Dive into the world of academic research powered by artificial intelligence in this "30 Minute Mastery" session, hosted by the university's Academy for Teaching and Learning. This practical workshop is designed to show you how to enhance your research quality, reduce stress, and increase your efficiency.
Led by two expert librarians, this session provides a comprehensive introduction to Scopus AI, a powerful generative AI tool available through the university library. Discover how this tool can act as your research partner, helping you accelerate the early stages of your workâfrom idea development to literature discovery.
In this session, you will learn:
What Scopus AI is: Understand how this tool, developed by Elsevier, uses natural language prompts to explore a vast database of peer-reviewed articles.
Key Features & Live Demo: Watch a live demonstration showcasing how to ask open-ended questions and receive synthesized summaries, concept maps, and direct links to relevant academic papers.
AI Tool Comparison: Get a clear breakdown of how Scopus AI compares to other popular research tools like Elicit.com, Research Rabbit, and the library's own One Search Research Assistant, highlighting which tool is best suited for different needs, from STEM to the humanities.
Strengths & Limitations: Learn about the benefits of using a curated AI tool (like avoiding hallucinations) and its limitations (such as its reliance on Elsevier-indexed content).
Ethical Use & Best Practices: Hear important advice on how to properly disclose the use of AI in your work and why these tools are a supplement to, not a substitute for, the traditional research process.
The presentation concludes with an insightful Q&A session covering topics such as using AI for humanities research, querying specific articles with AI, and understanding the data privacy and terms-of-use implications when using university-provided tools versus public ones.