Your Research, Organized. Forever.
Save papers, upload PDFs, write notes, and export citations — all in one organized research library.
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Smart Collections
Organize papers into folders, projects, or chapters
Tag System
Tag by methodology, theme, status, or custom labels
Team Sharing
Share collections with co-authors and collaborators
One-Click Export
Export any collection in APA, MLA, Vancouver, Chicago, and 1000+ more
How It Works
From start to research-ready results in minutes.
Save papers from anywhere
Save directly from Article Search, upload PDFs manually, or paste a DOI/URL. Full metadata is captured automatically — title, authors, year, journal, abstract.
Organize into collections
Drag papers into chapters, projects, or custom folders. Add personal notes, highlight key quotes, and tag papers by theme, methodology, or reading status.
Export your bibliography
Select any collection and export a perfectly formatted bibliography in your required citation style with one click. Paste directly into Word, LaTeX, or Google Docs.
Real Use Cases
See how researchers, students, and academics use this module in practice.
PhD Research Library
A PhD student builds a 5-year research library organized by thesis chapter, tagging papers by argument relevance and tracking reading progress across 500+ sources.
Collaborative Reading Lists
A research team shares a collaborative reading list across 3 institutions, with each member able to add notes, tags, and recommendations visible to the whole group.
Course Reading Lists
A professor organizes course reading lists per semester with a separate collection per module, exporting formatted reading packs for students each term.
Methodology Filtering
A researcher tags 200 papers by their methodological approach — qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods — retrieving only relevant papers when writing a methods chapter.
Instant Bibliography Export
An author selects 80 papers from a collection and exports a complete, perfectly formatted APA 7th bibliography in one click — ready for journal submission.
Annotation Linking
A student annotates PDFs and links notes to specific sections, building a rich commentary layer that connects across multiple related papers.
Who It's For
Built for the people who do serious academic work.
PhD Researchers
Build a comprehensive, organized research library for multi-year projects.
Research Teams
Share and collaborate on reading lists across institutions and disciplines.
Academics & Authors
Manage references, annotations, and bibliographies for every publication.
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