Anara can search academic databases to find relevant papers on any research topic. Ask a question and the agent handles the search — returning results with inline citations you can click to verify or import directly into your library.
How to search for papers
Open a new chat from the sidebar or the Home page.
Type your research question. For example: "Find recent papers on CRISPR gene editing in sickle cell disease" or "What are the key papers on transformer architecture scaling?"
The agent searches your library and academic databases and returns relevant papers, each with an inline citation linking to the source.
Click any citation to open the paper, or ask the agent to summarize a specific result.
Tip: Type @Web in your message to make sure the agent searches the web in addition to your library. This gives you access to 500M+ papers across PubMed, arXiv, JSTOR, and other academic databases.
Import papers into your library
When the agent finds a paper you want to keep, you can add it to your library without leaving the chat.
Ask the agent to import it: "Import that second paper into my library."
The agent will ask for your confirmation before importing.
Once confirmed, the paper appears in your library and is immediately available to read, annotate, and cite.
Connect academic databases for direct search
For deeper searches in specific databases, connect PubMed, bioRxiv/medRxiv, or ClinicalTrials.gov as sources.
Go to Settings > Connectors.
Connect the databases relevant to your field.
Once connected, those sources appear in the @ menu in the chat input. Select one to scope your search to that database directly.
Tip: Specific queries get better results. Instead of "papers on cancer," try "papers on PD-L1 inhibitors in triple-negative breast cancer published after 2022."