Abstract
Today's researchers are extremely mobile and are looking for ways to read and annotate
documents when not in their offices. GoodReader and PDF Reader Pro are two apps that
provide that capability for iPad users. Both apps can read multiple file formats and provide
file management tools like rename, move, and delete. As well, they can both be linked to
multiple cloud services to upload and download files. Neither app is integrated with an
online bibliographic manager at this point, but since both can use Dropbox, which can be
integrated with Zotero or Mendeley, this is not a problem. Additionally, both apps provide
similar annotation tools, such as highlighting, underlining, strikethroughs, typed notes, sticky
notes, and freehand drawing. With such similarities it would seem that a researcher could
use either app, and indeed both are very useful, but there are distinctive differences …
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | The Charleston Advisor |
| Volume | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2013 |
Keywords
- tablets
- reading
- annotating
Disciplines
- Library and Information Science