What are Literature notes? Literature notes are supposed to be written in the perspective of the book, paper or article you are referring to as opposed to permanent notes . Understand the material and write what you understand in short, concise and brief in your own words.

Literature notes can have a Tree of various different ideas and aren’t restricted by the one note per idea rule of the Zettelkasten method. If you want to get back to the source material, the Literature notes can be a quick map of thing you’ve already learnt.

It’s key to have a meticulous list of all the references used to make the literature notes. The references can be of any format, it can be links, bookmarks or citations.


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