Understanding paper source labels in Elicit

Updated over 2 weeks ago

When working with papers in Elicit, you'll see labels on each row indicating where the paper came from and what content is available. These labels help you understand at a glance which papers have full text ready for extraction and which may need additional action.

How to read the labels

Each label has two parts: a source (where the paper came from) and a content status (what we have access to).

Source types

• Elicit search — We found this paper in our corpus of 138+ million papers.
• Library — This paper came from your Elicit Library, either uploaded directly or saved from a previous search.
• Elicit search+ or Library+ — The green + indicates that you've manually enriched this paper's data, usually by providing a PDF yourself or via the Elicit Browser Extension.

Content status

• Full text — We have the full text of this paper available for data extraction.
• Full text from Library — We found this paper via search, but matched it to a PDF you already have in your Library.
• PDF link available — We know where the PDF is hosted, but couldn't automatically download it. This usually means the publisher restricts automated access and you'll need to download the PDF manually.
• Abstract only — We only have the paper's abstract. This appears either before we've attempted to retrieve the full text (during abstract screening) or if retrieval wasn't successful.

Improving full text coverage

If you see many papers showing "Abstract only" or "PDF link available," you can improve your full text coverage by:

• Installing the Elicit Browser Extension to automatically fetch papers using your institutional access
• Manually uploading PDFs to your Library — Elicit will automatically match them to search results
• Downloading PDFs directly from publisher websites when you have access, and uploading them during Full Text Screening