What it does
Sourcely is a web tool for finding academic sources. You paste in an essay, paragraph or paper, and it looks for papers that fit, points out the passages that need a citation and suggests a source for each. The site says it searches more than 200 million papers. Each result can be summarized, saved to a personal citations library, and exported as references in over 700 citation styles. Filters narrow results by publication year, authorship and relevance, and a Deep Search mode looks further for relevant sources. You can also ask questions about a source in a chat, run source credibility checks, and download free PDFs for many of the sources it lists. The site says Sourcely was built by students for students. A start with up to 300 characters is included with no commitment, while the paid Pro and Ultra plans raise the monthly limits on deep searches and credibility checks.
Capabilities
- Paste an essay or paper to find matching sources
- Summaries of each source
- Reference export in 700+ citation styles
- Filters for publication year, authorship and relevance
- Deep Search and chat with sources
- Citations library and free PDF downloads for many sources
When to use it
- You have a draft and need credible sources for its claims
- You want quick summaries before deciding what to read in full
- You need references formatted in a specific citation style
- You want to check how credible a source is
