Keenious is for anyone who wants to connect their writing to published research papers and answer the question, "What work has already been done on this topic?" Here are some examples:
- A student in English 1000 wants to write a paper on some aspect of campus meal plans and wants to see what broader issues scholars have looked at in this area.
- A student in a speech class is planning a speech on "nature vs nurture" and wants to find out what the research says about this duality.
- A faculty member wants to look for sources from other fields that talk about the same topic but may use different words to describe it than the ones she knows.
- A faculty member wants to know whether scholars in his subfield have written about "normalcy bias."
- A graduate student realizes that they need to incorporate more sources related to one section of their dissertation.
- A researcher has found one "perfect" article and wants to find other articles that address similar research questions.
- A researcher wants to know about article retractions in their area of interest.
