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Getting started

From a new account to your first cited answer from a paper, in about five minutes.

New to Literia? This page takes you from a new account to your first cited answer from a paper. Each step links to a detailed guide if you want more.

1. Create your account

  1. Go to the sign-up page and choose Continue with Google, or fill in Name, Email and Password and select Create account.
  2. If you already have an account, use Sign in instead. You can also choose Email me a sign-in link to sign in without a password.

The sign-up form: Name, Email, Password, and Continue with GoogleThe sign-up page

2. Tell us about your research (optional)

Right after sign-up you see Tell us about your research. Every field is optional.

  1. Fill in whatever you like under Who you are, Where you work and Research interests. Your research interests are the keywords behind your recommendations.
  2. Select Save & continue, or Skip for now to go straight to the app.

You can change any of this later in your profile.

3. Find a paper

  1. Open Search from the sidebar.
  2. Describe the papers you want in plain language, for example the problem you are working on, and press Search.
  3. Each result shows how relevant it is to your request. Select Preview paper on a result to read its abstract before you decide.

More detail: Find papers.

4. Save it to your library

  1. On the result you want, select Save to library. You will see "Paper added to your library".
  2. You can also add a paper from anywhere on the web: select New, then Add paper, in your library and paste an arXiv link or a PDF link.

The library: Add paper and your collections on the left, your papers on the rightYour library

The library: Add paper and your collections on the left, your papers on the rightYour library

More detail: Add papers to your library.

5. Open the paper and ask a question

  1. Open Library from the sidebar and click the paper to open it in the reader.
  2. Open the Q&A tab in the reader tools panel.
  3. Type a question in Ask anything about this paper or highlight text... and send it.
  4. The answer cites the passages it is based on. Click a citation to jump to that passage and check it yourself.

A paper open in the reader with a cited answer in the Q&A tabAsking a question about a paper

More detail: Read a paper with AI and Ask questions about a paper.

Next steps

If something goes wrong

  • "Sign in to save papers" / "Sign in to start QA" appears. You can search without an account, but saving papers, collections and Q&A need you to be signed in.
  • "Processing document index in background…" shows in the Q&A tab. A newly added paper is still being indexed. The question box stays available while it runs.
  • Still stuck? Check the FAQ or contact us.

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Find papersDescribe what you are looking for in plain language and narrow the results down.Add papers to your libraryPaste an arXiv or PDF link, save a search result, or import a paper from the web with the browser extension.Ask questions about a paperChat with a paper and check every answer against the passages it cites.

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