Research and education documents
Papers, theses, textbooks, trial reports and patents reward careful reading of specific sections: methods, limitations, claims, definitions. These guides cover each document type and its key sections, with questions to ask Search+ and how to confirm the cited text. For reviewing a body of literature, see the research and literature review page.
50 guides across 13 document types
Books
- BooksAsk questions of a whole book and go straight to the passage
- Themes across booksFind the themes that run through several books
Case studies
- Case studiesWork through a case study and keep every fact tied to the text
- Themes across case studiesSpot the patterns that repeat across many case studies
Clinical trial reports
- Clinical trial reportsRead a clinical trial report section by section, with the source a click away
- Compare clinical trial reportsCompare clinical trials point by point, with every difference cited
- Adverse eventsFind and read the adverse events reported in a clinical trial
- Inclusion criteriaSee exactly who a clinical trial enrolled, and who it left out
- Primary endpointsFind the primary endpoint of a trial and the result reported for it
- Study designUnderstand how a clinical trial was designed before reading its results
Grant proposals
- Grant proposalsCheck a grant proposal against the funding call, passage by passage
- Budget justificationCheck a grant budget justification line by line against the plan
- Eligibility criteriaFind a funding call's eligibility rules before you write the proposal
Lecture notes
- Lecture notesStudy from your own lecture notes and see where every answer comes from
- Themes across lecture notesConnect the ideas that run through a whole course of lecture notes
Patents
- PatentsRead a patent's claims and description with every answer tied to the text
- Compare patentsCompare patents claim by claim, with the language from each one cited
- EmbodimentsFind the embodiments a patent describes and how they differ
- Independent claimsFind a patent's independent claims and break them into elements
- Prior art citationsFind the prior art a patent cites and how the patent talks about it
- Priority dateFind a patent's priority date and the applications it comes from
Research papers
- Research papersRead research papers closely and check every answer against the text
- Compare research papersCompare research papers side by side and see where each claim comes from
- Themes across research papersFind the themes that run through a set of research papers
- Conflicts of interestFind the funding and conflict of interest statements in a research paper
- DatasetsFind out which data a research paper used and where it came from
- Ethics approvalFind the ethics approval and consent statement in a research paper
- Future workFind what the authors say should be studied next
- Key findingsGet to a research paper's key findings and the evidence behind each
- LimitationsFind the limitations a research paper admits, and the ones it does not
- MethodologyUnderstand how a study was done by asking about its methods
- Research gapFind the research gap a paper says it fills
- Sample sizeFind a study's sample size and how many people it actually analysed
- Statistical methodsFind out which statistics a paper used and what each result means
Research proposals
- Research proposalsRead a research proposal closely and see where each answer comes from
Standards documents
- Standards documentsFind the requirement you need in a long standard and read the exact clause
- Compare standards documentsCompare two standards, or two editions of one, clause by clause
Syllabi
- SyllabiAsk your syllabus about deadlines and grading, and see the line it came from
Textbooks
- TextbooksStudy from your textbook by asking it questions and reading the cited passage
- DefinitionsLook up how your textbook defines a term, in its own words
- FormulasWork out what a textbook formula means and when the book says to use it
- Key conceptsPull out the key concepts of a textbook chapter and find where each is taught
- Worked examplesFind the worked example in your textbook that matches your problem
Theses
- ThesesFind your way through a thesis or dissertation with cited answers
- ContributionsFind the contributions a thesis claims, and the chapter that backs each one
- LimitationsFind what a thesis admits it cannot show, and where it says so
- Literature gapsFind the gap in the literature a thesis says it fills
- MethodologyUnderstand how a thesis was researched, from its methodology chapter
- Research questionFind the research question a thesis asks, and where it is answered
White papers
- White papersRead a white paper critically, with every answer tied to its text
Questions
Can I ask questions across several papers?
Yes. Add the papers to one workspace and ask across them; the answer cites the paper and passage behind each point.
Will it summarize a textbook chapter?
Ask for a summary of the chapter and Search+ answers from the text with citations, so you can go back to the passage for anything you need to learn properly.
Does Search+ replace reading the paper?
No. It helps you find and check the relevant passages, but the judgement about the work stays with you.
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