Libraries Request Campus Feedback on Two New AI-driven Research Assistants

The University Libraries seek input from the Baylor community as it evaluates new artificial intelligence-driven services from a pair of major publishers: Scopus AI (Elsevier) and Web of Science Research Assistant (Clarivate). For the month of October, users can try both services and provide feedback on their preferences via a feedback form. Based on those evaluations, the Libraries plan to subscribe to one of the two options. 

Scopus AI is described by Elsevier as being “designed to help you explore and understand new topics more efficiently and offer succinct academic overviews and insights. To further enhance this capability, Scopus AI now integrates Copilot, an intelligent query layer that interprets and optimizes your queries. Copilot combines semantic and keyword-matching searches, ensuring high-quality results without sacrificing specificity. It helps handle different languages, correct spelling errors, and break down complex queries.”

Clarivate reports that the Web of Science Research Assistant “applies AI to take you beyond simple search and discovery and gets you closer to achieving the research task at hand. It offers a brand-new way of interacting with Web of Science Core Collection data, by proactively serving up relevant, context-specific insights at the point of need, helping researchers make decisions about their next research step.”

Access to these trials is available via a new tab located on the search pages within the established platform, as highlighted in the graphics below.

Pictured: The location of the Scopus AI assistant tab

Pictured: The location of the Web of Science Research Assistant tab

The Libraries encourage researchers to use both tools and provide feedback on their preferences via this Microsoft Form to provide valuable data to the team that will determine which service to enable beyond the October trial period. For additional questions, please email librarywebmaster@baylor.edu.