⌕ methods for oral histories
Search across sources.
Federated search brings results from arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref into the panel alongside your draft.
RESEARCH · IN THE SAME WINDOW
Stay with the question.
Keep the source close.
Search scholarly sources, follow a passage into its paper, and bring useful evidence into your draft without losing the thread of your thinking.
arXivPREPRINTS & PAPERS
OpenAlexSCHOLARLY DISCOVERY
CrossrefPUBLICATION METADATA
PDF searchFIND TEXT IN THE PAPER
A RESEARCH PANEL BESIDE YOUR DRAFT
Find the useful part.
Keep its context.
Palimpsa brings source discovery into the writing surface, so checking and citing stays close to thinking.
Read the paper in place.
Open a PDF and search its text. Move from a result to the relevant passage without a chain of tabs.
INSERT CITATION ↵
Insert a snippet or citation.
Pull useful source text or citation metadata into the document you are already writing.
AUTHOR · TITLE · SOURCE · YEAR
Stay connected to provenance.
Keep source details attached to your workflow, so you can retrace where an idea came from.
One window, fewer interruptions.
The panel sits beside the editor. Move between draft and sources without leaving the workspace.
YOUR DRAFT · YOUR VOICE
Research assistance, not ghostwriting.
Palimpsa helps locate and check materials. It does not generate paragraphs or take over your argument.
“The source should be one step away from the sentence it supports.”
THE PALIMPSA RESEARCH PRINCIPLE
THE RESEARCH LOOP
Question. Source.
Back to the page.
A continuous loop that leaves interpretation and authorship with you.
01 / ASK
Describe what you need.
Search a topic or ask for supporting source material. The assistant runs on demand, when you choose to use it.
02 / CHECK
Inspect the result and its source.
Review the paper, read the passage in context, and check the citation details before relying on them.
03 / CARRY
Bring the evidence into your draft.
Insert a snippet or citation, then make the claim and write the explanation in your own words.
QUESTIONS ABOUT SEARCH, SOURCES & VERIFICATION
Visit the questions page ↗Research should be inspectable.
See what “verified” means, which sources are available, and what to check before you cite a passage.