Find research in a project
Use this guide to search for sources, notes, chats, and other items inside an Atlas project.
Before you start
Confirm that the project you have open is the one that contains the material you are looking for. Search is scoped to the active project. If you are not sure which project contains the item, switch projects and search there.
Steps
- Open search or the command palette.
- Enter a term that appeared in the material you are looking for.
- Review the results.
- Open the result and read the surrounding context before using it.
Choose good search terms
Use language from the material itself:
- Source title or author name
- A key concept, method, or finding
- A quoted phrase you remember
- A note title
- A question you asked in a previous chat
If a broad term returns too many results, add a second word to narrow it. "Evaluation limitations" finds more specific results than "evaluation" alone.
What to do after finding the item
Treat a search result as a starting point, not a verified finding. Open the result and read the relevant context:
- For a source: open the relevant section and confirm the passage.
- For a note: check whether the content is still current.
- For a chat: verify any claims before reusing them.
After confirming the item, you can mention it in a new chat question, add it to a synthesis, update a note, or use it as evidence in the semantic map.