Using AI for Research

A great infographic and resources

As a school librarian, I am constantly looking for ways to make research easier for students. I was super excited when I saw this Facebook Post with a great infographic about AI research tools. I posted it in our Facebook group but I wanted to highlight some of the resources here.

Elicit - Uses AI to Analyze Research Papers & automates time-consuming research tasks like summarizing papers, extracting data, and synthesizing your findings. There is Free and Pay as You Go Pricing.

Litmaps - Literature Review for Faster Research and Review. There is a Free version and a paid version.

Research Rabbit - Updates sent to you when new research comes out, visualization of papers, ability to share and collaborate with others, and see other people’s lists of research. It is Free forever for people to use.

Connected Papers - Get a visual overview of a new academic field. Alert you to new research. Help you create a bibliography and discover relevant prior works. There is a Free and Paid version.

Shortform - “Shortform has the world’s best guides to 1000+ nonfiction books. Learn key points and gain insights you won't find anywhere else. Understand the world’s best ideas.” It only has a paid version.

SciSpace - “Do hours of worth of reading in minutes” Geared towards Science Research. Has citation tools. Free

Semantic Scholar - A free AI research tool for scientific literature. Free

There’s an AI for That - The name explains it all. Search for AI tools for different topics.

Academia - Download 47 million PDF for Free.

OECD iLibrary - “OECD iLibrary contains thousands of e-books, chapters, tables and graphs, papers, articles, summaries, indicators, databases and now also Podcasts - discoverable by theme, country or content type.”

Have you used any of these with your students? Let us know in our Facebook Group.