Sourcely

Sourcely finds academic sources and citations from essays or other text, with AI summaries.

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About Sourcely

Sourcely is a web tool that finds academic sources and citations from text the user pastes in, such as an essay, paragraph, or paper. It highlights parts of the text that need citations, offers search filters, and gives short summaries of listed sources. The homepage states access to over 200 million papers.

Users can save sources to a personal citations library, export references in 700+ citation styles, and download free PDFs of many of the listed sources. The homepage describes plan tiers with monthly limits on deep searches and source credibility checks, and states that the summaries shown in its demo were written for the demo. Pricing is not confirmed in this entry.

Key features

  • Finds academic sources from pasted essays, paragraphs, or papers
  • Highlights citation-worthy parts of the pasted text
  • Provides summaries of individual sources
  • Exports references in 700+ citation styles
  • Filters results by publication year, authorship, and relevance
  • Stores citations in a personal library for later access
Best for: Students and researchers who want to find and cite academic sources for an essay or paper.
Good for
  • Accepts pasted essay text as the starting point for the source search
  • Exports references in 700+ citation styles
  • Includes filters for publication year, authorship, and relevance
Watch out for
  • Deep searches and source credibility checks have monthly limits on the listed plans
  • Free PDF downloads are described for many sources, not all of them
  • The homepage states that the demo summaries were written for the demo

Sourcely at a glance

Type
Online tool
Pricing
Not confirmed. Check the site
Platforms
Web
Open source
Not stated
Language
English
Last checked
Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

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Sourcely FAQ

How do I find sources on Sourcely?
Paste your essay, paragraph, or paper into the tool and press the find sources button. The homepage says Sourcely then finds suitable sources.
Can I export my citations and references?
Yes. The homepage says references can be exported in 700+ citation styles.
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