Research workflow guides
Citation formats, web clippers, Zotero, Notion and Obsidian — written for people who have to hand in a bibliography. Need a citation right now? Use the free citation generator, or add ClipCite to Chrome.
How to Check Whether an AI-Generated Citation Is Real
Chatbots invent plausible references. A five-minute routine — resolve the DOI, match it in Crossref, check the claim, check retractions — to verify each one.
29 July 2026Markdown Web Clipper Comparison: Which One Keeps Citations? (2026)
Six Markdown web clippers tested on what actually survives the clip: title, author, date, URL, DOI and a usable citation. Test results, not marketing.
13 July 2026Best Chrome Extensions for Grad Students (2026)
Nine Chrome extensions worth a grad student's toolbar — citations, legal paywall workarounds, annotation, focus and archiving — with honest notes on each.
12 July 2026How to Build a Research Log in Notion (With a Clipping Workflow That Feeds It)
A Notion research log that works: the database schema, the views that make it usable, and the clipping workflows that fill it without copy-paste.
11 July 2026DOI to BibTeX: Every Way to Turn a DOI Into a Citation (2026)
Seven working ways to turn a DOI into clean BibTeX — curl content negotiation, doi2bib, ZoteroBib, Zotero, publisher exports — plus the field gotchas.
10 July 2026Readwise Reader vs Free Alternatives for Research Clipping (2026)
Readwise Reader is the best read-later app money can buy — and $120+/year. What the free alternatives actually cover, compared by job, honestly.
6 July 2026APA Citation for a Web Page: the Rules + the Fastest Workflows
How to cite a web page in APA 7th edition — every rule and edge case (no author, no date, retrieval dates), plus the fastest tools to generate the reference.
5 July 2026How to Save Web Articles to Obsidian as Markdown (Clipper Roundup)
Every way to get a web article into your Obsidian vault as clean Markdown — browser clippers, read-later apps, and citation-first tools, compared honestly.
4 July 2026Zotero Alternatives for Quick Web Citations (Lighter Tools Compared)
Zotero manages a PDF library; it's overkill for grabbing one web citation. The lighter alternatives, compared honestly — including what Zotero still wins at.
3 July 2026The Best Web Clippers for Researchers & Students (2026)
An honest comparison of web clippers for research: Zotero Connector, Obsidian and Notion Web Clipper, Readwise Reader and ClipCite — with the real tradeoffs.
2 July 2026How to Export Zotero Highlights to Obsidian (Without Losing Backlinks)
A practical guide to the real friction in Zotero→Obsidian workflows — bridge plugins, broken backlinks — and when lighter tools make more sense.
2 July 2026How to Cite a Website in BibTeX (Templates + Real Examples)
BibTeX has no entry type for websites. The correct @misc and @online templates, field-by-field rules, edge cases (no author, no date), and tools that do it.
2 July 2026Notion Web Clipper Alternatives for Research (2026)
The official Notion Web Clipper frustrates researchers. Here are the best alternatives for clean Markdown, citation metadata, and a workflow that doesn't break.
2 July 2026