The tool can:
- be particularly useful in the early stages of writing, when you want an overview of a subject area
- analyse your text and suggest relevant articles, which can serve as a starting point for finding new search terms and synonyms for further searching in academic databases
When logging in, use your personal NIH email address.
How Keenious works
It can be used via their website, where you explore topics and find relevant publications using prompts and short text descriptions — for example, by entering your research question.
It is also available as an add-in for Microsoft Word and Google Docs, where it analyses the text you are working on — such as a draft assignment or an uploaded PDF — and suggests relevant research literature. Note that Keenious does not help with writing the text itself.
It sources article suggestions from OpenAlex, an open archive of scientific publications.
Norwegian texts and questions are supported, but most suggested articles will be in English.
The Search option
Keenious now has a search option in addition to the AI-chat. It allows you to search directly for literature without going through the chat, and is suitable when you already know what you are looking for.
It is worth noting that the search is case-sensitive for the operators AND, OR and NOT:
- If you write and, or or not in lowercase, they are treated as regular text, and Keenious searches for similar content.
- If you write AND, OR or NOT in uppercase, the search works like a traditional literature search.
The tool does not replace traditional search tools, but can be used as a supplement.
Read more at How search works in Keenious.