Reading, Annotating, Note-taking, and Drafting/Outlining with Zotero 6

This video tutorial shows how to use the built-in PDF viewer and the new note editor, the two most exciting features of Zotero 6. Meanwhile, it demonstrates how you can use Zotero 6 as your all-in-one research application. You can use Zotero 6 in your whole workflow of reading, annotating, note-taking, and drafting/outlining.

00:00 introduction of Zotero 6
00:53 built-in PDF viewer
01:29 how to use the built-in PDF reader to mark up PDFs with highlights, notes, and image annotations
04:04 PDF annotations are stored in the Zotero database, not in the PDF file itself
06:02 how to add annotations to Zotero notes with automatic citations
06:43 annotations added to notes automatically include links back to the PDF page.
07:22 annotations also include citations to the original document
07:59 the first line of note is the heading of the note
09:30 how to insert notes into Word with active Zotero citations
11:44 how to verify and clean up metadata for items while viewing your PDFs
12:57 child note and standalone note. Notes are text files, they don't count against your storage quota
13:34 how to use the new note editor and insert citation in the note
15:40 how to use the standalone note in a separate window for drafting/outlining
17:33 an example of dragging items, notes, PDF annotations, and non-annotation PDF text to a note for drafting/outlining
19:32 use Zotero as your all-in-one application