Uploading Documents

Uploading documents is the foundation of working with Academly. Your uploaded sources become the basis for all AI-generated content.

What this section is about

Academly works with your academic sources, not generic internet content. When you upload PDFs, the platform extracts text, detects bibliographic information, and makes the content available for analysis and generation features.

When you should use this

Upload documents when you:
•    Have collected research papers for your thesis
•    Want to use a book or article as a source
•    Need the platform to reference specific literature
•    Are preparing to generate content

How it works

1. Navigate to Workspace > My Library
2. Click "Upload Document" or drag and drop a file
3. Select your PDF file
   •    Supported format: PDF
   •    Maximum size: 50 MB
   •    Maximum pages: 500
4. Wait for processing
   •    Text extraction from all pages
   •    Bibliography section detection
   •    Citation metadata lookup (CrossRef, Google Books)
5. Your document appears in the library with:
   •    Title (detected or filename)
   •    Page count
   •    Upload date
   •    Extraction status

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After upload:
•    Documents are immediately available for summary generation
•    For Theory & Methods features, you may need to run Text Extraction first
•    Citation metadata helps with proper reference formatting

Important notes

•    Scanned PDFs (images) may have poor text extraction
•    Very large documents may take longer to process
•    Upload copyrighted material only for personal academic use
•    Documents are stored securely and only accessible to you