sync zotero to notion to level-up your academic research | awesome notion plug-in | 2022 tutorial
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- → Sync Zotero to Notion
→ Notion for Academic Research
→ Step-By-Step Tutorial
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A MASSIVE thank you to Temi Lasade-Anderson, a friend and fellow PhD researcher on Instagram who first made me aware of the Notero plug-in, and whose content/research you can find more about at the links below:
Temi's TH-cam → / tlasadea
Temi's Instagram → temikeita?...
Temi's Research → www.temilasade.com/
Also, significant credit must also go to the creators of this plug-in, about whom you can read more via the NOTERO Github page → github.com/dvanoni/notero
Here are the online resources that helped me set up Notero, which I also re-link in the step-by-step tutorial down below:
Notion Integration Page → www.notion.so/my-integrations
Notero Plug-In Home + Tutorial → Page github.com/dvanoni/notero
The Notion Template →dvanoni.notion.site/79b17005b...
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Installation & Set-Up
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00:00 - 02:20 - Introduction
02:20 - 04:40 - Some Brief Context for What I'm Sharing from Zotero into Notion + Why
04:40 - 06:30 - Step One | Notion Database + Notion Internal Integration Token
06:32 - 06:43 Step Two | Create the Database in Notion
06:44 - 07:10 - Step Three | Create the Connection Between Zotero and Notion
07:10 - 07:45 - Step Four | Finding the Database ID
07:45 - 08:23 - Step Five | Download the Notero Plug-In and Install
08:24 - 09:11 - Step Six | Set the Notero Preferences
09:12 - 10:10 - Some Limitations to Notero
1. First, set up a Notion Integration Token. Go to the linke www.notion.so/my-integrations and, once you've logged in to your Notion, press the button "New Integration". Label it whatever you like e.g. Zotero, and select the workspace you want the database to appear in. Once you are happy with the privacy settings, click SUBMIT.
2. Set up the database in NOTION to which you want to direct the Zotero database information. I used an existing database for this exact purpose, which you can find at this link and also another template in this article here. NOTE: Read this article for exact details as to how to configure the database should you wish to set one up yourself.
3. Link the Notion database to the Integration Token. You do this by going to the Share button on the database page in Notion. Click invite, and you should see your recently-created Integration key. Select it to provide access to it.
4. Download the Notero plug-in at github.com/dvanoni/notero. Once downloaded, open Zotero. Click Tools, and then Add-Ons. Drag the downloaded .xpi file into the pop-up window, or go to the settings wheel at the top right-hand corner of the pop-up and select Install Add-On from File. Re-start Zotero.
5. Once Zotero re-opens, go to the Tools tab once more. Select Notero Preferences. Copy and past the Integration Token Key, which you'll find on the My Integration page within your Notion browser. Also add in the database ID that belongs to the Notion database which you've set up. You'll find that going to the database in question, click "Copy Link", paste the link into any text editor and select the 32 characters between the first forward slash in the URL, all the way to the question mark. E.g. the database in the following example URL www.notion.so/121212121212121... would be 12121212121212121212121212121212.
5. The final step in the Notero preferences is to select the folder in Zotero which you wish to sync into Notion.
THE ABOVE IS A SUMMARY OF THE FULL TUTORIAL.
The full tutorial is available as an article at the following link.
I hope it proves useful to you! Please share your experiences with Notero in the comments below, click the like/subscribe button if this tutorial was valuable :)
Hugs from NYC,
Holly
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Thanks for the video...even though an older one it was much easier to follow than many others. The helpful comments from others also helped a lot to overcome some of the hiccups trying to set up and sync. 🙂
For anyone not finding Integration in invite, I got this reply from Notion:
Hi James,
Stephen here. Thanks for your patience as this was escalated to me.
Recently there has been a change to how you share pages with internal and public integrations.
Now, via the triple-dot (...) menu in the top right of a page, you will see Add connections and from there you can add the integration you need.
For more information on what's changed you can consult our Help Center article here.
Kind regards,
Stephen
Thank you!
