01 Notetaking for Historians - Doing History with Zotero and Obsidian - Obsidian Publish

Welcome to Doing History with Zotero and Obsidian! Learn more about the project, or read about the setup here in detail. You can also download a starter Obsidian history vault from Github which includes all Obsidian plugins, scripts, and settings described here. (Updated 2022-08-13) Notetaking is an essential aspect of research and writing. Historians in particular take notes on a grand scale: they process hundreds or thousands of primary sources when writing a book. You may start with index cards and a corkboard. But once you get into a major historical project you may be overwhelmed with sources and connections, and a corkboard will not be enough. Digital tools become crucial at that stage. I chose Zotero and Obsidian for digital notetaking because they are free at the entry level, and their paid features are not expensive. Both apps have large and active user communities that support their development so they are not likely to disappear. Finally, their data is portable: Zotero can e

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