Create Custom Research Assistant Apps
While many tools provide free access to AI-powered tools, some of the tools linked below require signing up for an account, and some require a subscription to access their most powerful features. The inclusion of these sites does not mean SCU or the University library condone or encourage their use.
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ResearchGPT
AI Research Assistant. Search 200M academic papers from Consensus, get science-based answers, and draft content with accurate citations. -
GPT-4 Research Assistant (GitHub)
The GPT-4 Research Assistant is a tool designed to leverage the power of GPT-4 in assisting with academic research. It searches for academic papers on ArXiv, identifies the most promising paper based on a given search term, downloads the paper, extracts its contents, and then summarizes it. The tool also suggests a new search term for subsequent research. -
Elicit
Elicit is a research assistant using language models like GPT-3 to automate parts of researchers’ workflows. Currently, the main workflow in Elicit is Literature Review. If you ask a question, Elicit will show relevant papers and summaries of key information about those papers in an easy-to-use table. -
ScholarAI
ScholarAI is a plugin designed to provide users with access to a database of peer-reviewed articles and academic research. ScholarAI connects the LLMs that power ChatGPT with tailored access to open access articles. Users can directly query relevant peer-reviewed studies to find reliable information for their scientific research, technical projects, and funding proposals.