Because your notes can appear in square thumbnails, previewing what is in them, it’s easier to reference what you were saving. The Web Clipper, for instance, ‘clips’ sites you come across that pertain to your interest and store them in your folders for easy access. The fluid interface and various tools Evernote offers allows me to take more diverse notes, and track different media elements that would be tricky with Google Docs. But there is a reason I have been using Evernote for the majority of my notes and outlines, and Google Docs only for my paper drafts. It also allows you the flexibility to make folder under folder ad infinitum, a more cumbersome task with Evernote. This is a dream for the increasing number of students without printers. You can type up entire papers, save them with multiple users for coediting, or simply have them in the Web 2.0 ether for ready accessibility. The appeal of Google Docs is its alignment to a word processing program. While I haven’t used OneNote or Google Keep extensively, I have used Google Docs, which seems to be another popular online note storage method. But that’s likely not the case, and this is something to consider. If you write all your notes on a computer and then use your iPad for referencing, this won’t be a problem. When using your iPad or Kindle the keyboard cuts off most of the Evernote screen making it difficult to use it for anything but reading notes already taken.

This does lead into to some interface problems, however. This means you can sync it to your different devices or access it online if you are without them. The software’s diversity is threefold in its ability to be referenced on computers as a program, mobile devices as an app, and online as a website.

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