I use Mendeley to manage the references(my reasons), but I save all the papers on iCloud(which allows me to take notes more freely with Apple Pencil). Hence, creating an Excel file to list all the papers under each folder is helpful, especially if you want to put them on one page like a snap-shot. The method is related to how you read the paper, you record what you care about after reading. In fact, I just started doing so when I was writing the confirmation report. I didn’t know how to read properly and save all my thoughts and ideas in one place. It took me a long time to revisit all the papers I read a year ago…I wish I have used this method from the very beginning.
The folder looks like this, after this, you can put all files together in one major Excel file. The numbering helps me to find them easily, and all the folder structure and papers are copied to Mendeley.
Here are the headings I use in Excel in detail:
1. Basic info:
