Saving

So you’ve found sources, and you want to save them. Discover expert strategies below.

Tools

Saving Resources

OneSearch offers several options to save the resources that you find.

  1. Save the articles you find to your OneSearch account by selecting the pinicon.
  2. Email items directly to your Saint Mary’s email account by selecitng the mailicon.
  3. Select the permalink icon to copy and paste the item’s permalink
  4. Simply download and save articles to your computer or your Google Drive account.

Zotero

We also recommend using Zotero,  a citation management tool, which enables you to both save documents as well as create reference lists and in-text citations. Zotero is an extremely effective tool for large scale research projects where you need to save more than 15 sources.

Organizing Your Files

  1. Create a folder for your articles in a cloud drive such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
  2. Download and save articles to your folder.
  3. Rename the files using the author’s last name followed by the article title (e.g., Johnson – Paw preference as a tool for assessing emotional functioning and welfare in dogs and cats).
  4. Add Google Drive to your Desktop for easy access.
  5. Print articles and organize them according to topic. Printed articles are easier to read which will reduce fatigue.