Google Scholar PDF Reader

Post by oldandtired » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 6:13 AM UTC

felipefar wrote: post #71

jinay wrote: post #53

Does anyone have a research paper reading tool they're happy with? Zotero is what meets most of my needs but I wish I could organize the papers faster and I wish the annotation tools were better. AI-assisted reading is a plus too.

I was also unhappy with how reference managers handle annotations. So I rolled my own app ( https://getcahier.com ), with highlight management integrated in the application. This enables me to extract highlights according to topics, organize them in notes using document elements (like collapsible notes and outlines) and use them to plan more complex arguments. This makes it much easier to read actively. On the paper…

Post by chipdart » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 6:42 AM UTC

cygnion wrote: post #42

Capturing and visualizing research knowledge is personally an exciting space. I feel that deep reading and absorbing content continues to be challenging, due to the ever-increasing amount of published research, rudimentary reading apps (Google PDF reader finally addressing issue with easily looking up references), and due to somewhat disconnected tools for reading and note-taking. Similar to the readers piggy-backing…

Post by vasco » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 6:52 AM UTC

nprateem wrote: post #94

Ha ha lol. Is that really the best they can think of in an age of AI? Instead of turning PDFs into web pages how about some actually useful tools: * Summarisation * Succinctly placing the research in context of the broader field * Highlighting limitations or flaws in research methods, etc. * An outline view to summarise each paragraph/section and then drill down into the ones you actually want to read in more detail…

Post by benrapscallion » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 7:17 AM UTC

ildon wrote: post #90

smburdick wrote: post #76

For me, reading papers requires deep focus. I have to have it physically printed out if I'm going to really read the whole thing.

I suggest you try new devices to read papers. Often the perception that paper is a better support is due to a lack of more convenient devices. Paper is better than a 15'' screen for sure, for many reasons including size and posture while reading. But have you tried larger screens (> 27''), large tablets (>= A4) or as large as possible E-Ink readers? Depending on your preferences, you might find that some of these wor…

Post by jacktang » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 7:32 AM UTC

drmaximus wrote: post #7

sorenjan wrote: post #6

Does anyone have any recommendations for good local PDF readers for Windows? I've been reading a lot of various papers recently, and clicking on a citation in Acrobat reader is very frustrating. The document scrolls to show the citation in view, but doesn't clearly show it in the long list that most papers have, and then I have to scroll up to where I was since it doesn't seem to have a working back feature.

Sioyek is a PDF viewer designed exactly for reading research papers and textbooks: https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek .