When writing in Anara's note editor, you can search for a citation without leaving the page. Highlight a claim, use Search Citation, and insert the source inline — formatted exactly how you need it.
How to find and insert a citation
Open a note in the editor.
Write your claim. For example: "mRNA vaccines produce robust T-cell responses in immunocompromised patients."
Highlight the text that needs a source.
In the toolbar that appears, select Search citation.
Anara searches your library and the web semantically — matching the meaning of your claim, not just keywords — and returns candidate sources.
Review the results. Click a result to preview the passage.
Click Insert to add the citation inline at the cursor position.
Tip: The search is semantic, so it finds the right paper even if your wording doesn't match the abstract exactly. Searching for "mRNA vaccine immune response" will surface papers about immunogenicity and T-cell activation.
Change your citation format
Citations are inserted in the format you've set in your preferences. Anara supports 12 formats: Numbered, APA 7th, MLA 9th, Harvard, Chicago, IEEE, CSE, ACS, Vancouver, ASA, AMA, and OSCOLA.
To change format: go to Settings > Preferences, scroll to the Editor section, and select your preferred citation format. The change applies to all future insertions.
Tip: Chat citations and Editor citations have separate format settings. You can use Numbered citations in chat and APA in your notes at the same time.