Hey James, i've added the integration through the triple-dot but the integration won't still appear in the share/invite option. What have you done after adding the integration through the triple-dot. Any other step i need to take? Cheers!
Thank you James!!
OMFG!! Tank you so much!!! Haha, tok me 3 hours searching for acsactly that
Same issue. Could you please share how you resolved it?
You’re the research goddess! Thank you soo soo much. Saved me 5 lives. Just a new update in the share button- I clicked the … three buttons and found ‘connections’, then hovered over that button and found my integration! And in the last stage I selected the papers I wanted to sync from Zotero to notion and rightclicked and chose ‘sync to notion’. It took me atleast 2 hrs to figure it all out, but finally did it. I am in time crunch. Glad I did it. Thank you!!
Thank you for the update, friend! I'm going to pin this comment for future viewers of the video :) x
This was the most straightforward, cleanest, clearest tech/software tutorial I have ever experienced. Thank you so much for making this
You’re more than welcome - thank YOU for taking the time to comment such a lovely message!
Thank you, this was just what I needed! I just made a few changes to my own quite extensive literature database, and miracles started to happen thanks to your brilliant step by step turtorial 🙌I'm so happy I didn't have to transfer everything into a new database. The journey of PhD fellowship applications can begin
Glad it was helpful! good luck with the PhD fellowship applications, Marit!
Hi, first time watcher and within the first minute of the video I became a subscriber. I Love you aesthetic ! And the way you explain the information was so informaative. Looking forward to fallowing you and seeing the rest of your videos.
Thank you so much, Leigh :) happy to have you here! Xx
First video I have seen of yours and truly just great content - thank you :D
Thank you!
Thank you so so much for this tutorial! So easily executable, and nicely cuts the clutter. 🙌🏽
You’re welcome! I found the same regarding the clutter :)
Thank you Holly Jane! I was so excited to see this and after a bit of tinkering, I got it to work. This will help me so much with my own doctoral research. Woo-hoo! Hey, I'm also a stage 2a cancer patient in a doctoral program. This was really great to see other people going through the same thing I am. You are inspiring to me. Have a great week :)
I hope you're doing okay, Heather
I got stuck in the last phase: I saw the green check mark in Zotero next to the files I wanted to sync, but then just wasn't seeing the items in Notion. So, what I did, I highlighted all the items in the synced file and then left-click to see the drop-down, and chose "Sync to Notion" and that worked!! Thank you for the vid!
You're welcome!
Fantastic video and workaround!! I am just now getting serious about using Notion for my teaching and geo ed and edtech related work. This is a life saver! I found it very helpful to have both your video and the ReadME document available while I was doing this. I also messed up on the original database sync (forgot to duplicate the Notero database with all of the correct properties) and was able to easily create a new one. Once I removed the #notion, it re-synced with no problem!! I know you made this a few months ago, but this is what I love about TH-cam! Stuff you need is waiting for you to find it...and when you are ready, the 👩🏻🏫 will appear 😉! Thank you!!
You are so welcome, Jamie! Glad it worked out for you and good luck with your teaching/education. If you encounter any issues with syncing, check the comments sections here, as a few people who struggled with the initial sync and their solutions are here in the comments. Good luck!
Subbed within the first few minutes. Production on point.
Thank you! :)
Second video of yours, I find really helpful. Got me subscribed! Thank you!
I’m so glad they’ve been helpful to you!
Oh my goddess!!!! You are an actual angel! I have just spent literally hours attempting to do this myself, with absolutely no success and lots of frustration and self-doubt haha... and in desperation I started to look for tutorials on TH-cam, I watched multiple!!! Finally found yours, and this has miraculously worked for me! I did have to do the workaround you provided in the comments - I'm just so so grateful. I have actual tears of gratitude and relief in my eyes. Than you so very much Holly - you have a lifelong subscriber in me
It's a couple of hours later and it appear to have stopped syncing :( I have no idea why - any help would be so much appreciated. I was so excited haha
Did you check out the other comments? I think you might find the solution there! I provided an answer down below, and I'll try tag you now x
@@HollyJaneYT Hey Holly, thank you so much for the reply - unfortunately I have read through all the comments, I've tried everything, I've watched multiple tutorials, and I've redone the whole process a few times, and unfortunately its just not working. Thank you so much for your help anyway
Thank you for sharing! This is so helpful Holly 👏👏
Glad it was helpful, Holli!
