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Zettelkasten

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The zettelkasten (German: "slip box", plural zettelkästen) is a system of note-taking and personal knowledge management used in research and study. Variations of the note taking system are known by the "card index" or "index card file" in English and fichier boîte ("file box") in French contexts.

Zettelkasten - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Knowledge management and note-taking method "Card file" redirects here. For the use of cards in library cataloguing, see Card catalog . For the Microsoft application, see Cardfile . For the rotating device used to store information, see Rolodex . A German scholar's physical Zettelkasten or card file A card file for personal knowledge management can be made up of notes containing numbers, tags (blue) and cross-references to other notes (red). A tag index (bottom right) allows topical cross-referencing. A Zettelkasten

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