Notes Stack for Students & Academic Researchers

Research means reading dozens of articles, papers, and web resources — and remembering which insight came from where. Notes Stack attaches your notes directly to the pages you're reading so you never lose track of a source again.

Why Students and Researchers Choose Notes Stack

Academic work is browser-heavy. You're reading papers on Google Scholar, browsing JSTOR, watching lecture recordings, and checking references on Wikipedia. Notes Stack captures your thinking at the point of discovery.

• Source-attached annotations — Take notes on a journal article and they stay linked to that article's URL. Come back weeks later and your annotations are right there, complete with the page title and favicon.
• Organize by course or paper — Use color-coded stacks for each course, thesis chapter, or research project. Filter to see only notes for "Biology 301" or "Literature Review".
• Task lists for assignments — Turn any note into a checklist: readings to complete, sections to write, references to verify. Check items off as you go.
• Deadline reminders — Set reminders for paper due dates, exam schedules, and advisor meeting prep. Browser notifications make sure nothing slips.

Tips and Tricks

Platforms That Work Great With Notes Stack

• Google Scholar — Annotate search results and paper abstracts with your reading priorities and key takeaways.
• JSTOR — Take notes alongside full-text journal articles as you read them in the browser.
• PubMed — Capture observations on medical and life science research papers.
• Wikipedia — Add context notes on reference articles and follow citation chains with annotations at each step.
• Google Docs — Keep research notes in the side panel while writing your paper in Google Docs. No tab switching needed.
• University library portals — Annotate any institutional database or digital library directly in the browser.

A Real-World Workflow

1. Start your research — Create a "Thesis Literature Review" stack. Open Google Scholar and begin searching.
2. Annotate as you read — For each relevant paper, open the full text and use Notes Stack to capture key findings, methodology notes, and relevant quotes in blockquotes.
3. Tag and organize — Assign each note to your literature review stack. The note automatically captures the paper's URL and page title.
4. Track your progress — Add a task list to a master note: "Papers to Read", "Papers to Summarize", "Papers to Cite". Check them off as you go.
5. Set deadline reminders — Add a reminder for your draft deadline and advisor meeting prep.
6. Compile your sources — Export the stack to CSV. You now have a structured list of every source with URLs, notes, and timestamps — ready to build your bibliography.

Your browser is already your research library. Notes Stack makes it your research notebook too.