Research support

Credible sources, organised for you

Finding enough good sources is often the slowest part of an assignment. We search academic literature on your behalf and hand you a verifiable, citable list — every source is real and checkable, never invented.

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Search academic literature

We search writingsprout databases for peer-reviewed articles, books, reports, and theses relevant to your topic.

Save what's useful

Build a working list of sources as you go — save, remove, and revisit them any time.

Ready-to-use citations

Every source includes a formatted citation in your required style, ready to paste into your work.

Open and verify

Every source links back to its original publisher or DOI — nothing is fabricated or invented.

What each source includes

  • —Title, authors, and publication year
  • —Publisher and source type (journal article, book, report, thesis, conference)
  • —DOI and a direct link to the original source
  • —A short abstract so you can judge relevance before you read the full text
  • —A formatted citation in your required style