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Enable "Use ZotFile to send and get files from tablet". In Zotero, open Tools → ZotFile Preferences → Tablet Settings. In Zotero, open the preferences window and select the Better BibTex panel.
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It also means that if I write that in my PDF annotation notes it will ultimately become a link within Obsidian too. That way I can link to the note within Obsidian by simply writing "]". It's not crucial that you change this, but I find it easier to use a short, snappy name for each note (e.g. The citation key that is generated within Zotero will be the name of the note that appears in Obsidian.Zotfile - send/get to/from tablet and extract annotations.
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Zotero - a reference manager that is available as free software. However, all notes are in ordinary Markdown files, so there is no proprietary file type. Free of charge for personal use, though not free software. Obsidian - a "second brain" notetaking app. #TODO remember to remove this whenever the pandemic is over. There are quite a few steps to set it up, but it's, like, totally worth it. They will, however, still be visible in the PDF that's stored in Zotero if that's helpful for adding an extra level of detail to your annotations. Handwritten annotations won't be picked up for export to Obsidian. The iPad-based annotations are limited to highlighting passages and adding text notes. #INKBOOK OBSIDIAN 6 PLUS#
On the plus side, since you're already using Zotero citation keys, converting your Markdown links into LaTeX \cite commands will be straightforward.
If you are writing your literature review in Obsidian in Markdown, there'll be some extra steps required when you switch to LaTeX. It's not fully automated, so I do need to actually click on things ( 🤮) to perform these actions (send to tablet, get from tablet, export to Obsidian). "]"), that will also become a link within Obsidian when it has been exported. If I use the same referencing syntax within the annotations that I write on my tablet (e.g. In the past I had to open at least one other application to do any of the above, or do any cross-referencing (I suspect I wasn't the only Computer Science grad student who wrote his own reference manager). If I want to see the PDF, that's one further click (including clicking on a particular annotation/highlight, which takes me to the correct page within the PDF too). It also has a link to open the paper within Zotero, or within Zotero's web interface. The Obsidian note contains the paper's metadata, the extracted annotations/highlights and any notes I've taken. To remind myself of the contents of a paper, I can just click the resulting link (or by hovering I can see the paper title and authors).
Easily write surveys/literature reviews (in Markdown) by referring to papers only by their citation key (e.g. uses Obsidian as the place to organise my thoughts. Export to an Obsidian note, after extracting the annotations and highlighted passages. Take the papers back from the tablet once the annotations are complete. Send papers to my tablet (iPad in my case) so that I can read/annotate them wherever (like, in a coffee shop when that's possible again 1). Add papers to Zotero in the usual way (through DOI import/ Zotero Connector). uses Zotero as the central dispatch point: The workflow below is largely based on his, with my own flavour in places. Until now.įirstly, huge credit to Bryan Jenks, who writes and YouTubes about this a lot.
I started my first research degree in 2003, and I have never had a workflow that I'm satisfied with for reading papers, taking notes and manging my thoughts properly.