MVC Library's OneSearch

What is AI Research Assistant?

The AI Research Assistant is an artificial intelligence driven research support tool which helps users find, explore, and summarize reliable and relevant resources and ideas. When a question to the Research Assistant it looks at the resources that are available within the library and finds and summarizes the top results. From this summary and results that it provides you, you can get an overview of the results of your research question and to dive in deeper to answering your research question.

 

Overview of what the AI Research Assistant tool offers:

• Guided research assistance - provides brief answers to research questions by summarizing information from reliable academic sources available in the library's catalog and databases.
• Source recommendations - suggests relevant sources like books, journal articles, and other materials available through the library.
• Summaries - offers high-level summaries or overviews of certain topics, helping students understand the basics and context on their topic.
• Information discovery - helps with finding connections between different concepts or ideas, encouraging students to explore related topics and refine their research questions.

 

What the AI Research Assistant won't do:

• It won’t write your paper for you - it can help you with research and ideas, but it won't write essays, assignments, or big projects for you.
• It won’t do your thinking for you - It can guide you or help explain things, but your own critical thinking, analysis, and ideas are what matter most in your work.
• It won’t replace real sources - This tool can help you find sources or summarize information, but you should always read and cite the original source, not the tool’s response.

 

How do I access AI Research Assistant?

You can access the AI Research Assistant by clicking the Research Assistant button from within OneSearch or directly via the following link: https://caccl-rccd.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/researchAssistant?vid=01CACCL_RCCD%3AMORENO

You will be prompted to log-in with your student email (@student.rccd.edu) and student email password. Once this is entered you will be directed to the AI Research Assistant page where you can enter your question.

How do I use the AI Research Assistant?

Once you are in the AI Research Assistant page you can enter your question or prompt in the question bar in the middle of the page.

You can use the filters button to the left of the question bar to limit by Resource Type or Date.

Once you submit your question the AI Research Assistant will search the library's resources and give you the top 5 results, followed by a summary of these results and of a brief overview of the topics covered in the results.

You can click into these top results to see an abstract (summary) of the resource and click the "More Details and Request Options" button to access the full-text of the article. If you wanted to see all resources that were found in response to your question then click the "View more results" button at the end of the results.

 

What if I have questions or issues?

If you have any questions, issues, or concerns then you can contact the library. From within AI Research Assistant and OneSearch you can click the Ask a Librarian button on the bottom right of the screen. Otherwise you can contact us by email, phone, text, drop-in Zoom room, or in-person during library hours. You can also find this contact info at the footer of the page in OneSearch.

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