Mushtaq Bilal is a renowned researcher and a PhD holder working at the prestigious SDU University. With his extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of research and AI, Mushtaq has gained a reputation as a leading authority in his area of work. His writings focus on providing fellow researchers with easy-to-follow tips on AI tools that can simplify their research journey.
Mushtaq happened to try the R Discovery literature search and reading app recently and found it very useful. Here’s a step-by-step, pictorially substantiated explanation by Mushtaq that aims to help other researchers get the best out of the R Discovery app.
Let’s start!
Step 1:
Go to Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
Type in “R Discovery” in the search bar.
Download the app.
Step 2:
Open the app once it is downloaded.
Tap on “Get started.”
Step 3:
R Discovery will ask you to choose among two options:
1. If you want to stay updated on your research area.
2. If you want to follow specific journals.
Select either one. You can come back and change it later if you wish.
Step 4:
Once you’ve selected your field of research, R Discovery will ask about your sub-field(s).
Select any sub-field(s) that are relevant to your work.
Step 5:
Finally, R Discovery will ask you to select the topics most relevant to your research work/field.
Step 6:
Once you’ve selected your research field, sub-field, and topics, R Discovery will ask you to create a free account.
Step 7:
After you sign in, R Discovery will create a “reading feed” for you. This will be a list of latest articles curated according to your preferences.
If at any time you want to change your preferences, you can do this by clicking on the menu button (three bars) in the top-left corner.
Step 8:
In the user-friendly menu, you can choose to add or change your preferred research topics and journals.
Step 9:
If you want to add more topics to your field, you can choose from R Discovery’s suggestions.
You can also look up topics using the search bar at the bottom on your screen.
Step 10:
Similarly, you can also add the most relevant journals as suggested by R Discovery.
Also, you can look up a specific journal using the search bar at the bottom.
Step 11:
Here Mushtaq is looking up the “Journal of Postcolonial Writing” to add to his feed.
Step 12:
Once you add a journal(s), the latest articles from that journal(s) will start showing up in your feed.
Step 13:
Now you can read the abstracts of articles in your feed.
You can also add them to your library.
To do so, tap on the bookmark button in the bottom-right corner of an entry.
Step 14:
You can also export the articles in your library to Zotero or Mendeley.
To do so, tap on the “Export” button.
Step 15:
Select the reference manager you want to export your library to.
Step 16:
R Discovery will export the articles in your library to your reference manager instantly.
That was easy, wasn’t it? Using R Discovery for your literature search and reading needs helps you keep up with the latest, most recent research in your field and stay ahead of the game. If you have not tried it yet, take a few minutes to install R Discovery and set up your own personalized research reading feed!
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