One search, several databases
You can search the literature from inside Folio instead of juggling tabs. A single query runs across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex and CrossRef, and any result can be added to your library in one click; metadata and an open-access PDF are fetched automatically where available.
Literature search is free on every plan: 40 searches a day on Scholar, unlimited on Fellow and Chair. So is following a result's citations in Folio Search. The Find related papers step in your library and the AI Synthesizer in Folio Search are part of Fellow and Chair.
Searching from Add source
Open the Sources page, click Add source, and choose Search the literature. Type a title, topic, author, or question. Results show the title, authors, year, venue, and citation count so you can judge relevance before adding anything.
Following the citation graph
Every source in your library has a Related tab in its inspector. It starts with your own library: other papers you've saved that share an author or topic with this one, each with a match percentage. Below that, Find related papers (Fellow and Chair) looks the paper up through OpenAlex's citation links and shows:
- Cited by: newer work that cites it.
- References: what this paper cites.
- Related: work similar to the one you are reading.
This is how a literature review actually grows: start from one good paper and walk outward.
Matched to your library
On Fellow and Chair, your dashboard shows what your discovery agents found, starting with the automatic Matched to your library agent: recent work ranked by how well it fits what is already in your library. It is a quick way to stay current without setting anything up. (For ongoing, structured tracking, use Research Radar.)