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Gen AI Literature Review Tools at MIT

Using AI tools for Literature Reviews

Semantic Scholar


Semantic Scholar is a commonly used Literature review tool, and is the oldest application. It's completely free to use, and it partners with
a range of publishers to make their journals available.

Front end simple search screen

Results screen. Under each citation, a cite option is provided for citation for various reference styles. Like Google Scholar,

essential information (including citation number and linke to fill text if available) is included underneath.


Selecting the article will display it with the articles citing it underneath - allowing you to conveniently look at the articles below.

 

Owner/creator

 Ai2
Link  https://www.semanticscholar.org/
Cost  Free

Databases

 Material sourced from various publishing partners including Springer, Taylor and Francis, Wiley and Sage.

Database size

 200 million

Discipline focus

 Multi discipline focus (but has a focus on science)

Full text

 Full text and abstracts

Zotero connectivity

 Yes

Search parameters

 Affiliation, title field, field of study

Special features

 
  • Most common used AI search engine, and one of the first established.
  • Does not support Boolean searching
  • Generates a summary from individual articles
  • Gets alerts for new articles
  • You can extract statements that support claims
  • Export as CSV, RIS, BibTeX
  • Save search history


More Information
A beginner's guide to Semantic Scholar
 

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