Artificial Intelligence Tools for Research

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What is it?

• Generative AI Powered Tool designed to use natural language to search the Libraries Catalog for resources
• Provides a preliminary list of 5 top resources with a summary
• Links to more resources
• Searches for information based on resource types (books or articles), peer reviewed if requested, and date (specific date or range)

What does it NOT do?

• Does not generate in-depth content - only a brief summary of sources
• Create generative text like outlines or summaries of specific articles
• Does not search ALL available library resources, but it searches many
• Most of the material is in English, so searches written in other languages may not return expected results
• Does not support follow up questions

Your question is converted into a query that the search engine understands with the help of a Large Language Model (currently GPT 4o-mini). The search engine then identifies the most relevant documents in the index. It ranks them according to how well they can answer the question and, again with the help of the Large Language Model, creates an answer from the top 5 sources.

Due to the nature of Large Language Models, answers to the same question are not always the same. There may be more than one possible answer and different resources that are relevant. If you are not satisfied with your answers, use the “Try again” button.

To make the most of the Primo Research Assistant, it's essential to ask clear and detailed questions about academic or scientific topics. Be as specific as possible and phrase your query in the form of a question. Example queries can be found on the starting screen.