How do you sort/organize articles you have read?

[SB100]

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Pretty self-explanatory.

 

[Med0123]

Specialty --> subject --> article with Author Journal Year Title

eg.

Critical Care Medicine --> Vasopressors --> Russel NEJM 2008 VASST

it could have been

Critical Care Medicine --> Septic Shock --> Russel NEJM 2008 Vaso vs NE in septic shock

Author name is important because when you cite the publication to your attending it gives you extra credibility if you can name the principal author and the journal 😉

 

[SB100]

Specialty --> subject --> article with Author Journal Year Title

eg.

Critical Care Medicine --> Vasopressors --> Russel NEJM 2008 VASST

it could have been

Critical Care Medicine --> Septic Shock --> Russel NEJM 2008 Vaso vs NE in septic shock

Author name is important because when you cite the publication to your attending it gives you extra credibility if you can name the principal author and the journal 😉

So you have a bunch of folders on a computer for different specialty subjects? Does it ever get overwhelming haha

 

[gutonc]

So you have a bunch of folders on a computer for different specialty subjects? Does it ever get overwhelming haha

Haha...yes.

 

[notdeadyet]

I use Evernote for PDFs. I used to do it hierarchically, but it was way more work than it was worth. Now I have a few hundred PDFs in which I type in a keyword to find what I need.

 

[SB100]

I use Evernote for PDFs. I used to do it hierarchically, but it was way more work than it was worth. Now I have a few hundred PDFs in which I type in a keyword to find what I need.

Cool. How do you set up the keywords in Evernote?

Edit: Nevermind, figured it out.

 

[bjackrian]

I use a program called Mendeley--searchable, can save full PDFs, and is cloud based so easy to access from work or home. I've heard that Notes which was originally for Macs and is now available for PCs is similar.

 

[Med0123]

So you have a bunch of folders on a computer for different specialty subjects? Does it ever get overwhelming haha

lol of course!!

 

[Iwy Em Hotep]

Papers for Mac/PC

 

[bjackrian]

Papers for Mac/PC

This is what I meant when I said Notes above. Papers, Notes, they're all the same.

 

[FutureInternist]

I write up my own summary of the article (since I have been asked by multiple attendings to present the same one) and email it to myself along with the original attached to it.
Multiple folders in Yahoo email or one big folder with appropriate "Subject" lines for easier finding

 

[typhoonegator]

I like EndNote. Fully searchable with embedded PDFs of every article you upload, and it will search PubMed and any other library you have access to for a copy of the article. Plus, it interfaces with Word to do your references in manuscripts, and you can download format files that will adjust the citations to the way each journal likes them.

Also, given that NIH has gone to requiring the PMID and DOI # of every article you cite in an R01 (usually 100-200 articles), you're better off starting soon with an EndNote library so you can start to build your portfolio. Otherwise, set aside several days just to build your bibliography

If you aren't academic, though, then you could always just hope one of the throw-away journals will have a nice review article every few months.

 

[Buzz Me]

I keep a sortable spreadsheet with articles read with my own summaries. On each rotation I make 4"x6" index cards (just print it from my summaries) of the important, relevant articles.