How to read and organize academic materials It's a questions that haunts me for some day. I am a phd in computer science and recently when I need to read materials of different forms and take note, I somehow don't know how to decide. With the research area of mine increases, I have to remember vividly more classic materials, or systemically build a way to review them. Currently, the materials include

Papers : only-mathematical wise, normally of pages 20-40, some are typically lengthy to 60 pages.
Classic books : 1) code/system wise, which I prefer to read on pc so I could probably code at the same time; 2) more mathematical wise, which I prefer to read on ipad so I could do derivation and take note.

The trade-off is that, the pc has larger screen and is more natural for me to read the books, while less convenient for me to take notes, especially for hand-written note. And it's even hard to collect the annotations and highlight on pdf reader. So I would like some sharing / suggestions / ideas of how to read materials(papers, books), organize and take notes ?
Notice that this is not a question about reference manager as Reference manager with note-taking/quote-storing capabilities, it's rather to balance the usage between pc and ipad for different materials and find a systematic way to combine the note-after-reading.
If you search for &quot;a holistic method on how to deal with knowledge in your life&quot;, perhaps the Zettelkasten method might be something for you.