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# Protolyst

The Atomic Knowledge Workspace

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://protolyst.org/blog) - Head to our Blog for the latest news, feature announcements, articles and guides on all topics related to Protolyst
- [How to Find Relevant Papers for your Research Project](https://protolyst.org/how-to-find-relevant-papers-for-your-research-project) - Academic literature is a source of research knowledge, but there's so much to search through! Here we'll talk about how you can start to find relevant papers.
- [Atomic Notes And How To Use Them](https://protolyst.org/atomic-notes-and-how-to-use-them) - A discussion on how to get started with Atomic Notes, an easy addition to your note-taking process to increase your efficiency with using your notes.
- [Make 2024 an Organised and Successful Year!](https://protolyst.org/make-2024-an-organised-and-successful-year) - Entering into a new year can be the catalyst and motivator for making changes in your life. See how to use Protolyst to organise your habits to achieve goals
- [Protolyst One of 5 Sage Concept Grant Winners!](https://protolyst.org/protolyst-one-of-5-sage-concept-grant-winners) - Protolyst has been awarded a £2000 Sage Concept Grant to offer workshops focused on using Protolyst for knowledge management and data analysis skills.
- [Data Coding for Qualitative Research Analysis: Quick Start Guide](https://protolyst.org/data-coding-for-qualitative-research-analysis-quick-start-guide) - No code guide on how to start using Protolyst for ‘data coding’; a technique to organise and identify trends in your qualitative data.
- [The PARA Method: a Flexible System for Life Organisation](https://protolyst.org/the-para-method-a-flexible-system-for-life-organisation) - The PARA method is a simple, flexible system developed by Tiago Forte to help you organise your digital information into Projects, Areas, Resources and Archives
- [How to Start your First Zettelkasten](https://protolyst.org/how-to-start-your-first-zettelkasten) - Starting your first Zettelkasten can feel a bit overwhelming. We'll show you a simple first Zettelkasten and how to get started with just 2 types of notes
- [Bottom Up Knowledge: Organising at the Idea Level with Atoms](https://protolyst.org/bottom-up-knowledge-organising-at-the-idea-level-with-atoms) - Bottom up knowledge focuses on assembling ideas, facts and evidence together, just like how atoms assemble into molecules.
- [YouTube Video Notes on Protolyst!](https://protolyst.org/youtube-video-notes-on-protolyst) - Easily capture snippets and grab important information with YouTube video notes. Add videos into Protolyst and work with a timestamped transcript.
- [Hello world!👋](https://protolyst.org/hello-world) - And welcome to Protolyst, a paradigm shift in knowledge management. What we are about Keeping track of knowledge is hard. Most of us are still using systems for collecting and organising information that haven't changed much since digitisation. Some have found databasing systems or connected knowledge platforms, but all of these systems rely on remembering where information
- [Atoms of Knowledge: 5 Benefits of a Knowledge First Approach](https://protolyst.org/atoms-of-knowledge-5-benefits-of-a-knowledge-first-approach) - Atoms of Knowledge are the important details, aka highlights, golden nuggets or key takeaways, in your sources. Here are 5 benefits of using Atoms of Knowledge
- [Make your PDF note-taking Effective and Easy on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/make-your-pdf-note-taking-effective-and-easy-on-protolyst) - Here we'll share some PDF note-taking methods, and show you how you can read, annotate and take notes on your PDFs in one place on Protolyst.
- [What is Atomic Knowledge?](https://protolyst.org/what-is-atomic-knowledge) - Atomic knowledge is a system focused on managing individual ideas we encounter in information. Each individual idea is referred to as an 'atom' or Atomic Note
- [How to take Notes using Zettelkasten](https://protolyst.org/how-to-take-notes-using-zettelkasten) - How should you make effective fleeting and literature notes for your Zettelkasten method? Everyone's approach is different, but here is a good starting point
- [How to Efficiently Organise your Academic Reading on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/academic-reading-on-protolyst) - Tips and techniques to efficiently organise and systematise your academic reading and how to get started building your system on Protolyst
- [Connected Note Taking: A Powerful Next Step for your Notes](https://protolyst.org/connected-note-taking-a-powerful-next-step-for-your-notes) - Connected note taking is about organising your notes and information in an interconnected way. Here we'll summarise the different ways to connect your notes
- [Update: New and Improved Atoms in your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/update-new-and-improved-atoms-in-your-workspace) - We've added clearer organisation and more screen real estate to see your Atoms, to give you greater ability to view and use your knowledge.
- [Building your Second Brain on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/building-your-second-brain) - A second brain is a digital system that allows you to capture, organize, and retrieve your ideas, insights, and information from various sources.
- [Data Analysis in Qualitative Research](https://protolyst.org/data-analysis-in-qualitative-research) - Thematic and content analysis are powerful tools for qualitative data analysis, providing researchers with the means to extract patterns from complex data sets.

