AI tools for literature search

There are now helpful AI tools that offer innovative features and search approaches, not only for generating texts, but also for literature searches, and are a useful addition to literature searches in library search engines and literature databases.

The cost models range from free tools to tools that offer limited free use with the option of a paid upgrade for unrestricted use, to paid tools that usually include a short free trial period or a limited free initial quota of credits and can only be used for a fee after the trial period has expired or the credits have been used up.

AI tools licensed by the University of Graz

(accessible to university members, outside the campus with VPN)

• Optica AI
• ProQuest Research Assistant
• Reaxys AI Predictive Retrosynthesis Tool
• Reaxys AI Search (beta phase)
• Scopus AI (for more information see news)
• Statista Research AI

Currently also accessible during a test phase (see news):

• EBSCO AI Insights
• JSTOR AI Research Tool

 

Examples of some free, limited free and paid tools for literature searches:

Free of charge:

• Semantic Scholar
• scienceOS
• Research Rabbit
• Inciteful
• Open Knowledge Maps

Limited free of charge:

• SciSpace
• Consensus
• Connected Papers
• Scilynk
• Litmaps
• Keenious
• Iris.ai
• Scinapse
• R Discovery

With costs:

• Elicit
• Lateral

 

On 29.10.2024 the lecture "AI tools in literature search" (German only) took place, in which the following tools were presented: Semantic Scholar, Scinapse, Consensus, Open Knowledge Maps, Research Rabbit, Connected Papers, Keenious.

Note: The tools are subject to ongoing development, which means that changes to the user interface, functions, price structure and terms of use may occur at any time.