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About Sourcefinder

Sourcefinder is a research and writing companion built to take the friction out of finding credible sources and turning them into a polished essay. Type in any topic — for a college class or a professional work report — and Sourcefinder searches the web for academic journals, government data, university pages, industry reports, and reputable articles you can actually cite. Every result is surfaced with a credibility rating, a short summary, and a direct link, so you can decide what to trust in seconds rather than hours.

It is made for two groups of people. The first is students — undergraduates and graduate students juggling essays, research papers, and case studies who need authoritative material fast without wading through low-quality search results. The second is working professionals — analysts, consultants, marketers, and managers who regularly produce reports, briefs, and memos and need a dependable starting point grounded in real sources. A personal library lets either group save, organize, and export sources by class or project, with bibliographies formatted in MLA, APA, or Chicago.

For those who want to go further, Sourcefinder Pro adds an AI essay writer that turns your topic and chosen sources into a complete, original draft — complete with a properly formatted Works Cited — and a built-in originality check that rewrites any passage that risks sounding generic. Drafts can be exported to Google Docs or downloaded as a PDF.

Sourcefinder is built and maintained by an independent team focused on one idea: making credible research accessible to everyone who writes. We are continually improving the search quality, the essay tools, and the library experience, and we welcome feedback from the people who use them every day.

Credible sources

Curated journals, data, and reports with credibility ratings.

AI essay writer

Original, cited drafts up to ~5,000 words in Pro.

Free & Pro

Five free searches a month, or unlimited with Pro.