you. ReadCube is many things it’s like an iTunes for your PDFs but SOOOOOO much better cuz it works really well (sorry Apple, not.), its a pdf reader, it make searchable notes, annotates pdfs, finds new articles, yes, ReadCube actually does that for you! Oh, just read the blog.
