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# How to Upload and Analyze Your Own Documents

### Summary

Integrate your personal work with vLex Library by connecting your cloud storage and uploading **Your own documents**. This allows you to use vLex's powerful search and analysis tools, including Vincent, on your private files.

### Why This is Important

Uploading your own documents transforms vLex Library into a centralized knowledge hub. It allows you to run a single search across both our **global legal research platform** and your own work product, creating a seamless and powerful research workflow.

### How to Connect and Upload Your Documents

#### Option 1: From the Homepage

1. Locate the **vLex Cloud** card on your **Homepage** and click **Get started**.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to select and connect your **Dropbox**, **Box**, **OneDrive**, or **Google Drive** account.

#### Option 2: From Your Account Settings

1. Click the **person icon** in the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Select **vLex Cloud settings** from the dropdown menu.
3. Click **Connect** next to your preferred cloud storage service and follow the prompts to authorize the connection.
4. Your documents will be securely synced to vLex Library.

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**Your Documents are Private:** The documents you upload are secure and private. Only you, and any users you explicitly authorize, can access the documents you sync via vLex Cloud.
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### How to Search Your Documents

Once your documents are synced, you can search them just like any other content.

* **Advanced Search:** Select **Your own documents** from the list of content types to search exclusively within your files.
* **General Search:** After any search, your documents will appear as a filterable **Content type** on the left side of the results page. You can easily include or exclude them from your results.

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### Best Practices & Pro Tips

* **Analyze with Vincent:** Open one of your uploaded documents and use Vincent to [find related authorities](https://www.notion.so/Find-Related-Documents-25e055887c538087adbfeaae1a83e20b?pvs=21) from the vLex Library database that you may have missed.

### Related Articles

* [What is vLex Cloud?](/vlex-library/vlex-library-home/workflows-and-productivity-tools/what-is-vlex-cloud.md)
* [How to Create a New vLex Account](/vlex-library/vlex-library-home/account-and-admin-management/how-to-create-a-new-vlex-account.md)
* [How to Manage Your vLex Subscription](/vlex-library/vlex-library-home/account-and-admin-management/how-to-manage-your-vlex-subscription.md)

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