We connect discovery to the rest of the research process
PowerNotes helps students find your content, and then gives them the tools to work it into their research — highlights, annotations, and citations organized and saved directly to student research projects.
From discovery to finished project. No friction.
PowerNotes enables a centralized, end-to-end research workflow.
PowerNotes Library Search uses your institution's library connection to surface licensed database content — including publisher databases — right inside the PowerNotes workspace. Students find credible sources without leaving their project.
With one click, students add a source to their research project. Annotation tools activate immediately. Citation metadata is generated automatically. The source is organized, tagged, and ready to use.
Every highlight, annotation, and outline item links back to the original source. Students build from publisher content, not away from it. And when they use AI tools, your content is the grounding layer — not a scraped approximation.
Start with what's live. Build from there.
From zero-lift co-marketing to a full embedded integration — every level is designed to increase the time students spend with your content.
Already reaching your readers
If your databases are accessible through library proxy at any of our partner schools, students are already discovering your content through PowerNotes.
- Surfaces inside active student research workflows
- Live at 65+ partner institutions today
- No integration required on your end
Promote the connection
We add a dedicated section inside PowerNotes highlighting your database — so students and librarians know your content is available right where they're working.
- Named placement inside the PowerNotes platform
- Visibility at the moment students are searching
- Zero technical lift required
Embed PowerNotes in your platform
Publishers who want to go further can embed the PowerNotes research experience directly inside their own platforms — turning their reader interface into a full annotation and organization workspace. Your content becomes the starting point for the student's entire research project, not just a source they visit and leave.
- Students annotate and organize without leaving your platform
- Session depth and return visits increase
- Your platform becomes the research workspace
Custom extensions
For publishers with specific workflow or authentication requirements, we build custom PowerNotes extensions scoped to your platform and content architecture.
- Custom authentication and SSO handling
- Scoped to your content architecture
- Built with your technical team
More than access. Actual engagement.
Traditional database analytics measure access. PowerNotes measures what students actually do with content — which articles get annotated, which passages get highlighted, which sources make it into a final outline. That's the usage data that justifies subscription pricing and guides content investment.
When PowerNotes is deployed at a school, your platform sees higher engagement from that institution's students. That stickiness strengthens the renewal case — and gives librarians concrete ROI data to bring to administration.
When students use AI tools to write and synthesize, what they've annotated in PowerNotes becomes the grounding layer. Publisher-vetted, peer-reviewed content drives AI responses — not scraped web results. For publishers investing in content authority, this is a meaningful positioning advantage.
PowerNotes is deployed at more than 65 schools. Your content, surfaced inside our platform, reaches students at all of them — through library integrations that are already live, without requiring new contracts at each institution.
Research that starts in ProQuest
now finishes in PowerNotes.
PowerNotes is embedded directly within ProQuest's Congressional Database. When students find a source worth keeping, they save it — highlights, annotations, and all — back to their PowerNotes project in one click. Their research stays connected from the moment of discovery through to the final citation.
No separate login. No app switch. No friction between finding a source and using it.
Your content is already part of how students research.
Let's make that easier.
We're actively building publisher partnerships. Whether you want to promote your existing library presence, explore a platform integration, or build something custom — the conversation starts here.
Talk to our partnerships team