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Find Sources That Support Your Research Claim

Paste a biomedical claim and find source-linked papers with evidence passages that may support it, then inspect the original study before citing.

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LitSource returns candidate papers and source passages; inspect the original study before citing.

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Clinical claim-based discovery

Search from your PICO question or biomedical hypothesis instead of manually building complex PubMed queries.

Evidence-based medicine support

Find PubMed sources that can confirm, refine, or challenge your clinical claims for systematic reviews.

Fast handoff to biomedical results

Continue directly into the PubMed-integrated results flow with clinical evidence leads and medical source context.

Preview

Paste a clinical claim and review PubMed-backed papers that support or verify your medical hypothesis.

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What it does

Clinical claim-based discovery

Next step

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How do I find references for a biomedical claim I have already written?

Enter a claim or research question, find candidate papers, then check their source records and available evidence. A related topic is not enough: the study must fit the specific statement you plan to cite.

  1. Enter one specific claim, preserving the population, intervention or exposure, and outcome.
  2. Review candidate titles, source records and available evidence; open the original paper for context.
  3. Compare the population, study design, outcome and evidence direction before citing or revising your wording.
  4. If no result matches, revise the query and search further. No match does not establish that evidence is absent.
Read the step-by-step guide to finding references for a claim

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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Clinical claim-based discovery
Search from your PICO question or biomedical hypothesis instead of manually building complex PubMed queries.
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Evidence-based medicine support
Find PubMed sources that can confirm, refine, or challenge your clinical claims for systematic reviews.
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Fast handoff to biomedical results
Continue directly into the PubMed-integrated results flow with clinical evidence leads and medical source context.

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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Source clinical paragraphs
Find biomedical papers for clinical claims that need citations in medical introductions or discussion sections.
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Check clinical claim confidence
Look for PubMed-backed evidence before relying on clinical claims from notes, AI output, or medical hypotheses.
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Prepare for medical revision
Find clinical evidence and biomedical support for claims before responding to medical journal reviewers.

FAQ

Questions before you start

Review common questions before searching for sources or checking citations.

A concise PICO-formatted clinical claim or short medical hypothesis works best for focused biomedical literature search.

No. It helps you find relevant PubMed papers, but you should still read the clinical source abstracts or full text before citing for evidence-based medicine.

LitSource opens the PubMed-integrated results workspace for biomedical source discovery.

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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