Basic Search

Virza indexes every document in your library for instant full-text search. Press ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) to search from anywhere.

For the full search architecture, including semantic matching, the seven ranking signals, and the three search tabs (All, My Library, Discover), see How Search Works.

How to search

Press ⌘K / Ctrl+K to open the search bar
Type your query
Results appear instantly as you type

Or click the Search icon in the sidebar for the full search view with tabs and filters.

What’s searchable

Virza searches across all indexed content in your workspace:

Document titles, authors, and abstracts
Full body text
Extracted table content and figure descriptions
Notes content
Collection names and descriptions
Citation records

Search results

Results are ranked by a multi-signal scoring system that considers text relevance, semantic similarity, research context, and recency. Each result shows:

Document title and matching text snippet
Authors and publication year
Collection tags
Relevance indicators

Click any result to open the document.

Tips for better searches

Use specific terms: “BERT attention mechanism” works better than “machine learning”
Search by author: Type an author name to find their papers
Search by DOI: Paste a DOI to jump directly to a specific paper
Ask questions: “How does attention improve NLP?” activates semantic matching for deeper results
Use the My Library tab for workspace-scoped search, or All to include external papers