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Essay from source to citation
Read the assigned material with per-file summaries, research beyond the reading list in a notebook, and draft the essay with a citation on every claim ready to check against your course's referencing style.
Use case · For students
AI for student research that cites what it uses.
Turn a reading list and an assignment into a sourced draft. Read your course material with per-file summaries, research beyond the syllabus in a notebook, and keep a citation on every claim so the bibliography builds itself as you write.
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Workspaces
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Moves
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Workflows
askFinz · students
01Study the source material properly
02Research the assignment
03Keep every claim linked to a citation
04Search across everything you've read
learn·research·search
one workflowone workspace
What you can do
Four moves, one workspace.
- 01Study the source material properlyBring in your course readings and lecture material and use the per-file summaries and key concepts to understand a topic before you write about it.
- 02Research the assignmentOpen a notebook, pull in papers and articles beyond your course pack, and draft a synthesis that surfaces where sources agree and disagree.
- 03Keep every claim linked to a citationEach point in the draft carries a reference back to its source, so a bibliography is built as you go, not reconstructed the night before it's due.
- 04Search across everything you've readSemantic search over your course material, your own notes and what you've researched — find the quote without re-reading the whole reading list.
The stack under the work
The workspaces this job runs on.
Example workflows
What it looks like end to end.
Flow 02
Exam-week catch-up
Pull everything scoped to a unit — your course material and what you've researched around it — into one search, instead of hunting across a term's worth of tabs and PDFs.
Questions
Frequently asked.
- Can askFinz help me research and write an essay with proper citations?
- Yes. A research notebook drafts a synthesis from the sources you bring in or gather, and keeps a citation on every claim, so you can check and format each reference rather than reconstructing your bibliography afterwards.
- Does it work with my actual course material?
- Yes. Learn reads material synced from your course — lectures, slides and readings — and produces summaries and study tools grounded in what your class actually covers.
- Will using this count as plagiarism?
- askFinz cites its sources rather than hiding them, but the essay you submit is still your own work to write and check against your institution's academic-integrity policy — treat it as a research and drafting aid, not a substitute for doing the assignment.
For students
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