SciSpace New Features in 2026 - My Library, Zotero, Save to Notebook and Generate Report

Welcome back to the channel. I am Dr. Muhammad Awais, and as many of you already know, this space is dedicated to testing research tools in a practical, researcher-centered way. We do not just look at what platforms claim to do. We explore how they actually fit into real academic workflows. Whenever a research platform introduces genuinely useful updates, especially AI-powered ones that can change how we read, analyze, and write, it is worth revisiting. In today’s video, we take a fresh look at SciSpace and its latest updates, focusing on how these new features move research work from a fragmented process into a more integrated and interactive experience. Before we move forward, if you are working on literature reviews, thesis writing, academic articles, or simply trying to manage large numbers of research papers, this video will be highly relevant. The updates shown here are not about flashy AI outputs alone. They are about reducing friction in everyday research tasks such as reading PDFs, extracting insights, organizing notes, and drafting structured reports. If you are new to the channel, consider subscribing, and if you are a regular viewer, you will immediately recognize how this video builds on the tools and workflows we have explored before. SciSpace Link and Coupon Codes You can access SciSpace here: https://scispace.com/?via=awaisgill Coupon Codes: AWJAN30 – 30 percent off annual plan for Indian users AWJAN40 – 40 percent off annual plan for global users These codes are particularly useful if you are planning long-term academic use, such as thesis work, systematic reviews, or ongoing research projects. Previous SciSpace Videos on This Channel To understand how SciSpace has evolved, here are my earlier videos where we explored different stages of its development and tools: SciSpace AI Writer Tutorial: Transform Your Essays and Research Writing A complete walk-through of using SciSpace’s AI writing features to generate, refine, and improve academic text and essays: https://youtu.be/RQ8Qj2aZgMs The Future of Literature Review – SciSpace Deep Review Tools Exploring enhanced literature review features, topic finding, and query refinement on SciSpace: https://youtu.be/vdiRVu69MvU SciSpace New Updates 2025: Faster Literature Reviews and Tools An overview of recently added features in 2025 that make research smoother and faster: https://youtu.be/xSKC4uttEPw SciSpace BioMed Agent: AI That Understands Biology Research A focused demo of SciSpace’s BioMed agent for biological and biomedical literature: https://youtu.be/h3cCGVjJnm4 Typeset.io – Unlocking the Power of Research Tools for Academics A detailed tour of Typeset.io as a research aid and how it complements or compares with SciSpace workflows: https://youtu.be/tkrMt4nhAYs SciSpace Feature Overview This video introduces foundational SciSpace features and agent tools: https://youtu.be/tkCKPYXBrLA In these videos, we covered literature review tools, AI writing assistance, deep research features, and specialized agents. Today’s video builds directly on that foundation and shows how the platform is moving toward a more unified research environment. What This Video Covers In this video, I demonstrate one of the most important updates: the ability to upload your own PDFs directly into SciSpace and interact with them through the AI agent. Instead of reading passively, you can now ask focused questions about specific papers in your personal library. I show how to upload papers, use the agent to extract conceptual definitions, and ask follow-up questions based on the results. This changes the role of the researcher from manually scanning pages to strategically guiding the analysis. We also explore personal and shared libraries, which means you can work individually or collaborate with others inside the same environment. I demonstrate how insights can be saved into notebooks, organized by topic, and downloaded as PDF or Markdown files for later use. Another major feature discussed is automated report generation. I test how SciSpace can produce a structured literature review style report based on a topic prompt, including sections such as introduction, subthemes, and references. A key point here is the reliability of references, which is critical for academic work. Overall, this video shows how these updates reduce tool switching, integrate reading, note making, and writing into one flow, and give researchers more time for interpretation and decision making rather than mechanical tasks.