# Workflow: How to Incorporate Your Documents into vLex

### Summary

Incorporate your own documents into vLex Library using **vLex Cloud**. This workflow allows you to sync your private files, making them searchable and analyzable alongside vLex's global database.

### Why This is Important

This workflow breaks down the barrier between your internal knowledge and external research. It creates a single, powerful search experience, allowing you to leverage your firm's existing work product to speed up new **legal research workflows**.

### A Step-by-Step Workflow

#### Step 1: Connect Your Cloud Storage

From the **Homepage**, find the **vLex Cloud** card and click **Get started**. Follow the on-screen prompts to securely connect your Dropbox, OneDrive, or other supported cloud storage service.

#### Step 2: Select Folders to Sync

Choose which folders from your cloud storage you want to sync with vLex. The system will begin indexing the documents within them.

#### Step 3: Search Across All Content

Run any search in vLex Library. On the results page, you will now see **Your own documents** as a **Content type** filter on the left. Click this to see only the results from your private files.

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#### Step 4: Analyze Your Document with Vincent

Open one of your synced documents. Click the **Related** tab to have **Vincent** analyze your text and suggest relevant published authorities from the vLex Library database that you may have missed.

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**Your Documents Remain Private and Secure:** Only you and users you explicitly authorize can access your synced documents. vLex uses industry-leading security protocols to protect your data.
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### Best Practices & Pro Tips

* **Create a Master Reference List:** Create a document in your cloud storage that contains links to all your most-cited authorities. Sync this file to vLex Cloud to create an interactive, up-to-date reference list.

### Related Articles

* [What is vLex Cloud?](https://support.vlex.com/vlex-library/vlex-library-home/workflows-and-productivity-tools/what-is-vlex-cloud)
* [How to Upload and Analyze Your Own Documents](https://support.vlex.com/vlex-library/vlex-library-home/content-and-document-types/how-to-upload-and-analyze-your-own-documents)
* [How to Search and Analyze Dockets in vLex Library](https://support.vlex.com/vlex-library/vlex-library-home/content-and-document-types/how-to-search-and-analyze-dockets-in-vlex-library)

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