Research Tools on The Augmented Scholar

Elicit — AI Research Assistant

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What Elicit Actually Does

Elicit is the AI tool I recommend for literature review — not ChatGPT, not Perplexity. The reason: Elicit is purpose-built for academic papers and actually retrieves real papers from Semantic Scholar, not hallucinated citations.

LaTeX in VSCode 2026: LaTeX Workshop Complete Setup

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Set Up LaTeX in VSCode Without Terminal Headaches — For Researchers & Students Writing Theses

You’ve started a thesis, research paper, or technical document. You open VSCode—your favorite editor—but LaTeX won’t compile. You’re stuck toggling between a terminal window, a PDF viewer, and your editor. The setup feels fragmented, slow, and error-prone.

Overleaf Dark Mode & Markdown Paste: Hidden Features

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You’re staring at a blinding white PDF preview at 11 PM, trying to finish your paper. Your eyes hurt. You’ve got structured notes in Obsidian or ChatGPT output in markdown, but you’re manually retyping section headers into LaTeX syntax. There’s a better way—and it’s already built into Overleaf.