Use LitSource to collect and organize citations for a short related-work section without drowning in tabs.
Goal
Produce 2–4 tight paragraphs that group papers by theme (methods, populations, or outcomes) and cite verifiable sources.
Workflow
- Split your outline into 3–5 claims. Example: “Exercise improves glucose control,” “Effect is strongest in supervised programs,” “Older adults benefit with fewer adverse events.”
- Search each claim separately. Paste into LitSource (EN or ZH). Sentence-level retrieval returns evidence cards with snippets, journal info, and relevance.
- Group evidence by theme. Tag results as Method / Outcome / Population as you read the highlighted sentences; keep 2–3 citations per theme.
- Check context before citing. Open each paper, confirm the highlighted sentence and surrounding paragraphs match your summary.
- Export citations. Copy APA/MLA/BibTeX/EndNote from the evidence view and drop them into your draft under each theme.
Writing template
- Topic sentence: one-line takeaway for the theme (e.g., “Most glucose-control gains come from supervised resistance training”).
- Evidence sentences: 2–3 citations with concise findings (population, direction of effect, any limitations).
- Link sentence: how this theme supports or contrasts with your own work.
Review checklist
- At least one recent paper (past 3–5 years) per theme.
- No duplicated citations across themes unless you explicitly compare them.
- Every citation is traceable to the original paper with the highlighted evidence.