Viewing Sources

How to read and explore your processed sources.

Click any source in your Library to open the detail view.

Source viewer

The left side shows the original content:

PDFs open in a built-in reader with page navigation, zoom controls, and a table of contents. See PDF Viewer for details
Audio files show a playback player with play/pause and scrub controls
Video files play in a built-in video player
Web pages display the extracted article content as formatted text
Images display at full resolution
Text sources show the content as formatted text

While a source is being processed, a banner appears above the viewer: "Extracting content from this source with AI..."

The right side has three tabs:

Shows the source's metadata and AI analysis:

File info - file name, size, type, and a link to the original URL (for web sources)
Title, authors, year, DOI - click any field to edit it inline
Source category - select from Empirical, Review, Theoretical, Case Study, Book, Chapter, Thesis, Report, or Other
Citation - a formatted citation with a copy button. See Citations for details on styles and formats
Reading status - set to Unread, Reading, Reviewed, or Cited
Tags - add or remove tags
User notes - a freeform text area for your own notes about this source
AI Analysis - summary, key findings, methodology (when applicable), limitations (when applicable), and extracted concepts

Shows all your highlights and notes on this source. Click any annotation to jump to its location. See Annotations for details.

Chat with AI about this specific source. See Ask AI for details.

Track your progress on each source:

Status	When to use
Unread	Haven't started reading yet (default)
Reading	Currently working through it
Reviewed	Finished reading and reviewing
Cited	Used in a draft or paper

Change the reading status from the Details tab when viewing a source.