Feature Spotlight: Creating Research Notes with PERRLA’s Google Chrome Extension

Using Research Notes in PERRLA can help you organize, keep track, and make effective use of all your research. And with our Google Chrome Extension, adding Research Notes to PERRLA has never been easier.

The process begins by first using the PERRLA Chrome Extension to create a reference.

Creating a reference with the PERRLA Chrome Extension

Since its launch, PERRLA’s Google Chrome Extension has been one of the fastest ways to create references on the fly: You’re reading a webpage article, and you decide it would be a quality source for your research paper. You open the Chrome extension, choose ‘Create a New Reference’ and ‘Use current page,” and presto, PERRLA generates a perfectly formatted reference, automatically adding it to your PERRLA Reference Library for use in your papers.

If you’ve not created a reference with our Chrome Extension before,  you can learn more about installing and creating references here.

Using the PERRLA Chrome Extension to add Research Notes

Once you’ve created your reference with the PERRLA Chrome Extension, gathering Research Notes and adding them to PERRLA is just as simple. If there’s a particularly insightful quotation on the webpage, you’d just highlight it, click ‘Add Research Note’ by choosing the three dots next to the reference in the PERRLA side panel, and voila, PERRLA adds the Research Note, complete with a properly formatted citation.

Using Research Notes in your PERRLA paper

As you’re writing your research paper in PERRLA, you can add your Research Notes directly to your paper – regardless of whether you’re writing in PERRLA Online, Microsoft Word, or Google Docs.

So that insightful quotation you added as a Research Note? Here’s how you’ll add it directly to your paper, along with its citation:

1. Place your cursor where you want the note to appear in your paper.
2. Locate the note in the Research Notes panel.
3. Hover over the note with your cursor, and click the blue plus (+) icon.

Frequently Asked Questions about PERRLA’s Google Chrome Extension

How do I install PERRLA’s Google Chrome Extension?

By following these steps, you can be up and running with the PERRLA Google Chrome Extension in no time:

1. Open your Google Chrome.
2. Visit the Chrome Web Store at chrome.google.com/webstore.
3. Click Extensions in the menu on the upper-left.
4. In the Search text box, type "PERRLA."
5. In the results, choose PERRLA.
6. Click the Add to Chrome button.
7. In the pop-up window, click Add Extension.

How can I pin the PERRLA Chrome Extension to my toolbar?

Absolutely! After installing the PERRLA Chrome Extension, just click on the Extensions icon in the Chrome toolbar, then click on the thumbtack icon next to PERRLA. This will give PERRLA a new home directly in the Chrome toolbar and help streamline your workflow.

Does the PERRLA Chrome Extension work in web browsers other than Google Chrome?

It sure does. PERRLA’s Chrome Extension can also be installed in other Chromium-based web browsers. Chromium is an open-source web browser project developed by Google, and it serves as the foundation for several other web browsers – that means you can install the PERRLA Chrome Extension in web browsers like Blisk, Brave, the Epic Privacy Browser, Opera, Vivaldi, and even Microsoft Edge.

Is the PERRLA Chrome Extension included in my PERRLA subscription?

Yes! Every PERRLA subscription includes complete access to everything PERRLA offers, including our Google Chrome Extension. And that’s not just limited to paid subscriptions – PERRLA’s 7-day free trial also includes unlimited access to every PERRLA product. So if you’d like to take PERRLA and our Google Chrome Extension for a test drive, signing up for our 7-day trial only requires an email address and a few seconds of your time (no credit card required).