Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here is a workflow for PDFs that will make you actually want to read research papers, even if you're just an amateur researcher. If you love learning but you don't have to worry much about overly rigorous academic citations, reference managers like Zotero can still be useful for notetaking. Let's find out how!
GUEST
Eleanor Konik studied ancient philosophy and religion before graduating law school in 2011. Now, she teaches world history and spends the bits of time left over writing books that bring ancient history — and magic — to life. She regularly blogs about ancient civilizations and mythology.
🔗 Eleanor's amazingly awesome website: eleanorkonik.com
📟 Research Rabbit referral code: l17JvlK
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THINGS TO DOWNLOAD
1🔗 Zotero: zotero.org
2🔗 Zotfile: zotfile.com
3🔗 Better Bibtex: https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/
4🔗 MD Notes: github.com/argenos/zotero-mdnotes
5🔗 Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/
6🔗 Citations plugin: Install it through the Obsidian community plugins
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LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT ZOTERO WORKING WITH OBSIDIAN
🔗 Argentina's in-depth video tutorial on Zotero 101: youtube.com/watch?v=9SzGxZbqyqc
🔗 Cat's in-depth tutorial on Zotero » zotfile » mdnotes » obsidian » dataview Workflow: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/zotero-zotfile-mdnotes-obsidian-dataview-workflow/15536
🔆 Free Weekly Creative Productivity Insights: linkingyourthinking.com/learn-more-now?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
🚀 MASTER OBSIDIAN: linkingyourthinking.com/obsidian-flight-school?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
🗺 MASTER KNOWLEDGE: linkingyourthinking.com/workshop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
🌌 GET IDEAVERSE (Formerly the LYT Kit): start.linkingyourthinking.com/ideaverse-for-obsidian?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
📚 MASTER READING: linkingyourthinking.com/how-to-work-a-book?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
📺 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL » youtube.com/channel/UC85D7ERwhke7wVqskV_DZUA?sub_confirmation=1
00:00 - Start
00:27 - Intro
01:15 - Eleanor’s background with Zotero
04:47 - References with summaries
06:02 - How Eleanor uses Dataview
07:47 - Zotero intro - cite key
09:07 - Cite Key with Zotero Example
10:31 - What does the citations plugin do?
13:27 - Haute Couture in the Bronze age
14:45 - The importance of not over capturing metadata
15:38 - What is important for Eleanor
16:24 - You can tell it to give you the location after every single, block quote
17:31 - Adding Eleanor’s headers
18:23 - how you can change the citations plugin and the MD notes template
20:55 - Placeholders - all the things you could have
22:26 - The three plugins you need in Zotero
23:03 - The cool thing that Zotero does
24:01 - Research Rabbit
27:21 - What Zotero is for
30:49 - Zotero is not just for academic papers
31:26 - On using Youtube as an educational resource
33:44 - Finding available PDFs
36:21 - Zotfile
36:32 - Assigning renaming rules
37:46 - What Eleanor does with her PDFs in Obsidian
39:50 - Embedding a PDF in Obsidian
40:25 - How Eleanor uses PDFs in Obsidian
41:26 - Eleanor’s walkthrough on her process for annotating PDFs
43:35 - Extracting the annotations
48:54 - MD Notes
52:04 - A sample of what Eleanor has already processed
52:54 - The summary
53:15 - What Eleanor learned about the purple dye in the Eastern Mediterranean
56:26 - Another interesting thing Eleanor learned from this: Textile creation
57:07 - What Eleanor used before Obsidian
🐦 TWEET: twitter.com/NickMilo
📖 READ: medium.com/@nickmilo22/my-pkm-story-3763985b7a3e
🎬 LEARN OBSIDIAN: youtu.be/QgbLb6QCK88
🗿 DOWNLOAD OBSIDIAN: https://obsidian.md/
📩 EMAIL: support@linkingyourthinking.com
🏷 TAGS: #Obsidian #obsidianapp #Obsidiannotetakingapp #LinkingYourThinking
🔊 SPECIAL MENTION
🔊 Big thanks to Jonathan and Jason of counterpart.work for the logo design.
