The Scannable app is designed by Evernote and when you photograph a page with it, the app will automatically sense the edges of the page, crop the photo, and flatten out the photo into a two-dimensional scan like a book page. Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign missions. Chicago & London : University of Chicago Press, 1987.Īs I read through the book, I use the “ Scannable” app to take scans of one or multiple pages at a time. For example, for the following book, I created a notebook called “Hutchison Errand to the World”: For each book I read that has more than one or two significant points that I want to use, I create a notebook in Evernote for that book, titled by author surname followed by title of the book.
When it comes to masters and doctoral work, the key to a successful thesis or dissertation is organizing your data. It is great that you are learning all sorts of relevant and interesting information, but will you be able to find it again when it comes time to write? There are lots of different software options out there, such as Zotero, OneNote, and Endnote, but for my doctoral research I’ve put all my eggs in the Evernote basket. Everyone needs to find what works for them, but in this post I want to briefly explain how I use Evernote to gather and organize research data from books, articles, and websites so that I’ll be able to readily find and use that information later.įor most non-primary source research, I read a lot of books and articles, as most people do.