As I started investigating a new field, I find myself wandering in articles, ideas, and references. And I keep on wondering, how do people organise their thoughts and ideas and readings?
Using reference managers is also pretty good. I use Zotero, and curate the articles/books I read in a system of collections and subcollections, with added notes for some of the documents. It also helps with generating reference lists when I actually write something
I also put all the academic books I read on goodreads, with a timestamp. This is less useful, but that way i can keep track of when I read what exactly, so it's easier to find something after a while.
3. Skim the text first. An anonymous user cites an article by Bill Klemm, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience, which highlights skimming as a key strategy for retaining information.
4. Impress, associate, repeat. Stack Exchange user TRdH says that memory is a three-pronged process. (His answer was reproduced on Lifehacker.)
5. Introduce the information to others. Experts say that, if you want to remember what you experience, it's important to do something with that information.
Reading with the interest remains a storage of life with the coverage of our mind & brain with the inner urge & divinity within us .In this line reading may become hobby & such readers may be looked after as voracious readers.
With this the main aim of our reading is for our interest ,our liking ,our taste, & while taking recourse to our reading it may very often come out as an inspiration for our mind either for expressing our views or to make the change of the life .