AI-supported search tools are currently undergoing rapid development, and new, improved versions and tools with similar functions are being released regularly. Below you find an overview of helpful AI search tools for your literature search.
Please note that the functions and terms of use of the tools mentioned have changed several times in the past and may change again at any time.
- Free of charge, login not necessary, but recommended to save requests.
- Uses its own language model in the free version.
- The text base is the Internet, which is searched using a customized web crawler.
- Perplexity answers questions by summarizing the search results and providing links to the sources.
- Perplexity presents itself as an alternative to traditional search engines such as Google.
- Free of charge, login required
- According to its own information, it is the largest database for scientific articles after Google Scholar.
- Uses search algorithms of well-known scientific databases to deliver suitable articles (citation-based). Publications are suggested based on the content of the articles selected for a collection.
- Free, login not necessary but recommended to save requests.
- Based on the GPT-3 model
- The text base is the Semantic Scholar database
- Contains functions designed to support the entire research process, from formulating research questions to summarizing papers, finding search terms, building arguments, and much more.
- You can upload your own articles to use the functions.
- Fee-based, login required (limited free trial version available)
- Uses an AI-supported model to analyze scientific citations
- Indicates whether a scientific paper supports, refutes or only mentions the results of another paper (evidence-based citation analysis)
- Helps to better understand research results and classify their scientific relevance
- Particularly useful for validating and evaluating sources
- Free of charge, login not necessary, but recommended to save requests.
- You can switch between different models.
- Aimed primarily at coders.
- Can take on the role of a partner in pair programming.