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Citation finder

Find candidate citations and references for a topic, claim, or draft passage, then inspect each source record before adding it to your bibliography.

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LitSource returns candidate citations and source records; inspect each one before citing.

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Citation discovery

Turn a topic, claim, or draft passage into candidate citations instead of building manual search strings.

Inspectable source records

Each lead links to a source record so you can check title, authors, year, and venue before citing.

Finder, not checker

Use this to discover citations; use the citation checker when you already have references to verify.

Preview

Describe what you are writing and review candidate citations with source context.

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What it does

Citation discovery

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Capabilities

Move from a claim to traceable sources with less friction

Find supporting literature, inspect source details, and continue with the right research workflow.

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Citation discovery
Turn a topic, claim, or draft passage into candidate citations instead of building manual search strings.
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Inspectable source records
Each lead links to a source record so you can check title, authors, year, and venue before citing.
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Finder, not checker
Use this to discover citations; use the citation checker when you already have references to verify.

Use cases

How people use it

Use LitSource when you already know which claim, citation, or reference list you need to investigate.

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Find citations for a draft
Locate candidate references for paragraphs that state claims without citations.
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Expand a bibliography
Discover additional candidate sources around a topic before finalizing your reference list.
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Recover a citation you remember
Describe a finding or claim and trace it back to candidate papers you can verify.

FAQ

Questions before you start

Review common questions before searching for sources or checking citations.

The citation finder helps you discover candidate citations; the citation checker verifies whether references you already have are real and correctly matched.

Not automatically. Match means candidate lead, not proof of support — read the source before citing it.

LitSource opens the literature results workspace so you can review candidate citations and source context.

Related workflows

Continue with nearby research checks

Move between source discovery and citation verification workflows without returning to the home page.

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