Research papers
Guides for reading research papers faster - understanding academic papers, pulling out key claims, and citing them properly.
5 guides
DOI to BibTeX: Get a Correct BibTeX Entry From a DOI or arXiv ID
Turn a DOI or arXiv ID into a clean BibTeX entry in seconds, fix the errors Crossref metadata leaves behind, and import it into Zotero, Overleaf or Mendeley.
Read the guideHow to Summarize a Research Paper With AI (and Keep the Citations)
How to summarize a research paper with AI without losing the caveats: section-aware summaries, checking claims against the paper, and a workflow for any tool.
Read the guideBest Zotero Plugins for AI Chat With Your Library (2026)
The best Zotero plugins for AI chat and PDF Q&A over your library, plus how to get cited answers from the papers themselves - an honest look at both approaches.
Read the guideHow to Understand Academic Papers When You're Not an Expert
A beginner-friendly guide to understanding academic papers: decode jargon, read methods and figures, sanity-check statistics, and verify every claim.
Read the guideHow to Read Research Papers Faster (A Strategic Method)
How to read research papers faster with the abstract-first, three-pass method, plus how an AI explainer that cites the exact passage cuts reading time.
Read the guideStop digging. Start asking.
Add Sidenote to your browser, open any page in your wiki, and ask it the question you’ve been Slacking the team about.
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