This guide covers a mix of general ChatBot-type tools and specialized applications with built-in AI features.
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AI Tools for Academic Literature Research by Kimberly S. Grotewold is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Laptop image generated using Adobe Firefly Model 3 and prompt: Open laptop on a desk surrounded by journal articles and other research references. Images of journal articles, book chapters, formulas, and diagrams emerge from the screen and appear to diffuse into the air around it. Also emerging from the laptop is a lightbulb as a metaphor for a significant idea or revelation. Use a surrealist style and blue and purple tones.
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*Many AI tools such as Perplexity, ChatGPT 4 and 4-o, Microsoft Copilot, Research Rabbit, Connected Papers, and more are limited in the content they can retrieve and reference when compared to what is available through the library's subscription-based databases.