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Research Any Topic. Find Real Sources.

Search 250 million papers across 17 databases. History, science, medicine, social science, education, law -- every academic discipline in one search bar.

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Citation Styles
From Question to Citation in 4 Steps
No manual searching across multiple sites. No copy-pasting metadata. No formatting citations by hand.

Search or Paste

Type a topic, paste a DOI, enter a PMID, or drop in a URL. The system detects the input type automatically.

Get Results

Federated search queries 17 databases simultaneously. Results ranked by relevance, with Open Access badges and PDF links where available.

Import Sources

Click to import. Title, authors, journal, abstract, publication date, and DOI are extracted automatically. No manual data entry.

Build Bibliography

Cite sources in your document. The bibliography builds itself. Switch between APA, Chicago, Vancouver, Harvard, IEEE, or MLA with one click.

17 Databases. Every Discipline.
One search queries all of these simultaneously. No separate accounts, no separate interfaces.
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PubMed

Biomedical literature

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Semantic Scholar

AI-powered academic search

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CrossRef

DOI metadata registry

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CORE

Open access aggregator

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OpenAlex

Open scholarly data

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arXiv

Physics, math, CS preprints

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Europe PMC

European biomedical literature

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DOAJ

Open access journals

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Unpaywall

Free legal access to papers

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ORCID

Researcher identifiers

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BASE

Bielefeld Academic Search

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DataCite

Research data + datasets

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bioRxiv

Biology preprints

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medRxiv

Health sciences preprints

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SSRN

Social sciences + humanities

RePEc

Economics research

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ERIC

Education research

Medicine History Psychology Business Law Education Engineering Social Science Environmental Science Computer Science Economics Political Science
Research for Any Kind of Nonfiction
This is not just for scientists. Every nonfiction writer needs sources, and every source needs to be real.
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Writing a History Book?

Find primary sources, peer-reviewed historical analyses, archaeological studies, and archival references. Search by period, region, or event. Build a bibliography that historians will respect.

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Writing a Business Book?

Find case studies, economic research, management theory, and behavioral economics papers. Back up your frameworks with real data. Stand out from the opinion-only business shelf.

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Medical or Health Writer?

Access clinical trials, systematic reviews, treatment guidelines, and meta-analyses. PubMed, Europe PMC, and bioRxiv searched simultaneously. Open Access papers identified automatically.

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Self-Help Author?

Find psychology research, behavioral studies, neuroscience papers, and clinical outcome data. Ground your advice in evidence. Readers notice when a self-help book cites real studies versus opinions.

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Educator or Textbook Writer?

Search ERIC for education research, find pedagogical studies, curriculum design papers, and learning outcome data. Build learning materials backed by evidence, not anecdotes.

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Journalist or Reporter?

Verify claims with original studies. Find the actual paper behind a press release. Cross-reference statistics. Build a source file for investigative work that holds up to scrutiny.

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Grant Writer?

Find existing research that supports your proposal. Identify gaps in the literature to justify funding. Cite recent work to show you are current. Build a references section that reviewers trust.

Legal or Policy Writer?

Search SSRN and RePEc for legal scholarship, policy analysis, and regulatory research. Find precedent studies, impact assessments, and comparative analyses across jurisdictions.

6 Citation Styles. Automatic Formatting.
Import once, cite anywhere. Switch styles without touching a single reference. The bibliography formats itself.
APA 7th

Psychology, education, social sciences

Chicago

History, humanities, publishing

Vancouver

Medicine, biomedical sciences

Harvard

General academic, business

IEEE

Engineering, computer science

MLA

Literature, arts, humanities

Every Import Method. Automatic Metadata.
However you find a source, we can import it.

Smart Import Detection

Paste anything into the search bar. The system identifies whether it is a DOI, PMID, PubMed URL, or keyword query and routes it to the correct import pipeline. No mode switching, no dropdowns, no confusion.

Every imported source gets full metadata extraction: title, authors, journal, abstract, publication date, DOI, Open Access status, and license type. PDF links are detected automatically for Nature, PLOS, Europe PMC, and other open publishers.

  • DOI direct import (10.xxxx/xxxxx)
  • PMID import (8-digit PubMed IDs)
  • PubMed URL import
  • Keyword search across 17 databases
  • PDF upload with text extraction
  • Open Access detection + badges
  • Creative Commons license detection
  • Full PDF link resolution
  • Duplicate detection (DOI + fuzzy title)
  • Automatic findings extraction

Try a Search. See What You Find.

Search 250 million papers right now. No account required. Type any topic, paste any DOI, and see the results for yourself.