Tony Breu @tony_breu

5 Feb 20 • 11 tweets • tony_breu/status/1225183264299790339

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How does one create a Tweetorial?

This is thread THREE of a THREE PART series.

III. Tools I use when creating a Tweetorial

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As I research/write Tweetorials, I often identify dozens of articles I want to review.
Quickly downloading PDFs and collecting them for review is essential.

To aid in this task, I use:

🔹EZ-proxy
🔹Readcube
🔹Nimbus screenshot (although this is changing!)
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EZ-proxy is a Chrome extension.

It allows you to quickly log into your institutional library access. This tool is SO
valuable as it circumvents the need to log-in through the library itself.
 EZProxy Redirect
Quickly reload pages through your library's EZProxy.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ezproxy-redirect/gfhnhcbpnnnlefhobdnmhe…

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Readcube is the most important tool I use. It is primarily a reference manager.

It has a Web App, desktop apps (for both Mac and PC), iOS and Android apps. These
sync so my library is always accessible to me.

Home - Papers
ReadCube Papers is your award winning reference manager that will improve the
way you find, access, organize, read, cite and share scholarly research.

https://www.papersapp.com/

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Readcube also has a Chrome extension. This allows you to quickly and easily
download articles you identify.

You can do this from:

🔹Publishers site
🔹Pubmed
🔹Google Scholar
Again, this is enormously helpful and a timesaver.

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When adding articles to my Readcube library, the PDF if often downloaded too.

This is because Readcube also integrates with my institutional library, using the
proxy access to obtain PDFs.

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When the PDF download isn’t automatic, Readcube makes it easy to identify,
download, and connect the PDF with the metadata I have already downloaded.

You can see this process in the video in tweet 6.

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Another tool I use is Nimbus screenshot. This is also a Chrome extension that allows
for quick cropping of figures/tables from source material.
These crops can then be used to supplement tweets.

A demo of this can be found in Part II of this series.

Tony Breu
@tony_breu

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How does one create a Tweetorial?

This is thread TWO of a THREE PART series.

II. How to draft and post a Tweetorial.

124 5:02 PM - Feb 2, 2020

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But, as @nathanvarady pointed out, you can also use "Cmd+shift+4" for Macs.

For Windows, "WindowsKey+Shift+S" can be used.

I have already switched over to this!

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Those are the key tools I use when researching and creating Tweetorials.

Again, I am very interested to hear what others have found useful.

That concludes the Three Part series "How does one create a Tweetorial?"

This, and the other two parts, can be found in this Moment.
Tweetorials about Tweetorials
Enjoy

https://twitter.com/i/events/1223955304108449799?s=13

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