Research Guides

Literature Reviews

Information and resources on how to conduct different types of literature reviews in all disciplines.

Literature Searching using Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence tools are fast-changing. Make sure to check each tool for features you are looking for. 

 

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ChatGPT Elicit AI
Research Rabbit Connected Papers
Semantic Scholar NotebookLM

 

Research Rabbit — Citation-based Mapping: similar / early / later works 

www.researchrabbit.ai

100s of millions of academic articles and covers more than 90%+ of materials that can be found in major databases used by academic institutions (such as Scopus, Web of Science, and others).

  • See its FAQs page. Search algorithms were borrowed from NIH and Semantic Scholar.

  • The default “Untitled Collection” will collect your search histories, based on which Research Rabbit will send you recommendations for three types of related results: Similar Works / Earlier Works / Later Works, viewable in graph such as Network, Timeline, First Authors etc.

  • Zotero integration: importing and exporting between these two apps.

  • Example - SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality
    [Login required] Try it to see its Similar Works, Earlier Works and Later Works or other documents.
  • Export Results - Findings can be exported in BibTxt, RIS or CSV format.

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Video Introduction to Research Rabbit

Elicit — AI-Powered Research Assistant — finding papers, filtering study types, automating research flow, brainstorming, summarizing and more.

https://elicit.org

Elicit is a research assistant using language models like GPT-3 to automate parts of researchers’ workflows. Currently, the main workflow in Elicit is Literature Review. If you ask a question, Elicit will show relevant papers and summaries of key information about those papers in an easy-to-use table.  

  • Find answers from 175 million papers. FAQS
  • Example - How do mental health interventions vary by age group?   /   Fish oil and depression
    Results: [Login required]
    (1) Summary of top 4 papers > Paper #1 - #4 with Title, abstract, citations, DOI, and pdf
    (2) Table view: Abstract / Interventions / Outcomes measured / Number of participants
    (3) Relevant studies and citations.
    (4) Click on Search for Paper Information to find - Metadata about Sources (SJR etc.) >Population (age etc.) >Intervention (duration etc.) > Results (outcome, limitations etc.) and > Methodology (detailed study design etc.)
    (5) Export as BIB or CSV
  • How to Search
    Enter a research question or multiple keywords about a research question.
    Enter the title of a paper.
    The stared or selected studies will lead to Semantic Scholar's site for detailed information for all citations.
  • Export Results - Various ways to export results.
  • How to Cite - Includes the elicit.org URL in the citation, for example:
    Ought; Elicit: The AI Research Assistant; https://elicit.org; accessed xxxx/xx/xx

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Semantic Scholar — Scientific Literature Search Engine — Finding semantically similar research papers

www.semanticscholar.org

A free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature.

  • Over 200 millions of papers from all fields of science.
     
  • Example - nursing student mental health "scoping review"

    The 4000+ results can be sorted by Fields of Study, Date Range, Author, Journals & Conferences

  • Save the papers in your Library folder. The Research Feeds will recommend similar papers based on the items saved.

  • Example - SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality
    Total Citations: 22,438   [Note: these numbers were gathered when this guide was created]
    Highly Influential Citations 2,001
    Background Citations 6,109
    Methods Citations 3,273 
    Results Citations 385

  • Semantic Reader
    "Semantic Reader is an augmented reader with the potential to revolutionize scientific reading by making it more accessible and richly contextual" . It "uses artificial intelligence to understand a document’s structure and merge it with the Semantic Scholar’s academic corpus, providing detailed information in context via tooltips and other overlays." <https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/semantic-reader>.

    Skim Papers Faster
    "Find key points of this paper using automatically highlighted overlays. Available in beta on limited papers for desktop devices only."  <https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/semantic-reader>. Press on the pen icon to activate the highlights.

  • TLDRs (Too Long; Didn't Read)
    Try this example. Press the pen icon to reveal the highlighted key points.
    TLDRs "are super-short summaries of the main objective and results of a scientific paper generated using expert background knowledge and the latest GPT-3 style NLP techniques. This new feature is available in beta for nearly 60 million papers in computer science, biology, and medicine..." <https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/tldr>

Last Updated: Oct 30, 2025 12:33 PM