My Academic Reading Workflow
Sep 8, 2020
Tools
Skim
- notes are saved in a separate .skim file, cannot be extracted in Zotero
- resolution not as sharp as acrobat
- only one highlight color
- no type machine function
- small and fast, good for note taking
Adobe Acrobat
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highlights color coding:
Preview
- fast and simple, have all the necessary annotation functions, and can be extracted to Zotero
- rich hotkey support
Zotero
- create child note while reading
- create notes for: quotation, summary, comment
- add or modify tags according to Article tags
MindNode
- Use MindNode to create a map for the classic literatures/authors
Emacs + Zotero
- requires Emacs package: pdf-tools, org-noter, zotxt
- requires Zotero plugin: zotxt, zotxt-emacs
- also see /posts/my-reference-literature-management-workflow/
Workflow in Emacs
- in Zotero, open the attachment for annotation (set default pdf viewer to emacs)
- start org-noter, save a new note file, or an existing note file will shown
M-i
insert note at precise location (create a new heading in corresponding org notes file)- document view → notes view: the note heading will automatically expand when scrolling through document buffer. navigate
- notes view → document view:
M-p
,M-.
,M-n
sync previous/current/next note, meaning the document buffer will scroll to the location associated with the previous/current/next note org-noter-create-skeleton
imports the PDF outline or annotations as notes