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Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

This guide aims to provide a comprehensive resource for students, faculty, and researchers on the transformative potential, ethical considerations, and practical applications of AI in higher education.

scite AI: AI for Academic Research

 

"Scite is a [Generative] AI-powered research tool that helps researchers better discover and evaluate scientific literature through Smart Citations—a revolutionary system that shows whether articles support, contrast, or simply mention a given claim. Founded in 2018, and now part of Research Solutions, Scite has indexed over 1.3 billion citations and partnered with more than 30 major publishers to provide researchers with unparalleled access to scientific literature. With its Scite Assistant, Smart Citation Index, and advanced search capabilities, the platform addresses critical challenges such as information overload and research reproducibility. Trusted by two million active users worldwide, Scite is reshaping how researchers interact with scholarly content—building ethical, transparent AI tools that support rigorous, copyright-compliant research (Scite, Request a Demo)."

Researchers might find Scite useful as they develop a literature review or scoping review by:

  • contextualizing a paper within its academic field, and
  • discovering additional related articles that may be beneficial to add to their review.

Please note that, like with any other tool, researchers should:

  • critically evaluate any and all output given by Scite,
  • understand that Scite's information is limited to what Scite has access to,
  • understand that there is valuable research outside of the scope of Scite, and
  • explicitly acknowledge their use of Scite, and any other AI tool, in their research.

 

 

The University Libraries has funded a one-year pilot access to scite AI, a smart citation index tool. The Libraries cannot guarantee access beyond July 31, 2026. If you are interested in helping fund this resource to extend institutional access, please email the Libraries' Electronic Resources department.

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10 Tips for Scite Mastery

  1. Craft specific prompts: Instead of "GLP-1 agonist", try "Give me an overview of GLP-1 agonists and areas of future research related to adverse effects"
  2. Use time-based filtering: Specify date ranges in your prompts or settings, e.g., "Using papers published after 2018..."
  3. Customize journal selection: Use settings to restrict searches to specific journals of interest.
  4. Edit search strategies: Instead of "GLP-1 agonist", try "Give me an overview of GLP-1 agonists and areas of future research related to adverse effects"
  5. Master Boolean operators: Use AND, OR, NOT (in uppercase) for precise searches.
  6. Chat with your dashboards: Create custom dashboards and use the "Chat with Dashboard" feature for focused analysis.
  7. Enable structured responses: Get tabular views of information across multiple papers for easy comparison.
  8. Combine features: Use Citation Search to find papers, add them to a Custom Dashboard, then analyze trends with Scite Assistant.
  9. Explore raw search results: Click on Assistant's searches to view results in the classic search interface.
  10. Utilize the search builder: For complex queries, check out https://scite.ai/search/builder.

Pro Tip: Practice combining these techniques. For example, use a specific prompt with time-based filtering and Boolean operators, then refine the search strategy for optimal results.

From "AI for Researchers: 10 Tips to Improve Results" email sent 7/31/2025.

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