Although the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases have long been used by members of the VU community and have become an integral part of everyday academic work, the AI tools integrated into these databases are a recent addition this year. The VU Library invites members of the VU community to try out the new features of these databases.
Why is it worth using?
Popular AI chatbots are often used for searching scientific information or for other tasks related to academic work. However, users of such large language model based AI tools frequently face reliability issues, such as hallucinations (fabricated facts), non-existent sources, or incorrect references. These risks can be avoided by using the AI tools integrated into Scopus and Web of Science, which generate answers based on peer-reviewed scholarly sources indexed in these databases. This enables researchers to perform in-depth thematic analysis and trust the results obtained. Unlike other large language model based chatbots, the WoS and Scopus AI tools clearly indicate which search strategy was used to generate the answer and how the specific recommended sources were selected.
The WoS Research Assistant and Scopus AI Tools help researchers search, review, and analyze scientific information. These tools enable researchers to discover new sources, provide recommendations for research queries, generate reliable answers to research questions posed in natural language, support in-depth exploration of new or ongoing research topics, create summaries of scientific information, identify key publications and experts in a field, generate interactive concept and topic maps, and visualize data.
How to access the tools?
The WoS Research Assistant and Scopus AI tools are accessible within the VU network, and can also be used remotely via the VU FortiClient VPN service.
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Eglė Eidėnaitė
2026-01-27