In #ObsidianMD, I’ve been thinking about how to reference books in notes.

I create a note for each book, & then create atomic notes based on info from the book.

I thought I would create a footnote entry on each book note, perhaps as an H6, so I could transclude that footnote in the atomic note.

But I don’t think I’ve got it quite figured out…

Here’s an example from the New Oxford American Dictionary’s book note.

Then transcluding it as a footnote on the atomic note for “truncheon.”

Ideas?

@n8dunn What is an atomic note?

@davey It's generally the idea of keeping a note to a single idea or topic, as much as possible.

Andy Matuschak has some good thoughts on the idea here:

https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_notes_should_be_atomic

Evergreen notes should be atomic

Andyʼs working notes