## Pages

- [All Your Knowledge for Your Projects in One Platform](https://protolyst.org/) - The collaborative workspace to unlock and connect your knowledge; keep important details at your fingertips to supercharge strategic decisions and fuel projects
- [All in One Research Platform](https://protolyst.org/all-in-one-research-platform) - Read papers, organise key info and start writing your manuscripts, complete with references, all in one place on Protolyst. Built for research by researchers
- [Qualitative Data Analysis Workshops](https://protolyst.org/qualitative-data-analysis-workshops) - We're excited to show you how Protolyst could fuel your Qualitative Analysis To register your early interest in joining a Protolyst for Qualitative Analysis Workshop please complete the form and we'll be in touch! Name*Work Email*CountryAny further information about your interest in Protolyst?Submit For more info on Protolyst in Qualitative Analysis, take a look at
- [Get Started Quickly on Protolyst with Tutorials, Docs and Guides](https://protolyst.org/docs) - Look through our guides and tutorials to help you get up and running on Protolyst with Protolyst Docs and head to Protolyst Academy on YouTube for walkthroughs
- [Pricing](https://protolyst.org/pricing) - Try out Protolyst for an unlimited time on our Free Trial. Upgrade for further features to suit you with Pro, Team and Enterprise Protolyst Pricing plans
- [Privacy Policy](https://protolyst.org/privacy-policy) - This Privacy Policy provides you with details of how we collect and store your personal data through your use of our site https://protolyst.org/
- [Data Security and Privacy](https://protolyst.org/security-2023) - At Protolyst the privacy of your data is important. Here we outline our security practices.
- [Protolyst: The Future of AI-powered Knowledge Management](https://protolyst.org/protolyst-the-future-of-ai-powered-knowledge-management) - Protolyst helps individuals and teams in navigating vast knowledge, enabling them to work more efficiently and intelligently. Join the waitlist to experience Protolyst's advanced AI solutions. You'll be the first to get: Exclusive sneak peeks of upcoming features New content on the future of AI, knowledge management and search Access to Protolyst's new AI releases
- [Forum](https://protolyst.org/community) - Join the Protolyst community to share your ideas and feedback, and get support from the Protolyst team and other users over on Slack
- [Cookie Policy](https://protolyst.org/cookie-policy) - An overview of our usage of Cookies at Protolyst (implementing the EU Directive 2002/58/EC) and the Data Protection Legislation 2018.
- [Genius is born from a thousand small ideas / The workspace that unlocks and connects the key knowledge from your documents; keeping important information at your fingertips.](https://protolyst.org/welcome-to-https-forum-protolyst-org) - A collaborative workspace that keeps your key ideas connected and secure. Where the power of a connected knowledge is finally usable within your personal or team workflow.
- [Forum page_on_front](https://protolyst.org/front-community)

