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AI Resource Guide

A guide to artificial intelligence (AI) resources.

AI Database Tools

 
The following databases have AI features available to all users.  Click to learn more about each tool.

JSTOR AI Research Tool is an interactive, AI-powered chat bot that can assist with your JSTOR research activities. The tool can summarize key points and recommend related content and topics, drawing from JSTOR’s content library. The tool works with journal articles, book chapters, and research reports on JSTOR. It does not yet support images, audio, video, and text-based primary sources.

While the tool does an effective job of assessing relevancy, it does occasionally misinterpret content. As such, users should be mindful of AI’s tendency to oversimplify and misrepresent concepts.

Platform Details

  • AI model/platform utilized - The JSTOR AI tool uses GPT-4o-mini from OpenAI and the open source all-MiniLM-L6-v2 sentence transformer model.
  • Data/Privacy Resources - JSTOR Legal Notices
  • Is it automatically enabled? - Default is on, but users have the ability to toggle the AI Research Tool on or off from the item record page.

EBSCO AI Insights Tool generates bulleted summaries for full text articles. Each summary is based on the contents of the source document, which makes instances of AI misrepresentations (also referred to as “hallucinations”) less likely than in a tool that searches more broadly.

AI-generated summaries can help you to determine an article’s relevance. However, reading the article’s abstract is a more reliable method for determining an article’s relevance.

Platform Details

  • AI model/platform utilized - AI Insights uses AWS Nova Lite for its large language model (LLM).
  • Data/Privacy Resources - AI Transparency Fact Sheet
  • Is it automatically enabled? - Yes. It is a beta feature that is automatically enabled. It cannot be disabled by the user.

O’Reilly AI Answers tool is an extension of their professional development learning platform. It is an AI-powered question-and-answer bot that responds to user inquiries related to O’Reilly books, on-demand courses, and videos, using data gathered from the O’Reilly content library and providing the user with links to the resources from which it pulled the information.

Additional Information

Platform Details

  • AI model/platform utilized - The tool is a partnership withMiso
  • Data/Privacy Resources - O'Reilly Privacy
  • Is it automatically enabled? - Yes, it is enabled as a standalone tool within the platform. You must navigate specifically to “O’Reilly Answers” via the header navigation on the site.

ProQuest AI Research Assistant tool offers optional, suggested search terms to enhance results, as well as AI-powered “key takeaway” document summaries across ProQuest content libraries. This AI tool can help brainstorm related topics and describe important concepts.

Platform Details

  • AI model/platform utilized - According to ProQuest, “We use Open AI LLMs, currently GPT-4o mini but the specific version will change as new models become available and have been tested internally.”
  • Data/Privacy Resources - ProQuest Privacy Policy
  • Is it automatically enabled? - Yes. Users can hide the Research Assistant anytime by using the arrow icon on the top right corner of the feature.

Research AI responds to user inquiries with structured, AI-generated results drawn from the Statista content library. Responses include a narrative summary, three key statistics related to the prompt, and citations for any Statista sources used to inform the tool’s response. Research AI is highly useful for finding relevant statistics to support and expand research, but it is best used in the initial, exploratory stages of the research process.

Platform Details

  • AI model/platform utilized - Statista Research AI uses Clause 3 Sonnet and Cohere’s LLM.
  • Data/Privacy Resources - Statista Privacy Statement
  • Is it automatically enabled? - Yes. Users must navigte to the dedicated tab in the header, but it is automatically available.

LinkedIn Learning has three key AI powered tools: My Career Path, a personalized training plan generated from data extracted from your LinkedIn profile; AI Coaching, a generative AI bot that suggests career tips and trainings based on your indicated interests; and AI Role Play, a generative AI tool that facilitates workplace roleplaying scenarios.

While LinkedIn Learning hosts a wide range of training programs that can help you advance your skills and knowledge, LinkedIn Learning’s AI support offerings may not have relevant suggestions aligned with your learning and career goals.

 

Platform Details

  • AI Model/Platform utilized - Microsoft's Azure OpenAI API
  • Data/Privacy Resources LinkedIn Privacy Policy LinkedIn is ultimately a social media site. It will collect the personal data you use to register an account, and may use this information to send you marketing materials and service updates.
  • Is it automatically enabled? - Yes

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