Thank you so much for this video; i was so puzzled by the online description because i also prefer to learn new stuff through Videos 😊🙌 I really like how you did that! Also the fixed comment helped me with a Problem i had.Have a nice day; greetings from Sveta from Germany 🇩🇪
Glad it was helpful, friend!! :)
Thanks so much for that lovely video! I really needed this, I'm so happy haha :D
Glad it helped!
Thanks for this video. It was super helpful, I'm excited to use it now for my thesis
Glad it helped!
Love ya stuff Holly, you've almost convinced me to leave endnote and go to Zotero!
Haha, thanks pal!! :)
Amazing tutorial, Holly! I told you in one of your study sessions that I was starting to use Obsidian for collecting all my notes, but I also have a database in Notion with all the articles and books I'm reading for my dissertation and for my work in general. Yesterday, I followed your tutorial to set it up and it was really easy and I love the final result and how my workflow works now.
Congrats on the video and the explanation because it is truly useful, easy to follow and you did a great job both with the script and the edition.
I would like to share it in Twitter because I'm pretty sure that the science community is going to love it. Let me know if you have an account there so I can directly mention, cause I cannot find you.
Have a great day! 🤗😘❤️
That’s so kind of you, Noelia! :) I have a Twitter account although I don’t use it very often @Holly_Woods_ 🤩🤩🤩 feel free to tag me if you like! I appreciate the support :)
Thanks so much I am just finishing up my Masters and getting ready to start the PhD program in the fall. This will be so helpful to be able to sync all the my MSN references to have a head start on my topic.
So glad to be able to help!
Thank you very much for explaining it so nicely...
It surely looked frightening. But I have managed to integret the plugin quite easily following your instructions.
It shall be sooo useful! Really appreciate your effort.
Hope its going smoothly!
This Tutorial was sooo helpful!! Thank you very much!! :)
Glad it was helpful, pal! X
This is brilliant, thank you so much for making this tutorial!
you're welcome!
Thank you so much for the useful video! Love your channel so much!
You are so welcome! Köszi :) :)
Do I use Notion? No. Do I use Zotero? No. Am I going to watch this entire thing anyway because of your charm, warmth and relatable personality? ABSOLUTELY.
Do you know if it works with Mendeley as well?
I actually don’t know! I can check though, and get back to you!
Also ❤️❤️❤️ thank you!
This plug-in has been more motivating than a large cup of coffee 😆😆😆 Do you use it? WOULD you use it?! Let me know!
Holy Cow! This plug-in just woke me from slumber! I want to share it with all the other doc students in my cohort - it is so beautiful!
I'm so happy to hear you've been enjoying Notero! Thank you so much for sharing it through this wonderful video!
Very useful, for me. Thank you!!! I send you warm regards from Peru
Glad to help!
Best wishes on your fight with cancer. I just finished treatment for breast cancer. I am hoping it does not come back. Thanks for the video.
Sending you a big virtual hug and lots of positive energy. I’m in remission three years this summer and just came off treatment after six years of it, so I know something of what you’re going through. Take care of yourself, and be kind to yourself. It gets better ❤️
@@HollyJaneYT Thank you for your kind words. I am hugging you back. So happy to hear you are in remission. xoxo
Wow, thanks for the tutorial. I just submitted my master's thesis a month ago, this would have been so helpful! I went ahead and synced it up anyway, just in case I decide to do a PhD on my research subject someday.
You’re welcome! I hope it proves useful in the future!
Thank you for the tutorial. It is really helpful!
Glad to hear that!
This is going to be so helpful, I'm doing my PhD in exercise science with a concentration on bowling ... I can finally sync up my data properly.
Glad it helps!
Thank you. I need this!!