## Docs

- [Workspace Keyboard Shortcuts](https://protolyst.org/docs/workspace-keyboard-shortcuts) - Try these shortcuts to help navigate your workspace faster From anywhere in your Workspace These shortcuts will work wherever you are in your workspace Windows users should use the CTRL button Apple users should use the CMD button CTRL/CMD + Space = Capture Atom Highlight text, then use CTRL/CMD + Space bar to capture your
- [Workspace Layout](https://protolyst.org/docs/workspace-layout) - Let's get oriented in your new workspace. Sidebar Down the Left of your Screen is a grey area that will display some of your Pages and other information for your Workspace, this is the Sidebar and it has some different sections (1,2 & 3). The central area of your Workspace will display the contents of
- [Renaming your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs/renaming-your-workspace) - If you want to change the name of your workspace, open it up and then open Settings at the bottom of your left hand Sidebar In the Settings Menu, there will be several options to customise your workspace. At the top of the Settings Menu you will see the Name of your Workspace and an
- [Adding Citations & References to your Writing](https://protolyst.org/docs/citations-referencing) - You can drop your highlights (Atoms) into a Text Editor Page to add the information saved in your Atoms to your writing. When you drop the Atom in, a Citation that links you back to the source of your Atom will be automatically added alongside your Atom Text. A References section is also automatically generated
- [Technical Notetaking - Easily Add & Use Equations in your Notes](https://protolyst.org/docs/technical-notetaking-easily-add-use-equations-in-your-notes) - See how to use LaTeX for technical notetaking, and how you can save your equations as Atoms to work with them quickly in your Protolyst workspace.
- [Download and Export](https://protolyst.org/docs/download-and-export-2) - You can download Pages in your workspace through the Page Options Menu in the top right of your screen. The download file format varies by Page Type: Text Editor - download as a Doc Table - CSV or Doc depending on the Table View File Upload - PDF download Web Pages - not available for
- [Organising Pages in your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs/organising-pages-in-your-workspace) - As you add more information into your workspace, you may want to start organising those Pages to help with navigating all your information. To reorganise where your Page sits inside your workspace, you can move them to another location and start grouping them inside another Page. Moving a Page There are several options to reorganise
- [Table Views](https://protolyst.org/docs/table-views) - You can view the information in your Tables in different ways and you can save different configurations as a 'View' so that you can quickly swap between them. Organising Information on Display in your Table Within the Table view, next to the New Button, there are 3 menus providing different options for organising the information
- [Create a Table](https://protolyst.org/docs/create-a-table) - Tables are one of the Page Types on Protolyst, and operate as databases, giving you more opportunities to organise your information. Properties can be added to help with segmenting and categorising everything in a workspace. Create a Table Add a New Page into your Workspace (using the Blue Button at the top of your Sidebar)
- [Capturing Atoms](https://protolyst.org/docs/atoms-in-protolyst) - Atoms are at the heart of Protolyst and workflows, opening up the possibilities of how you can work with your ideas, collate related concepts and connect facts to deepen your understanding. What are Atoms? Atoms are the "aha" moments, quotes, or ideas that are worth remembering, connecting, and sharing. Capturing atoms allows you to extract
- [Simple Work Flow: Capturing and Using Atoms](https://protolyst.org/docs/simple-work-flow-capturing-and-using-atoms) - Here's the basics for you to start collecting together your important information and using those details for your project. First we'll give you the basics of adding info into your workspace, capturing the important details as Atoms and then there's a simple work flow on how you can use those Atoms in your writing with
- [Adding Information into your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs/adding-information-into-your-workspace) - To capture Atoms, you'll need to have Sources of Information added into your workspace. Any information you add into your workspace is added as a Page, and there are 4 different Page Types: Text Editor - for your own typed notes Tables - to organise your Pages and Information based on different properties File Upload
- [🚩Start Here](https://protolyst.org/docs/start-here) - Welcome to Protolyst! To start Capturing Atoms, you'll need Sources of information in your Workspace. How do you want to start setting up? Adding Multiple Sources to Set Up your Workspace You can use a Table to organise a collection of Sources, it's somewhat like using a Folder, but gives you further options for organising
- [Searching your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs/searching-your-workspace) - You can search through all your Pages and Atoms by heading to All Pages search located at the top of your sidebar. This will open a search bar to search through a list of all the Pages in your Workspace as well as the contents of your Atoms Advanced Search At the moment we are
