Library Guides: Health Sciences 4200: AI Tools for Research & Writing

Tools listed below are free or have a free option. Several require registration for use.

Literature Search Tools

Elicit AI
AI search of research papers (data source is Semantic Scholar); extracts details from paper abstracts into an organized table; save searches; extract details from PDFs
Perplexity
Free AI search engine; searches the internet, including PubMed & PubMed Central. Provides a summary with citations; suggests related questions.
SciSpace
AI search of SciSpace's catalog of 282+ million articles*; extracts details from papers into an organized table; creates podcasts of articles; assists with formatting articles for publication.
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*No information on source of articles; no information if data extracted from articles is from abstract only.
Semantic Scholar
The Literature: realtime PubMed analysis
Use a PICO question to search PubMed; select format type such as literature review or examination questions

Literature Mapping Tools

ResearchRabbit
"Spotify for Papers"; Search for research papers; provides visualizations of connections between authors and papers; save papers in collections; works with Zotero.
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Data source is Semantic Scholar
Litmaps
Search for research papers; provides visualizations of connections between authors and papers; collaborate w/others

FEAL

When selecting an AI tool to use, answer the following:

F - Faster: will this tool allow me to complete my assignment faster?

A - Accurate: is this tool accurate? Will it generate false information?

E - Ethical: is it ethical to use this tool? Do I have permission or ownership to post information to this tool? Is the use of this tool allowed for this assignment?

L - Learning: will using this tool increase my learning and mastery, or will it decrease my learning?