Here is a workflow for PDFs that will make you actually want to read research papers, even if you're just an amateur researcher. If you love learning but you don't have to worry much about overly rigorous academic citations, reference managers like Zotero can still be useful for notetaking. Let's find out how!
GUEST
Eleanor Konik studied ancient philosophy and religion before graduating law school in 2011. Now, she teaches world history and spends the bits of time left over writing books that bring ancient history — and magic — to life. She regularly blogs about ancient civilizations and mythology.
🔗 Eleanor's amazingly awesome website: eleanorkonik.com
📟 Research Rabbit referral code: l17JvlK
———
THINGS TO DOWNLOAD
1🔗 Zotero: zotero.org
2🔗 Zotfile: zotfile.com
3🔗 Better Bibtex: https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/
4🔗 MD Notes: github.com/argenos/zotero-mdnotes
5🔗 Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/
6🔗 Citations plugin: Install it through the Obsidian community plugins
———
LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT ZOTERO WORKING WITH OBSIDIAN
🔗 Argentina's in-depth video tutorial on Zotero 101: youtube.com/watch?v=9SzGxZbqyqc
🔗 Cat's in-depth tutorial on Zotero » zotfile » mdnotes » obsidian » dataview Workflow: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/zotero-zotfile-mdnotes-obsidian-dataview-workflow/15536
🔆 Free Weekly Creative Productivity Insights: linkingyourthinking.com/learn-more-now?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
🚀 MASTER OBSIDIAN: linkingyourthinking.com/obsidian-flight-school?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
🗺 MASTER KNOWLEDGE: linkingyourthinking.com/workshop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
🌌 GET IDEAVERSE (Formerly the LYT Kit): start.linkingyourthinking.com/ideaverse-for-obsidian?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
📚 MASTER READING: linkingyourthinking.com/how-to-work-a-book?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=use_zotero_with_obsidian
📺 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL » youtube.com/channel/UC85D7ERwhke7wVqskV_DZUA?sub_confirmation=1
00:00 - Start
00:27 - Intro
01:15 - Eleanor’s background with Zotero
04:47 - References with summaries
06:02 - How Eleanor uses Dataview
07:47 - Zotero intro - cite key
09:07 - Cite Key with Zotero Example
10:31 - What does the citations plugin do?
13:27 - Haute Couture in the Bronze age
14:45 - The importance of not over capturing metadata
15:38 - What is important for Eleanor
16:24 - You can tell it to give you the location after every single, block quote
17:31 - Adding Eleanor’s headers
18:23 - how you can change the citations plugin and the MD notes template
20:55 - Placeholders - all the things you could have
22:26 - The three plugins you need in Zotero
23:03 - The cool thing that Zotero does
24:01 - Research Rabbit
27:21 - What Zotero is for
30:49 - Zotero is not just for academic papers
31:26 - On using Youtube as an educational resource
33:44 - Finding available PDFs
36:21 - Zotfile
36:32 - Assigning renaming rules
37:46 - What Eleanor does with her PDFs in Obsidian
39:50 - Embedding a PDF in Obsidian
40:25 - How Eleanor uses PDFs in Obsidian
41:26 - Eleanor’s walkthrough on her process for annotating PDFs
43:35 - Extracting the annotations
48:54 - MD Notes
52:04 - A sample of what Eleanor has already processed
52:54 - The summary
53:15 - What Eleanor learned about the purple dye in the Eastern Mediterranean
56:26 - Another interesting thing Eleanor learned from this: Textile creation
57:07 - What Eleanor used before Obsidian
🐦 TWEET: twitter.com/NickMilo
📖 READ: medium.com/@nickmilo22/my-pkm-story-3763985b7a3e
🎬 LEARN OBSIDIAN: youtu.be/QgbLb6QCK88
🗿 DOWNLOAD OBSIDIAN: https://obsidian.md/
📩 EMAIL: support@linkingyourthinking.com
🏷 TAGS: #Obsidian #obsidianapp #Obsidiannotetakingapp #LinkingYourThinking
🔊 SPECIAL MENTION
🔊 Big thanks to Jonathan and Jason of counterpart.work for the logo design.