- [How to Research and Write an Article Fast on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-research-and-write-an-article-fast-on-protolyst) - Here's a 5 part step by step guide on collecting useful pieces of information as Atoms from several sources to prepare an informed and evidenced Article fast! This work flow is based on saving particular nuggets of information that you uncover during your research and organising them around the relevant sections of your article. Then
- [Collecting and Organising Information from Research Papers](https://protolyst.org/docs/literature-tracker-collect-and-organise-information-while-reading-papers) - Reading the literature is an essential step in building a strong foundational knowledge for research projects. Building your knowledge can help you to identify research gaps, deepen your understanding of the field with awareness of the current state of research and spot opportunities to make innovative contributions to your field. However there are far more
- [How to Write a Literature Review on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-write-a-literature-review-on-protolyst) - A literature review brings together and critically evaluates existing knowledge on a specific topic, so writing a literature review is an intensive and demanding task. There's a lot of literature to explore and consolidate often involving revisiting and re-reading papers to ensure a comprehensive understanding. Here we'll go through step by step how to write
- [Organising your Research Notes Efficiently on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/organising-your-research-notes-efficiently-on-protolyst) - During a research project you'll collect a large amount of information. Often when you return to those notes you want to pull related information together in different ways. If you've added your notes into a very long summary document or an Excel sheet, it can be an extra layer of admin to reorganise your notes
- [Equations](https://protolyst.org/docs/equations) - You can add equations into your typed notes using LaTeX notation to add in block or in-line equations
- [Download and Export](https://protolyst.org/docs/download-and-export) - How to download and export information within your Protolyst workspace. Different formats are available based on Page Types.
- [Dark Mode](https://protolyst.org/docs/dark-mode) - You can turn on Dark Mode in Protolyst through Workspace Settings located at the bottom of the left hand sidebar in your workspace.
- [Splitscreen](https://protolyst.org/docs/splitscreen) - How to open up two pages side by side in Splitscreen in your Protolyst workspace.
- [Checklists](https://protolyst.org/docs/checklists) - How to turn your lists into checklists so you can cross off items as you complete them
- [Cornell Notes for Notetaking on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/cornell-notes-for-notetaking-on-protolyst) - A guide on how you can take Cornell Notes on Protolyst, and add your Keywords and Questions to build an interconnected notes system
- [Academic Reading on Protolyst - Quick Start Guide](https://protolyst.org/docs/academic-reading-on-protolyst-quick-start-guide) - If you've signed up to Protolyst to support your academic reading, here's a workflow to get you started! We've organised this guide into different sections based on your experience with digital notetaking apps and connected notes: Beginner - if this is your first time using a connected note-taking app Intermediate - if you're familiar with
- [Simple First Zettelkasten on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/simple-first-zettelkasten-on-protolyst) - If you've come across the Zettelkasten note taking method, you may have come away a bit overwhelmed. Here we'll show you how to start your first Zettelkasten
- [How to Build an Academic Reading System](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-build-an-academic-reading-system) - Build an academic reading system by collecting, organising and applying the key details and interesting concepts from your academic sources to your research.
- [Note Taking on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/powerful-connected-note-taking-with-your-atoms-on-protolyst) - See how to use Atoms of knowledge as part of your connected Note Taking to lift the important details off the page and use them across your workspace.
- [Organising your To Dos on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/organising-your-to-dos-on-protolyst) - Here we'll go through different ways you can organise your To Dos. From quick bullet lists to Tables collecting your to-dos from across your workspace
- [How to Write a Well Evidenced Essay, Fast](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-write-a-well-evidenced-essay-fast) - Learn how to enrich your persuasive and analytical essays with strong supporting evidence. Protolyst helps you import and highlight sources, capture relevant information, centralize all your evidence in one place, and automatically create citations. Use your evidence to inform the structure of your essay, build a stronger argument, and make your ideas more persuasive. Since
- [Using Templates in Tables](https://protolyst.org/docs/using-templates-in-tables) - You can use Templates to populate new rows added to your Tables with particular content to speed up your workflow. Take a look at the Video or read through the steps below Creating a Template There are 2 routes to create Templates: Create a Page and then save it as a Template Add a Row
- [Atom Inheritance in your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs/atoms-in-your-workflows) - Atoms can be captured to extract insights and key details throughout your workspace and they can be linked to other pages in your workspace, which appear as Tags next to the Atom. The links and connections between atoms and different pages can be used to enable access to your atoms throughout your workspace through Inheritance