You’re welcome, Rita! Glad to have helped 😃
really useful!! thanks
Glad it helped!
Figured out. Try to disable the add-on function and reactivate it on Zotero. This worked perfectly multiple times.
Thanks for the update! I'm glad it worked :)
Thanks!! This will be useful 🎉
You’re welcome!
Thanks for share this content!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much!!
Glad it helped!
For those confused at the very last step as to why their files arent syncing,
Where she moves all the files from the "Untitled" folder to the folder she has selected to sync ("Transfer Exam Literature..."); that moving of all those files is what makes all the files start to sync (the step she shows us as happening real time)
Yep, its probably not as clearly illustrated as I would have hoped in this video but there is a new one up if anyone is watching in 2023 that shows it a bit more clearly! The link is in the bio! Thanks Eniola x
Alternatively, if your files are already in the collection, you can right click the linked collection and click "Sync to Notion" and it will push the files to the database in Notion.
This looks absolutely amazing for people who use Notion for their research! Am I getting FOMO? Just a little. Also, great job on the tutorial! I totally agree that it is so much easier to follow video tutorials for these things
Thanks Marianne
Thank you very much!!!!
You’re welcome! X
Thanks!
No problem!
your HAIR! It looks insane in this video, so beautiful! And such a useful tip thank you, time to sync!
Haha, thanks Mottejotte! 🥰🥰🥰
The holy grail!!! I wish we can transfer it to one central location
I know! I think those updates will continue to come, though - I am an optimist! I just hope I'm not finished my PhD before then, ha!
Best ever resource for free
Thank you! X
There's an extra space in "Research Methods : Qualitative Research" and it stands out in such an organized library.
🫣😅 fixed it - thank you ❤️
Awesome tutorial, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much, Holly! Do you know if we can do in-text citations in our notes in notion (just like you would with the word Zotero plugin)?
Yes!! You totally can!! In next mondays vlog, I’ll touch on it briefly and have a more detailed video coming on that soon after. You can also follow me on IG - I share all of these tips as soon as I discover them via the Reels page!
Also, thank you for the lovely comments!
@@HollyJaneYT Perfect, thank you! I'll keep an eye out for it, and drop you a follow.
Thank you for sharing. I am a PhD student at Trinity College Dublin.
My pleasure! I hope Trinity is going okay for you! X
Yes, it is great.
Thank you for an amazing tutorial👏🏻 Do you know if it is possible to create additional separate databases?
Yes you can, I think!
Thank you so much, this is so helpful! Did you find a way to import your zotero annotations (from pdf) to notion automatically as well? Trying to find a way to do this…
Hey Natalia! No, I'm afraid not. Notion isn't great at importing PDFs but as soon as that update is published, I will be dancing in delight!!
Thank you for such a great tutorial. I was freaking out because the share button can no longer show your integrations, you must hit the 3 button icon>Add connections & select your integration.
Thanks for sharing that!
Thank you! I really did it! This was really helpful.
I have one question left: I haft to write multiple papers at a time. So I would love to have several of these databases synced with different Zotero folders. How do I do this? I copy the database into a new page, but what to do next? Thank you so much!
So, I have been TRYING to do this. I keep hitting a road block at the Notero plug-in stage as they only give you the option to provide one integration key. And in theory, you would have TWO integration keys if you have two Zotero databases. I'm working on a workaround, let me know if you figure it out though! Thanks for the suggestion :)
@Holly Jane amazing video!!! For some reason, the integration I have created doesn't appear in the share window of Notion. Any workaround for that? (Actually, the share window is empty...)
Hi Dimitrios, I'm sorry for the delay - I took a break from TH-cam for a few weeks. Did you get sorted? I'm sorry it didn't work so easy for you. There are a few comments with a similar issue and a few solutions have been posted. I'm hoping it works for you!
Thank you for the helpful video! Do you know if its possible to make multiple databases for different projects? For example, I would like to sink a zotero folder with project 1 in to notion database and a different zotero folder with project 2 into a different notion database. So far the snag im running into is on the zotero end. I can only set up one pge under notion preferences
I'm sorry, Katy, I'm not sure! Keep us updated if you find a solution
Is anyone else having an issue with syncing? It stopped syncing for some reason.
