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How to Read Research PDFs With AI and Check the Citations

Use a PDF assistant to locate evidence. For each answer, open the cited passage and check the page, units, comparison group, and limitations yourself. Google’s NotebookLM, called Gemini Notebook in its help center, supports source selection. ChatPDF links answers back to PDF references.

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Which tool fits the task?

NotebookLM
Group the paper and its appendix together, then select the source document you want the answer to use.
ChatPDF
Start with the single paper and open each PDF citation beside the answer. Save your checked notes independently of the chat.
Browse PDF reading tools

Workflow

  1. Identify the exact PDF

    Record the title, version or date, and document link in your notes. If the article prints a page label different from the PDF viewer’s page number, keep both.

  2. Ask for one claim at a time

    Separate the method, result, and limitation. Ask for page or section, an evidence excerpt, and the unit. If a claim comes from a table, check the row, column, and footnote.

  3. Save the evidence you actually verified

    Keep a record of the claim, its page, a short supporting excerpt, and your qualification. Use an explicit “not reported” status when the document leaves the question unanswered.

Try it with a sample

Find the population and a result without inventing a missing metric

Create a two-page practice PDF from the text below. Put methods on page 1 and results on page 2. Export it with selectable text and upload only that file.

Sample input

Page 1 — Methods
The team benchmarked two image-encoding presets on 40 synthetic test images. The sample includes 20 indoor and 20 outdoor images.

Page 2 — Results
Median runtime was 120 ms for preset A and 90 ms for preset B. The study did not measure power use. Results apply only to the benchmark images.

Prompt

Give me the sample size, median runtime for each preset, and total energy consumed. Cite a page and supporting line for each reported value. Mark missing values as not reported.

What to verify

Page 1 supports 40 images. Page 2 supports 120 ms and 90 ms. The source explicitly says power was not measured. There is no energy result.

Acceptance checklist

  • Each evidence link opens the right PDF and passage.
  • Numbers preserve the units and comparison groups.
  • You log missing or unreadable text as unresolved. For scanned pages, verify against the page image or a reviewed OCR copy.

Official sources

Sources checked .