Downloading

Downloading electronic sources to a hard drive, a flash drive, or a network-based service such as DropBox or iCloud allows you to open them later in a Web browser or word-processing program. Downloading sources can save you time toward the end of your writing project, particularly when you are drafting or revising your document.

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Saving work in folders and subfolders
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Downloading a source

To download entire Web pages, right-click (for Windows), Command-click (for Macs), or press and hold a finger (on phones and tablets) on the page, and choose the Save command. To download images and other media materials from the Web, click or press and hold on the item you want, and select the appropriate command.

Remember that saving a source does not automatically record the URL or the date on which you viewed the source for the first time. Be sure to record that information in your writing log, in your working bibliography, or in a document in the folder where you’ve saved your files.