I've tried the trick of adding a new tag to get it to sync, but it no longer works :/
same....
Same here. It worked briefly and now no longer works.
Thank you so much! It finally worked for me! Just curious if you (or anyone else) tried having multiple databases in Notion that are linked to different libraries in Zotero? So far it seems that Notero preferences only allow for one database ID - collection of libraries mapping?
I just commented somewhere down below that I've been trying to find a workaround for this but haven't yet managed it! The way I've done it so far is by having a master Zotero database in my Notion called Inbox, and I just use the filter to show different iterations of this inbox on different pages depending on the different types of the literature!
@@HollyJaneYT Ah I definitely missed that comment below. Using filter sounds like a great idea. Thank you again!
Thx very much for this video! I've followed the steps, checking and triple checking along the way. Everything seems to be entered properly, but the info from Zotero (from the folder I linked) is not populating into the specific Notero database I set up in Notion. I'm at my wit's end. Has anyone else had this problem? Any advice?
I'm not sure why that happened, J - I'm sorry - I hope you found a solution!
wow!
Glad you found it helpful!
Wonderful tutorial. Thanks so much. Just wondering if you know of a way to make inline citations when drafting in Notion -- perhaps in the same way that you can add a Zotero citation into a Word document? I noticed another website suggested using comments until a solution is developed.
Tutorial coming next week! X
@@HollyJaneYT Grateful and appreciative!
Hilarious that THIS is your version of “rough and ready” 😂
The power of editing. And voice overs 🤣
And filters!
Thank you for the tutorial! I have a quick question though- since you can only sync in one folder into the database, is there a way that you tag them in your notion according to those 'themes' you have on your zotero? or is there a reason why you only synced 1 folder/theme into your notion?
Excellent question. So, I’m at a point in my research where I have a very clear paper to write, with very defined bibliography. I also - conveniently - only just discovered Notero before I began planning for this paper, which is why I only have one folder, one database. I just made a new folder for this particular paper. That being said, I think you are able to set up multiple databases to correlate to multiple folders between Notion and Zotero. You need to set them up as individual integrations I believe. I’ll experiment next week and try myself but if you try to do this, let me know via this comment thread how you get on!
@@HollyJaneYT Ah, that makes sense. I recently discovered it too and still exploring how to best use it. Your video is one of the very few that's up so I'm grateful! Anyway, I've decided to just add another column on the bibliography section and labelled my themes there. I can still filter them out as needed so I guess thats the easiest thing to do at the moment.
I did think of the multiple intergrations thing but my willpower was not there... haha
Thank you so much,
For some reason, my integration doesn’t appear when I press “share” on my db page (I already create it on notion integration link) and install the Notero plug-in on Zotero also I put the information that needed for “Notero preferences “
Is thus issue related to my account type? I am on personal plan
I hope 🤞🏻 I can fix this soon
Hi! I'm sorry this hasn't worked for you - did you try the three dots option, not the share button when setting up the integration?
Hi, thank you for the video!
I have a hard time linking the link in Notion back to the pdf file in Zotero. It showed that page not found, any recommendations?
Figuring this out right now!
I LOVE this, thank you!! Am I the only one having problems with getting it to actually sync though? Like, I did all the steps, all is well, but after selecting my sync preferences nothing happens!?
Same here! Did it end up working?
Okay, so a workaround I have figure for this is as follows: start off with an empty folder in Zotero and only when all the settings are done, drag the files from your main library into it. This happened for me and I fixed it. Let me know if it doesn’t work and I’ll do my best to figure it out. I have another video on it coming up and will include the issue if I can fix it!
@@HollyJaneYT Yes, that worked! Fantastic!
I was having the same problem and this solution worked. Thanks you people!! Very grateful!
@@HollyJaneYT I had the same issue and the solution presented here worked! Thank you so much!!
