I like Mochi (www.mochi.cards) even more than Anki for this because it has a "notebook" mode. Often new information is not in digestible or flashcard-ready form

I like Mochi (www.mochi.cards) even more than Anki for this because it has a "notebook" mode. Often new information is not in digestible or flashcard-ready form. Notebook mode allows the user to type up or dump in the received information and gradually work with it (valuable in itself!) en route to creating flashcards to incorporate into the SRS once the material is analyzed and learned. But +1 to all the commenters (such as parent) who urge (hand-)writing the material (taking notes), active processing, real-world use of the information, and SRS to rehearse retrieval.