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Private notes on sources

Add your own notes to any source in your library — visible only to you.

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Folio Team

April 15, 2026 1 min read

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  • The idea
  • Why it matters
  • Where we are

The idea

A free-text notes field on each source in your library. Write whatever you want — a summary in your own words, a reminder of why you saved it, a flag for a specific page number. Notes are private, searchable, and appear in the source panel alongside the metadata.

Why it matters

Researchers annotate their sources. That's a basic part of the workflow. Right now, those annotations live in a separate app, a spreadsheet, or a sticky note on the desk. They should live next to the source — in the same tool where you're citing it. When you're deep in a literature review and you need to remember why you saved a paper three weeks ago, a quick note beats re-reading the abstract.

Where we are

This feature shipped. Source notes are available in your source library panel. Add a note to any source from the source detail view.

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