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Visual understanding environment for literature reviews pdf#

If the CT topic is short, I can develop and record my conclusions immediately under the heading =Evaluation=.I use yellow colour to highlight particularly important quotes and comments.I review the text and extract the essence of the quoted text and comments and add it into the headings, such as =Quote: cognitive functions are socially acquired=, followed by =Comment: I agree with this=.I use CTRL+H to “search and replace” (also available from Search > Replace) the headings inserted by GoodReader/PDF Expert with either =Quote: = (for highlighted text) or =Comments: = (for my own comments).

Analysing and evaluating reading notes in CT:.not e-books) I take notes using a pen and a paper notebook, and when I’m finished, I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to dictate the selected quotes and my comments into DragonPad, from where I copy and paste them into the CT template as described above.

Visual understanding environment for literature reviews pdf#

On the PC I replace the original PDF file with the annotated one, re-link my EndNote reference to it, and copy and paste the highlights and the comments from the email into a new CT topic in my “Readings” project (CT database) under the =Quotes/Comments= heading in my CT reading notes template.

Then I email the notes (highlighted text + my comments) and the annotated file to myself.

I read and annotate academic articles in PDF form using GoodReader (if the text can be highlighted) or PDF Expert (if the PDF is a scanned image) on an iPad.

It keeps changing as my needs change and as I gradually develop approaches that better suit the creative process of analysis, evaluation and synthesis. This process flow is just a snapshot, it’s not set in stone. Here is my analytical process flow for importing data, analysing it, and outputting information using ConnectedText (CT) and a variety of other tools. Currently I’m working on my literature review.