# Your own documents

The **Your own documents** tab allows you to connect your personal documents to vLex by using DropBox, box, OneDrive or Google Drive. For more information about setting this up, read our article on [vLex Cloud](/features/vlex-cloud.md).&#x20;

To see a list of the documents you have synced, click the link on the card on your **Home** page.

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After your documents are integrated with the service, you can use the following search methods to navigate them:

Use **Advanced search** to search across your documents, using any of the filters that appear below. Simply choose the relevant option from the various content types:

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On the [Results](/getting-started/search-results.md)[ page](/getting-started/search-results.md), you can use the filters, such as the **Search in results** field, to further narrow your results.&#x20;

After running any search on vLex, you will be able to see your own documents listed as one of the document types on the left-hand side of the screen. You can choose to include or exclude them, as with other categories of documents.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://support.vlex.com/document-types/search-your-own-documents.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.
