Managing Your Research with Evernote for Windows

Evernote is free software that allows you to easily capture, organize, search for and find information as you work. It€s essentially a database, but the attractive and intuitive interface makes it very simple to use. Evernote provides the ideal solution for those of us suffering from information overload.

This ebook is for anyone who is working on a significant research project and wants a better method of managing their material with the minimum of hassle, e.g. authors, PhD students, and researchers. I introduce Evernote's main features, demonstrating the many ways in which you can use it to manage your work, offering many examples.

I focus on the functionality that's of particular benefit to researchers, so you can get up and running very quickly without having to learn more than you need. No detailed technical knowledge is required, and you are guided through all the stages with clear instructions and screenshots.

Please note, this edition covers only the Windows version of Evernote; Managing Your Research with Evernote for Mac is also available.

CONTENTS

1: Introduction

What this ebook covers
Who this book is for
Assumptions I'm making about you, the reader
How to use this ebook

2: How to Get Evernote

Downloading Evernote
Downloading the Web Clipper

3: Getting Started

Basic concepts
The Toolbar
The Sidebar
Ads
The Note List
Account Info
Creating Notebooks
Organising Notebooks in Stacks

4: Adding Stuff to Evernote

Creating Notes
Creating different types of Note
PDFs
Annotating PDFs
Images
Annotating Images
Presentation Mode
Audio Notes
Other file types
Send to Evernote
Hot Keys
Using the Web Clipper
Clearly
Emailing to Evernote
Tweeting to Evernote

5: Getting Organised

Tagging
Shortcuts
Reminders
Info Panel
Note History
Deleting Notes
Linking Notes
Merging and updating multiple Notes
Context

6: Searching in Evernote

Basic searching
Advanced searching
Saved searches

7: Collaboration and Sharing

Sharing Notebooks
Sharing individual Notes

8: Syncing

Conflicts

9: Mobile Devices

Syncing with your smartphone
Tablets
GPS

10: Evernote Web

11: Customising Evernote

Configuring options
Customising the interface

12: Security

Encryption
Two-step Verification
Smartphones
Backing up

13: Next Steps

14: More Information

15: Conclusion

About the Author

Appendix A: Features of Evernote Premium

Appendix B: Keyboard shortcuts

Author Catherine Pope has recently gained her PhD from the University of Sussex, mainly thanks to Evernote, Zotero, and Scrivener. She has also published How to Manage References with Zotero and How to Write Your Thesis with Scrivener.