The one thing this vid needs, the part where we all sigh and feel like we have accomplished something, isn't explained -- how to actually populate the notion Notero. To do that in a non-destructive way: (1) create a new zotero collection called noterozotero (or whatever you want) (2) go to tools > notero preferences and make sure the folder you just named is checked (3) drag everything you want to sync to your notion db into that folder.
I don't understand how you got that screen shot of everything syncing without like even mentioning how you did it or that you did it?
Hi Denise, I'm sorry for the delay - I took a break from TH-cam for a few weeks. Did you get sorted? I'm sorry it didn't work so easy for you. There are a few comments with a similar issue and a few solutions have been posted. I'm hoping it works for you!
Thank you for the tutorial Holly! But does the integration work right after the last step? I followed all the steps, refreshed and reopened both zotero and notion a few times but I don't see the articles from zotero in my notion database :/
Did you find a solution to this, Izki? I hope so - I'm not sure why it didn't work for you! X
@@HollyJaneYT Hey Holly, yes it works now! I think I probably forgot to click ok after selecting what folder to sync😅
Can anyone help? I am nearly at my wits end. My Mac (2015) will not download the XPI file. I was able to get past step 4, but my computer shows that there's no app to open the file. What do I do? Thank you so much in advance.
New tutorial posted - Hope it helps x
Hi! thanks for the video. I did all the steps but still doesn't link to my Notion. I wonder if its because my Zotero and notion must be created with the same email account or not? Any help will be appreciate it!!!
Hey Rebeca - I just posted an updated tutorial! I hope it helps!
Hello Ms.Jane. Thank you for the video. It works for me. However when i delete an item from my zotero collection, this change is not reflected in the notion database. I first tried to send item to trash and later deleted item from collection. restarted my zotero and notion.Nothing seems to work. now i have 0 items in zotero collection but 2 items in notion database. Could you please let me know if you have any solution? CHEERS!
Let me check this, I'm sorry for the late reply - I've been focusing on phd deadlines! Let me do a little research and I'll do my best to see what can be done :)
This is such a good tutorial - very accessible. However, I keep getting errors when it tries to sync to notion? Any thoughts?
Hey Shane. A few of us had this issue. One way that resolved it was to begin with a completely empty folder in Zotero. Set up the entire integration and when everything is ready, begin dragging the files you want in Notion into the empty folder you selected for the sync. Let me know how it goes!
Hello! Thank you for the video. I did everything multiple times and still, it doesn't sync. Did it happen to anyone? How can I solve the problem?
Check the comments, Federica. A lot of users experienced this but resolved the issue when they created a new folder after doing all the steps and moving the files into it. Let me know if it works!
I am experiencing some problems with elements in Zotero such as films, websites and so on. If I add a film or web page to the Zotero collection that is connected to my Notion, Notero simply does not create a new item in the database. However, if I change the "Item Type" of the item in Zotero from "Film" to "Journal Article" the synchronisation starts. Is there any way to solve this problem?
Hey Francesco. I’m sorry for the late reply. I’ve not had that problem myself but it sounds like there is a gap in the formula code related to that item type that is causing the problem. I’m afraid I’m not a coder so I can’t offer a solution right now but perhaps you can explore the properties section of the original Notero database template and see if you can find a solution that way. Hope it gets sorted for you!
I didn't see any recently-created Integration key in my share pop-up. What should I do?
Hello! Sorry for the delay - did you find a solution?
this is amazing but im a bit puzzled. i cant see my created integration Zotero on the invitation list why could it be?
Have you tried to update the Notion app on your device?
Thanks for the tutorial. Curious if you are still using this a year later? Particularly given that the note taking features in Zotero are improving... ?
Yes I am! Video coming soon on the updated workflow which includes both Zotero and Notion x
I look forward to the upcoming video!
First of all i Love this Video! ❤ But i have one Question: My Data fron Zotero is Not synchronisation in Notion. There is the APIResponse, that My data could Not found. Can somebody Help me?
Let me check this out - I'll see if I can find something for you x
Thx a lot, was moth as ice cream..
