Save your research session. Resume it at the library.
42 tabs of arXiv papers, Google Scholar searches, and Semantic Scholar citations — saved with a voice memo about Section 3.2. Pick it up at the library, the lab, or home.
The literature review problem
Serious research lives in dozens of tabs. A real literature review starts with one paper, branches into its citations, branches into related work, branches into the author's other publications, branches into a competing approach, and on it goes. By Tuesday afternoon you've got 42 tabs across Google Scholar, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, JSTOR, PubMed, and your university's database — plus a few PDFs and the citation manager.
Then you walk to the library to use a different machine for a database your laptop can't VPN into. Or you switch to your iPad in bed to do reading. The session doesn't follow you. Bookmarks fragment the context — you save 42 individual URLs and have no record of which ones were the priority, which you'd already read, or where you'd left off.
Worse: a browser update or an accidental window close and the whole session is gone.
Save the whole literature review as one session
Save 40+ tabs at once
One click captures arXiv, Scholar, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, JSTOR, and PDFs together. Label the session "Thesis Ch. 2 — attention mechanisms".
Voice memos that transcribe
Walking to your office, dictate: "The Vaswani paper is the cornerstone — Section 3.2 has the methodology I need to compare against." It transcribes automatically.
AI search across everything
Six months later, search "transformer methodology I cited for Ch. 2" — Blackmount finds the right session, the right tab, the right voice memo.
A typical week in the lab
Monday afternoon · Lab desktop
You open a paper. It cites four others. Each cites three more. By 5pm you have 42 tabs across arXiv, Scholar, and your university database. You save the whole window as "Attention mechanisms — thesis Ch. 2" and add a voice memo about which sections matter.
Tuesday morning · Library computer
You sign into Blackmount on the library workstation to access JSTOR. Restore the session. All 42 tabs reopen with the voice memo intact. You add three more papers and save again.
Wednesday evening · iPad in bed
You restore the session in the iOS app, scroll through the readings, leave voice notes on three of them. Friday you're back at the lab desktop and your notes are right there.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I save Google Scholar and arXiv tabs and reopen them on a library computer?
Yes. Blackmount saves any URL — Google Scholar, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, JSTOR, PubMed, ResearchGate, university databases, and PDFs. Saved sessions sync to the cloud, so you can sign in on a library computer, your laptop at home, or the iPad in the lab and pick up where you left off.
Does Blackmount work for literature reviews?
Yes. Many researchers save 30–50 paper tabs as a single session, attach a voice memo about which sections matter, and restore later when they sit down to write. The session keeps the chain of reasoning together.
Can I attach notes about which papers to read first?
Yes. Each saved session accepts a text note or a voice memo — useful for triage notes, citation reminders, or thesis section labels.
Is Blackmount free for students and academics?
Yes. Free guest mode requires no account. Cloud sync and AI search are part of the Pro plan ($0.99/month) with a free trial.
Can I export my saved tabs to a citation manager?
Yes. Saved URLs can be exported as a plain list and imported into Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or any tool that accepts URL lists. Your data is never locked in.
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