- [Viewing and Organising Atoms in Tables](https://protolyst.org/docs/viewing-and-organising-atoms-in-tables) - In Tables the Atoms property displays all the Atoms that have been linked to that Row (Page). You can make use of Atom Filters to organise Atoms based on their other Tags to get information overviews. Filtering Atoms In the Atoms Property Options, there's an Option to Filter by Linked Pages. Here you can select
- [Writing with your Atoms](https://protolyst.org/docs/writing-with-your-atoms) - Once you've collected Atoms and evolved your knowledge-base, you can use them to start creating written pieces on Protolyst with built-in citations and references.
- [Moving your Files and using Folders on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/moving-your-files-and-using-folders-on-protolyst) - Setup and use Folders on Protolyst to organise your files and Pages in your workspace. Pages can be used like Folders to help you navigate your information
- [Using Tags on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/using-tags-on-protolyst) - An overview of how to use Tags on Protolyst to organise your knowledge and sources of information.
- [Create Pages From Atoms](https://protolyst.org/docs/linking-pages) - When capturing Atoms, you may be inspired by an idea and want to create a new page to take further notes or collect Atoms around a specific topic. To create a page from an Atom Capture an atom and reframe why it is important to you 2. Enter a page title in the Linking bar.
- [Connecting Atoms across your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs/connecting-atoms-across-your-workspace) - Once an Atom is captured, connections can be made to anything else in a workspace, for that knowledge or important detail to be used in other areas of your workspace. Connections are added across your workspace by creating links between the Atom and other Pages in your workspace. These may be referred to as Tags
- [How To Use Linked Tables](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-use-linked-tables-protolyst-2) - Linked Tables work in a similar manner to Linked Pages, but linking is limited to Pages within one chosen Table rather than across the entire workspace. Linked Tables makes use of the Linked Table Property Type available to add into your Tables. To link Table 1 to Table 2 In Table 1, add a new property with "+
- [How to Use Linked Pages](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-use-linked-pages-protolyst) - Linked Pages allow you to connect two pages from anywhere within your workspace. 1. They can be viewed in a Table Property called Linked Pages 2. They can also be viewed and added from within a Page Where To Use Linked Pages Linked Pages allow you to access information and Atoms you have already collected. They help to avoid
- [How to Use Sub-Pages](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-use-sub-pages-protolyst) - What are Sub Pages? Sub-Pages are Pages that are accessed from within another Page. Sub-Pages can be a useful tool to organise and manage your workspace. Just like Pages, a Sub-Page can be of any Page Type Pages and Sub-Pages If you consider the Pages within your Sidebar as Top Level Pages, then any other
- [Adding Content to Portals](https://protolyst.org/docs/adding-content-to-portals) - Much like Workspaces, Portals are made from Pages and Tables. These can be edited by Admins and Contributors, and then when ready Published for your Participants to view and interact with. Publishing To make your content live for the Participants of your portal, you must hit Publish at the top of each page. At the
- [Portal Set Up](https://protolyst.org/docs/portal-set-up) - Portals are built in a similar way to Workspaces using Pages and Tables, and are then Published to share their contents with a wider group of Protolyst users. Creating a Portal In your Protolyst Dashboard, across the top, above the list of your Workspaces, there's a Portals Section, with 'add New Portal' and 'Use Access
- [Portals](https://protolyst.org/docs/portals) - What are Portals? Protolyst Portals allow users to share, expand and gain knowledge with groups beyond the team who work together in 1 workspace. Portals are built in a very similar way to Workspaces, with some further functionality. So far we have seen our community using Portals as asynchronous learning environments, to manage and review
- [How to Read a Research Paper](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-read-a-research-paper) - Improve your approach to reading research papers with this 2-pass method. Start by highlighting and taking notes to summarize the paper, then reread with an emphasis on contextualizing and scrutinizing the results and methods sections. Look for limitations and useful references, and use tags and an 'Atoms' property to facilitate comparison and analysis. By taking
- [How to Manage Hiring & Recruitment on Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-manage-hiring-recruitment-on-protolyst) - Protolyst lends itself well to keeping track of the key insights and evidence that help with making recruitment decisions about candidates. This workflow walkthrough will get you started managing recruitment on Protolyst
- [How to Write a Blog Post on Protolyst Using Your Atomic Knowledge Base](https://protolyst.org/docs/how-to-write-a-blog-post-on-protolyst-using-your-atomic-knowledge-base) - This workflow assumes you have an existing Atomic Knowledge Base built in Protolyst where Atoms have been tagged to key Topic(s) of interest. Visit our docs to see how to get started on Protolyst! Protolyst is an effective tool for researching and drafting blog posts based on your atomised knowledge base. Using your existing knowledge

