What apps do you use to gather and organise references?

I'm looking for apps that allow you to save and organise any sort of reference, whether that be an article, image or gif, when doing research, for example when starting a new design project. I like Evernote's approach and some of its features, e.g. … See more
Pascal GärtnerFreelance Product Designer · Asked

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Google Keep

Save your thoughts, wherever you are

ElsaMascot for accessibility and usability · Written
Quick notes from most devices we use. Google Keep will grab text out of images for times when you snap a photo of text somewhere on the go. Conversion to text/OCR has been reliable for me.
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Ayush Mittal12bro @boombro, Founder RefR ✌ · Written
Specifically with annotating/highlighting capabilities. Use Cany (now Lumio) - Highlight text or data, save images, videos or entire pages from the web. Your highlights are recorded together with all source information. Drag and drop to organise/re-arrange them in the order you like.
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ElsaMascot for accessibility and usability · Written
Trello works solo or shared. Delightful to use and easily searchable.
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KarthikPhD Student, Computational Biology · Written
Has annotations. The MS word plugins make inserting references easier.
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Andrew MutavdzijaJD/MA Candidate, AU Wash. College of Law · Written
Excellent database, limited free cloud storage, excellent automatic citations. I go back and forth between this and Mendeley depending on the project.
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RozBahramiDigital Media Manager, Skyprep · Written
I would definitely suggest taking a look at BoostHQ for organizing and sharing content from anywhere. You can also use their Chrome Browser extension to share an article straight into BoostHQ.
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OneNote for Mac

All your notes, on all your devices

GandhiSoftware Developer · Written
It has a nice browser extension. Direct feature map to Evernote. Works really well.
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RainDrop.io

Smart bookmarks

A bookmarking system just for everything digital. from links to images to videos to screenshots and more. Also ready for collaboration and teams. The only thing missing right now is offline viewing. Other than that, great app!
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Alec TranelCEO, Intern Betas · Written
I know Trello can be used for almost anything but I attach links to cards on Trello to collect References to a specific "Next Step" or "Brainstorming." When it comes it to bookmarking a link, it's important that I can turn it into something rather than just collect a pile of references that will lose meaning.
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