Map how your sources connect with each other
Litworking turns a pile of sources into a visible map of what supports, contradicts and builds on what, so your literature review starts from an argument, not a list.
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Grad students
Literature reviews, theses & dissertations
Undergraduates
Research papers, essays & source organization
Researchers
Mapping a field & comparing studies
Teachers & professors
Research assignments & literature maps
Built around the relationships in your research
Every feature feeds the same canvas — nothing here is a disconnected tool bolted on for a checklist.
Research canvas
Place sources, claims, evidence, questions and concepts on one canvas and watch how your research connects.
Source library & PDF reader
Keep articles, books, web pages, documents and media in one library. Read PDFs in the app, highlight a passage, and turn the selection straight into an evidence node.
Source evaluation
Score authority, methodology, bias and relevance yourself — the system explains, it never decides for you.
Argument builder
Structure a thesis, supporting arguments, evidence and counterarguments, synced with the canvas.
Templates
Start a literature review, thesis or argument map from a proven structure: questions and a starter canvas, ready to fill.
Citations
Generate and organize APA, MLA and Chicago references, connected back to the sources they came from.
How it works
Six steps carry one source from your library into a finished argument.
- 01
Find a source
Import by DOI, URL or upload — metadata fills in automatically.
- 02
Read & highlight
Open the built-in PDF reader and mark the passages that matter.
- 03
Create evidence
Turn a highlight into an evidence node with page and source intact.
- 04
Connect to claims
Draw a relation — supports, contradicts, builds on — to a claim.
- 05
Build an argument
Arrange claims and evidence into a thesis with counterarguments.
- 06
Write from the map
Export an outline and formatted references, then start drafting.
Use cases
Same canvas, four different jobs — pick the one that sounds like yours.
Turn an assignment into a defensible argument, not just a pile of tabs.
- Essays & research projects
- Literature reviews
- Source organization & citation planning
- Argument development
Frequently asked questions
Start mapping your research.
Bring your first source in and see how quickly a canvas beats a folder of PDFs.
Free · No credit card