The Source Library is where you manage all your research. Import sources, read and annotate them inline, then link highlighted passages to your scaffold.
Click "Add Source" in the Sources panel. You have several import options:
Paste a Digital Object Identifier to auto-fill metadata (title, authors, year, journal). The fastest way to add academic papers.
Upload a PDF file. It renders natively in the browser so you always see the original document. Text extraction runs in the background so AI analysis can work with the content.
Paste a link to an article or report. The text is extracted automatically and displayed in a reader view.
Connect your Zotero account in Settings > Integrations to browse and import sources directly. Import is metadata-only and one-way. See the Zotero setup instructions below.
Paste raw text (transcripts, excerpts, interview notes) with title, author, and year metadata.
Upload a Word document. Text is extracted for reading and AI analysis.
Type in citation details by hand. Useful for sources that don't have a DOI or URL.
Click on a source card to open it. PDFs render in the browser with the original layout. Web articles and text sources display in a reader view. You can select text in PDFs to create highlights that can become evidence nodes in your scaffold.
Sources imported via DOI, Zotero, or manual entry start as metadata-only. You can add content later by pasting text or uploading a PDF from the source card. This enables AI analysis on sources that originally had no readable content.
The Discover tab in Add Source uses AI to find relevant papers and articles. It searches Semantic Scholar (academic papers) and the web (articles, reports, policy documents) based on your thesis and claims. Results include an AI-generated relevance note. You can toggle "Find counterarguments" to look for sources that challenge your position. Costs 1 AI credit per search.
Toggle to bibliography view in the Sources panel for a formatted reference list of your cited sources. Six citation styles are supported: APA, Chicago, MLA, Harvard, IEEE, and Vancouver. Copy the bibliography with one click. When you export your document, the bibliography is appended automatically.
To connect your Zotero account:
Import brings across metadata only (title, authors, year, DOI). Attachments like PDFs are not transferred. If you add sources via the Zotero desktop app, make sure they are synced to Zotero's servers first using the green sync button.