Tranquility7 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 We often discuss bookshelf solutions on these forums (and my bookshelves are in fine order because of it!) - but how do you keep track of your *digital* content? I have SO MUCH stuff I have downloaded over the years. But it is so disorganized, and every now and then I find stuff I have no recollection of ever purchasing! I've probably even purchased something twice but I just don't know it yet! :tongue_smilie: I'm talking about: - audiobooks - audio lectures - audio courses - pdf courses - anything else that I buy digitally that I can't think of at the moment I typically download them into my Downloads folder, and then (hopefully!!) move them into a subject folder in my Documents folder. But I honestly feel like "out of sight, out of mind" on most of it - if I don't actually put something physically on my bookshelf, I just forget about it! I can put them in these places where they "belong" on my computer - but then I still forget that I have them unless I specifically think to go looking for them there. Ok, writing this all out makes me seem like such a dimwit for having such a problem with this. It seems like it should be manageable. So why am I having trouble? And am I the only one? Btw - for any of you who use Evernote for this - I'm just beginning to learn about that system... so I'm interested in specifics about how you use is for this! But I'm also interested in all other solutions as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Well, I have page in my homeschool onenote notebook titled audiobooks with a list of audiobooks that I own. I haven't done PDFs because I'm just starting and learning the program myself. There's a big onenote thread on here about how to use onenote for planing and keeping track of your lists, look for posts by Plumcrazy, hers are really detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I know that in onenote you can link to PDFs that you have on your computer. You can probably do the same in Evernote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemosyne Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Evernote. I just attach the files to a specific note, and then sort those notes by subject in different notebooks. I add tags or just write keywords in the note if it's a true attachment (unlike a PDF, which embeds), so that it's easily searchable. For actual courses, I definitely specify with a tag so that I can search just for all my courses instead of things like book lists or activities. I haven't used it in a homeschool setting, though, just for personal study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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