🤓
(Brb, ill edit this comment later)
So as a new Zotero introductee, I was wondering how to keep track of highlights to use as quotes, and add notes.
I'm quite technical, web centric. URLs are so much nocer as way to make references. Permalinks. But, I'm starting this academic life after 20y being a professional web developer.
What I gather from your video is that to keep notes, zotero doesn't do that.
In the past decade I would use URL and folders and text files to keep ideas sorted.
But it was for curiosity and keep richer bookmarks.
How I organize notes is basically URLs where I store a copy of the page in a text file in a folder. I wrote an open source software for this. Keeping even images and everything. Then in the folder, I add a text file for notes beside the source.
I was hoping I'd be able to get an equivalent for citations and quotes.
Syncing in Notion is cool. But I'm looking how is best to manage those.
So is this because we can't highlight extracts of papers in zotero
You actually can! You should check out another video of mine about how to take notes in Zotero - here's the link, and see if it helps at all. th-cam.com/video/N91hxjqlQNs/w-d-xo.html
Hi Jane, Thanks much for your video. However, as I tried to do it, when I clicked the share button there is no integration for me to choose from (only 'email address or people'). Do you know if this has got to do with you needing to have the Team Plan rather than personal or personal Pro (education) plans?
I am also having this exact problem! Thanks Jane
okay I just worked it through using the step by step guide Jane provided developers.notion.com/docs/getting-started#step-2-share-a-database-with-your-integration. ***you go to the ...option on the page and +addconnection
I had the same problem. Apparently Notion has updated its Integrations feature, and called them Connections. As per the new instructions, instead of clicking Share you should "Click on the ••• Page menu and use the search bar in the Add connections pop-out to find the integration you've created. Simply click on your integration to give it access to your database." developers.notion.com/docs/getting-started#step-1-create-an-integration
Same
I am glad it worked! I apologise for the late reply, I have been taking a break from TH-cam. I am relieved you got it sorted. Thank you for sharing the solution here too, it obviously has helped others!
Ok slight problem…when I go to share the data base my integration is not coming up - does anyone know what I may be doing wrong?
replied to this above, irritated that it is not covered in the vid
Hi Hanniya - I'm sorry for the delay in replying. I took a break from filming and TH-cam while I was sick the last number of weeks. I'm sorry this hasn't worked out for you. I have nothing to do with the development of the integration itself but I've been using it for so many months now with no hiccups that I get frustrated on your behalf when hearing of others having problems. People have been very generous with the time and solutions when they have had similar issues, and have shared the solutions along the way. You'll find them in the comments, and hopefully I'll be able to get back filming soon to address these hiccups. Let me know if it works for you in the end!
Hey Holly, I cannot make the integration show when i press "share". Any idea to why it may be? I've already created 2 integrations but none shows up :S Cheers! Sara
Hi Sara, I'm sorry for the delay - I took a break from TH-cam for a few weeks. Did you get sorted? I'm sorry it didn't work so easy for you. There are a few comments with a similar issue and a few solutions have been posted. I'm hoping it works for you!
I usw zotero mostly for the Editor that allows me to Mark Things and then comment in Text Passages. But i do usw notion to save articles that i cant Clip with zotero and usw notion to make Pages that Aggregate all my Info on a topic. Does notero also send all my notes on a PDF to notion?
I'm not sure Notero has that feature yet! It would be great if it did
@@HollyJaneYT find out! Jk 😂
@@HollyJaneYT I'll just ask chatGPT, that's what we do now instead of asking other people, dehumanizing our relationships even more
I found out that the sync only worked for me with the template Holly posted. When I tried to use my personal template, it didnt sync. Has anyone here overcome this?
yes! Apparently I had everything correctly connected (Zotero's folder of interest with Notion) but I already previously had papers in my zotero folder. To make it work, i had to delete the papers from my zotero folder (not the main folder where all papers are anyway) and recopying the papers of interest to that zotero folder that i wanted to connect with notion. Once that was done, my notion table was filled with the papers :) hope it helps! Otherwise, feel free to contact me again and i'll try to explain step by step
@@sararatao2263 Hi! my sync worked now, thanks a lot!
