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AI and Academic Research

A guide exploring the intersection between AI and academic research.

Scopus AI

Using Scopus AI

Use the link above to access Scopus.  Once there, look just above the search box for the Scopus AI search option.

 

Once in Scopus AI, use natural language to enter a research question.  Scopus AI will retrieve the most current, relevant documents from its corpus, analyze and summarize them, and provide links out to the originals.

See more about how Scopus AI works and how to use it.

Dissertations & Theses Research Assistant

The Research Assistant can help you:

  • Revise your search query
  • Gain a quick overview of a full-text dissertation or thesis
  • Brainstorm related research questions

If you run a search in a ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database and then access a full-text document in your results, its Key Takeaways will be influenced by your search to make them more relevant to your query, and a "Relationship to your search terms" section will be included in the Key Takeaways. The Key Takeaways, Important Concepts, and Related Research Topics are all extracted from the full text of the dissertation or thesis using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques; no data from other documents or from public LLMs is used to generate them. ProQuest is not using the dissertations and theses to train LLMs, and ProQuest is only using generative AI with them within a secure environment.

LibrarySearch Research Assistant

The Research Assistant pinpoints five articles that can aid in answering your research question using the the descriptions/abstracts of each source. It provides in-line references to the sources to provide transparency in how each source contributed to the overview. Users can also refine their search by resource type (books, journal articles, and peer-reviewed) and date. To access the tool you can either use the direct link to it above, or look for the Research Assistant button in the top of any LibrarySearch results page:

 

To read more about how the tool works and what it is searching, including its corpus of documents, method of returning results, and which Large Language Model it uses in generating responses, look for the "How can I use Research Assistant?" link on the Research Assistant search page:

JSTOR Interactive Research Tool

The beta version of the JSTOR Interactive Research Tool is now available. To access the tool, you must create an individual JSTOR account and be logged in. Currently, the tool appears on content pages for journal articles, book chapters, research reports, and as an addition to JSTOR's standard keyword search. JSTOR has compiled additional information and FAQs regarding the new tool. 

Statista Research AI

Statista Research AI crafts responses using proprietary Statista data and analysis. This includes detailed descriptions and datasets from all available statistics, alongside information from topic pages, report pages, industry pages, and infographics.