The Jenni Library helps you collect, manage, and make sense of your research sources—all in one place. It acts as your built-in reference manager, letting you store PDFs, cite them as you write, and interact with your sources using AI Chat.
In this article:
How to Upload Sources to Your Library
Click the Library tab at the top of the left side bar of the dashboard.
Note: If the side bar is not open, please click the icon shown below to toggle it.
Click the Upload button (📤) in the top-right corner of the side bar.
Choose one of the following upload options:
PDF files – for reading, citing, and AI analysis
BibTeX (.bib) – great for importing from Zotero or Mendeley
DOI/PMID URLs– paste a research article link, and Jenni will auto-fetch metadata
Jenni will automatically try to populate citation data for your upload. If anything is missing, click Details to edit manually.
Things to Consider When Uploading Sources
If the PDF isn’t attached, Jenni will only store metadata — meaning you can cite it, but can’t chat with it or use it for AI writing support.
After uploading, be sure to:
• Edit metadata if citation info looks incorrect
⚠️ Upload Limits
Each file must be under 15MB and no more than 150 pages, regardless of your plan.
For best results, try splitting large documents into smaller, topic-specific PDFs before uploading.
Fetch Missing PDFs from DOI/PMID Uploads
When you add a paper via DOI or PMID, Jenni will try to fetch the PDF for you. If successful, the full text will be available for citation, chat, and synthesis.
If Jenni can’t fetch the PDF, you’ll see a “Missing PDF Attachment” warning.
To resolve this:
Go to your Library
Click “View” next to the warning
Click “Fetch” next to any source without a PDF
If fetching fails, click “Upload PDF” to manually attach the paper
Note: Metadata-only sources can still be cited, but they won't be available for AI Chat or writing assistance until a full PDF is attached.
Edit Metadata When Needed
If a source’s title, author, or publication data looks incorrect or incomplete:
Go to your Library
Click the paper you'd like to update
Click “Details”, then the pencil icon (✏️) to edit the metadata
Make any updates as needed and click Save
Note: This ensures your citations stay accurate and formatted correctly. Jenni pulls citation info from this metadata, so clean records = cleaner outputs.
How to Create & Use Collections
Collections help you group papers by topic, class, or project.
In your Library, click the Checkbox icon next to one or more sources
Click the Folder icon to add them to a new or existing Collection.
You can now filter your Library by Collection to stay focused while working.
How to Delete a Source
To remove a source from your Library:
In your Library, click the checkbox icon next to one or more sources.
Click the Trash icon
Confirm the deletion
Why Use the Library?
Here’s how the Jenni Library helps streamline your research workflow:
Keep all your PDFs and citations in one place
Store articles, papers, and BibTeX files for any project, thesis, or course.
Sort papers into custom Collections
Stay organized across multiple topics or assignments with folder-style tagging.
Control which papers are used in citations
You can set Jenni to auto-cite from specific Collections only.
Cite as you write
Quickly cite your saved papers in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, or over 1,700+ styles, without leaving the editor.
Chat with your saved papers
Use AI Chat to summarize, compare, or extract key arguments across your uploaded sources.
Watch It in Action
Want to see this feature in motion? Check out our tutorial on YouTube!