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Mar 1, 2023 11 tweets 6 min read Read on X
Scientific writing can be made easier with the right note-taking tools and workflows.

Unlock the power of @tana_inc and other #TfT tools like Notion or Obsidian to easily read, highlight, and synthesize academic literature.
1/8 First, you want to import the metadata from Zotero.

Once you add the gist linked below as an option in Zotero:

• ⌘ ⇧ C on a Zotero item to copy the metadata
• ⌘ V on a @tana_inc node to paste

github.com/eurunuela/zote…
2/8 You can edit the metadata to follow a template of your liking.

Here's the one I use to keep track of topics, authors, journals, etc.

I even have a "read"/"unread" status to filter the papers I have in @tana_inc.
3/8 Reading and highlighting happen in Zotero.

Once done, I extract the highlights from Zotero and paste them into @tana_inc.

In @tana_inc, I tag the highlights with the "quote" supertag.
4/8 And here is where the magic happens.

I write literature notes of relevant highlights and their attributes get automatically filled up, so I never lose the context of my literature notes.
5/8 Once I'm done reading papers and writing literature notes, I write permanent notes.

These are going to be the pieces that I copy over to any manuscript that I'm writing.

With @tana_inc's attributes, I can assign a topic, link the note to other notes, and see its origin.
6/8 Finally, whenever it is time to write, all I have to do is go through my permanent notes on a given topic and bring them over to the manuscript.
7/8 I also have the papers, permanent notes, literature notes, list of topics, and authors pinned to the sidebar.

This way, I can find my notes and their context very easily and I can stay on top of my literature review.
8/8 I took one of @cortexfutura’s frameworks and adapted it to my needs.

If you think this workflow is useful to you, download my Academic Literature Review template for @tana_inc from the following link 👇

eneko.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/5…
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