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As much as I would LOVE to love this--and love for it to work----it just doesn't. If I add new files, they don't update/sync into notion. Oh well--too good to be true I suppose.
Ahhh, Rebecca. That sucks, I am sorry. It has worked for me for over four months now but I’m always keen to find out about the bugs and why it didn’t work for some. Did you download the template, and more importantly, did you leave it as is? There are certain features of the properties in the template that can’t be touched otherwise the sync won’t work. Sorry again!
@@HollyJaneYT it does work--BUT, I have to create a new folder each time in order for the new articles to be
loaded into the template. IDK--
Hi Holly and others. I am trying to sync, but when I click on share --> invite, I only see people and emails. Integration is not found :(. I see a few others having similar issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you (P.S. I am using the Free version. Could this be why?).
I'm having the same issue 😢
Hey I had this issue but then i tried it using notion on my Ipad and the integration option showed up! So perhaps try another device/ notion on the web?
@@hanniya5450 May I ask whether you have the pro version? Or the free version? Thank you.
@@claudiamoralesvaliente4820 found the solution, will post it as a comment
@@SrslyFly Great! 😊
this still doesn't work for me. I add new articles to the established folder and sometimes it syncs to notion--sometimes it doesn't
only work around I have found is to create a new folder under the "notion" folder that is linked--then it will sync
Hi Rebecca - I'm sorry for the delay. I took a break from TH-cam for a few weeks to prioritise my health. I'm disappointed that the sync has been inconsistent for you. That sucks. I've not actually heard of problems in relation to this, but I'm glad you've brought it to my attention. I'll experiment with my own set up and see if I figure it out.
Mine did not work at all not sure why. It does not sync.
Sorry to hear that. Follow up video coming soon - I hope it works out for you!
can you do that with endnote
I’m afraid I don’t know!
@@HollyJaneYT Thanks for the reply,,,,I am impressed with your dashboard and hope you can guide us.
This addon worked for one day and then stopped working. It no longer syncs with Notion. Does anyone else have this problem?
yes, I just noticed it this week. I wonder if @Holly Jane could provide us with an update or if there is another content creator/youtube who has an update.
Not sure why that happened but I’ll address it in my next related video on Notion/Zotero. Or did you get it sorted?
@@HollyJaneYT It still doesn't work for me. If I remove the extension and then add it again, it will work briefly and then stop working again. Another issue is that I can't access Notero preferences when the addon stops working.
@@HollyJaneYT I finally figured out the issue. The sync between Notion and Zotero works fine until I "exit" Zotero on my Mac. When I press the red X on the Zotero window, which usually closes an application rather than quitting it, and then reopen the window, the syncing no longer works. But if I restart Zotero, syncing works again and continues to work as long as I don't close the window. I am not sure why this works, but it does.
@@jonathanbrubaker3669 I'm so puzzled! I tried that but it didn't work for me. Anyone else? Anything else to try? It synced last week and then suddenly stopped.
I followed every single step but idk why it didnt work for me :(
Update: I found out why I didnt make it, at 7:19, the button for 'Share to web' must be on
I changed it to "share to web" and it's still not working for me.... I'm wondering if perhaps I need a pro Notion account... :(
@@rnbwdrm3565 that’s strange, I’m not a pro account either
Glad it worked out for you - thanks for the update! X
@@rnbwdrm3565 Did you copy the page ID or database ID ? When clicking on "Share" and "Copy link" in the right top corner, you will copy the page ID and not the database ID. To get the database ID you need to click and the 3 dots from the database and copy the "link to the view". You then paste this link on a text app and select only the ID. Hope it will works for you ;)
I'm a PhD student and I don't have a "How to Do a PhD" folder 😭
Might just be me!
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@@HollyJaneYT I might have one and just not know it 😅 What kinds of things does yours have?
@@Heyu7her3literally books called “completing your PhD” 🤣🤣🤣 I could do a video about it, honestly!! Book review for PhD students!