Make the most of DotDock.
Find a publication, collect your thoughts and pick up where you left off.
Finding publications
Search matches publication titles, available summaries and tags. It does not search every word inside every PDF. Combine search with year and topic filters to narrow your results.
Reading original PDFs
Covers and summaries are public. Sign in to use the DotDock reader, which embeds Google Drive. The original PDFs are publicly shared: anyone with a copied Drive link can read them without a DotDock account. If the embedded viewer cannot load, use Open PDF. Choose Ask this PDF above the reader for document questions, or Ask DotDock beside the catalog search to explore the library. Service limits and distribution permissions may affect availability.
Saving reading lists and notes
Sign in to synchronize your reading list, notes and reading status between devices. Your private library belongs to your account. Guest browser data is only imported after you explicitly confirm that it belongs to you.
If another device edits a note at the same time, both versions are preserved for review in your account. A “saved on this device” message means synchronization is still pending.
Email digests
Verify your email and opt in from your account to receive digests of newly published PDFs. Digests are grouped into a daily processing cycle; service limits can delay delivery. You can turn them off at any time. Existing catalog items are not sent as a welcome email.
AI summaries and Ask DotDock
AI features have a shared usage allowance. When the allowance is exhausted, browse normally and read any summaries already available. AI answers may be incomplete or inaccurate; verify them against original reports.
Research briefs and mind maps
Research · EXPERIMENT compares 2–5 selected PDFs on any topic, within the combined size limit. One AI use produces Brief, Mind map and Sources. Ask DotDock, PDF AI and Research share one personal allowance of 5 AI uses per rolling 24 hours; Research has no separate cap. Each AI panel shows your remaining balance and reset time. The shared site allowance also covers background catalog summaries and admin model tests. Provider limits are separate and can apply even when DotDock allowance remains.
Reading PDFs, Quick overview, saved summaries, switching research views, expanding themes and checking sizes, status or usage consume no AI uses. Ranking and answering can be separate requests; a reserved attempt may count even if it fails. Research answers stay only in the open page: copy yours before leaving. They are not saved for later recovery.
Mind-map lines mean a finding belongs to a theme, not that reports agree or that one factor causes another. Citations include exact excerpts and physical PDF page numbers (counted from the cover). Open PDF uses the existing reader; use its page control to find the cited page. Valid citations do not independently establish that an AI interpretation is correct. If a request times out, check its status rather than submitting it again.
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