{"id":596,"date":"2026-10-13T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/?p=596"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:34:57","slug":"academia-theres-an-app-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Academia: There&#8217;s an app for that."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I began my master\u2019s degree part-time 9 years ago, I switched my reading\/notetaking strategy online. At that time, I was motivated by the freedom to write my thesis while travelling, a dream that was interrupted by Covid-19 closures, regardless is has been a time and working memory saver for which I am forever grateful. I use Microsoft OneNote: I screen print articles onto a page, using my tablet to take handwritten notes directly on the articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1.png 1006w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1-768x238.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I divide article sections into themes and include a summary page, with citations and a short summary for each article. Using the search function, I can search for phrases and key words in my summaries, in the body of the article, and also in my handwritten notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1024x457.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I began my PhD 4 years ago, I made the move to an electronic citation manager. I can quickly and easily import citations directly from the library search page, after a quick edit they stay (mostly) reliably formatted. I can connect Microsoft Word directly to the citation manager and it creates intext citations and formats my bibliography. It\u2019s not perfect, and I still must do my own edits, but the time saving can be measured in days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-2-1024x676.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-2-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-2-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/juliahale.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-2.png 1346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both systems have a learning curve; in both cases I spent about a week <em>just <\/em>learning the functionality of the apps before I could efficiently use them. There was a fair bit of YouTube University involved, and some frustration along the way. Was it worth it? Yes!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I began my master\u2019s degree part-time 9 years ago, I switched my reading\/notetaking strategy online. At that time, I was motivated by the freedom to write my thesis while travelling, a dream that was interrupted by Covid-19 closures, regardless is has been a time and working memory saver for which I am forever grateful. 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