Hi Friends, my name is Callum aka wanderloots. In this video, I walk through how to use Zotero & connect it to Obsidian and the AI research tool Research Rabbit. This is the best workflow I’ve found to keep track of PDFs & websites for all kinds of research (casual & academic research).
Zotero is a reference manager that allows you to effortlessly save PDFs and other resources from the Internet and store them in the cloud as a library. Your library can be synced to Obsidian so you can annotate & highlight your documents in Zotero and seamlessly import them to Obsidian.
This same Zotero library can be synced with Research Rabbit, the “Spotify” for research papers, helping you make connections, find similar work, and generally speed up & deepen your academic workflow. Research Rabbit uses AI to find similar papers to help augment your research, finding connections for you in seconds.
This video is a complete tutorial on how to get started with Zotero, integrate it with Obsidian (including how to template specifically for importing files & metadata), and extend your research with Research Rabbit AI.
I hope you enjoy! ✨
P.S. I greatly appreciate any feedback, please let me know what you think or if you have any questions 😊
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:37 Today’s Outline
03:38 Why I Use Zotero
5:03 Part 1: Installing Zotero
07:45 Installing BetterBibTex
10:50 Downloading PDFs Into Zotero: Examples
13:17 Part 2: Connect Zotero To Obsidian
14:14 Zotero Integration Settings
14:52 Zotero Import Format (Key Settings)
17:51 Part 3: Zotero Integration Template
24:10 Literature Source Creation Example
24:56 Stoplight Annotation Method
27:03 Import Highlights & Annotations Into Obsidian
28:14 Literature Source Example 2: Autogen
29:00 Updating Literature Source Notes
30:18 Literature Source Molecular Note-Taking
31:33 Part 4: Pandoc Reference List Plugin
34:08 Auto Complete Reference List
35:44 Part 5: Zotero + AI with Research Rabbit
39:44 Full Example – Research Rabbit to Obsidian
42:29 Tutorial Overview
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2. https://www.zotero.org/
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4. Academic Workflow – Alexandra Phelan https://medium.com/@alexandraphelan/an-updated-academic-workflow-zotero-obsidian-cffef080addd
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