## Quizzes & Surveys

- [Test](https://protolyst.org/qsm_quiz/test)

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://protolyst.org/category/uncategorized)
- [Zettelkasten](https://protolyst.org/category/zettelkasten)
- [Qualitative Research](https://protolyst.org/category/qualitative-research)
- [Research](https://protolyst.org/category/research)
- [Updates](https://protolyst.org/category/updates)
- [Productivity](https://protolyst.org/category/productivity)
- [Systems](https://protolyst.org/category/systems)
- [Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/category/protolyst)

## Tags

- [note-taking](https://protolyst.org/tag/note-taking)
- [PDF](https://protolyst.org/tag/pdf)
- [notetaking](https://protolyst.org/tag/notetaking)
- [connected notetaking](https://protolyst.org/tag/connected-notetaking)
- [atomic notes](https://protolyst.org/tag/atomic-notes)
- [atomic knowledge](https://protolyst.org/tag/atomic-knowledge)
- [academic reading](https://protolyst.org/tag/academic-reading)
- [reading system](https://protolyst.org/tag/reading-system)
- [literature reading](https://protolyst.org/tag/literature-reading)
- [academia](https://protolyst.org/tag/academia)
- [video notetaking](https://protolyst.org/tag/video-notetaking)
- [youtube video notetaking](https://protolyst.org/tag/youtube-video-notetaking)
- [Zettelkasten](https://protolyst.org/tag/zettelkasten)
- [notetaking system](https://protolyst.org/tag/notetaking-system)
- [bottom up knowledge](https://protolyst.org/tag/bottom-up-knowledge)
- [knowledge management](https://protolyst.org/tag/knowledge-management)
- [organisation](https://protolyst.org/tag/organisation)
- [life organisation](https://protolyst.org/tag/life-organisation)
- [protolyst grant](https://protolyst.org/tag/protolyst-grant)
- [protolyst](https://protolyst.org/tag/protolyst)
- [data coding](https://protolyst.org/tag/data-coding)
- [learning data coding](https://protolyst.org/tag/learning-data-coding)

## Docs Categories

- [1. New to Protolyst](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/new-to-protolyst)
- [2. Connecting your Workspace](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/connecting-your-workspace)
- [Protolyst Portals](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/protolyst-portals)
- [Protolyst for Research](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/protolyst-for-research)
- [Protolyst for Notetaking](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/protolyst-for-notetaking)
- [Protolyst for Organisation](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/protolyst-for-organisation)
- [Quick Tips](https://protolyst.org/docs-category/quick-tips) - Quick tips and tricks to use Protolyst