Welcome to SourceMapper

SourceMapper is a writing tool that helps you see when and how you use sources in a paper. Upload a single file or a collection of texts to see how SourceMapper works.

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Detects citation styles
APA MLA Chicago IEEE Vancouver Footnotes Implicit Explicit
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Identifies "rhetorical functions" of source engagement
Reporting — sharing information from a source
Transforming — working with ideas through analysis or synthesis
Evaluating — judging a source’s credibility or significance
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Shows annotations and charts depicting source use
Highlighted text + charts make source use visible.
Example annotated paper with highlighted rhetorical functions and citation tags
Sample annotated text output
Example citation analytics visualization
Sample citation analytics
Learn more about SourceMapper here

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Paste the Introduction of a research article. We’ll tag sentences with your Introduction Moves tagger.
Beta: labels and accuracy depend on your tagger.
Upload multiple .docx and/or .txt files. We’ll analyze each file and then show corpus-level analytics.
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