Accessing ChatGPT

To use ChatGPT, you’ll need to sign up for a personal account.
Note: In the free version, your inputs may be used to improve the model.

Accessing Claude

Claude is designed for natural, text-based conversations and is great at tasks like summarizing, editing, Q&A, decision-making, coding, and more. Claude emphasizes ethical use, and your inputs are not used to train the model.

Accessing Copilot

You can use Copilot in the Microsoft Edge browser or via the link above. If you log in with your VIA account, your data is protected under commercial data protection policies and won’t be used to train the model. Copilot also supports image generation.
In the free version, your inputs may be used to improve the model.

If you’ve recorded audio or video during an internship or fieldwork, you might need to transcribe it to include examples in an assignment.
With Word, you can transcribe up to 300 minutes of audio per month (as long as you’re logged in with your VIA account). This works in both the online version and the desktop app.

This tool uses generative AI to help you explore academic content in a simple and intuitive way. You can ask questions in plain language.

It finds five relevant titles from the library’s digital collection, analyzes their descriptions or abstracts, and creates an introductory text based on the literature. Each part of the summary is linked to its source, making it easy to dive deeper and fact-check.

Find the AI Search Assistant here

Elicit is an “AI Research Assistant” designed to help you find key research articles and keywords/topics. When you enter a question, it also suggests alternative questions that might lead to more core articles.

You’ll need to sign up for a free account.

Visit Elicit here

Perplexity provides information in natural language, with citations and follow-up suggestions for deeper searches.

Access Perplexity here

Scopus.AI helps you understand and navigate unfamiliar academic content. You can ask questions in plain language, and it generates summaries based on content from the Scopus database.

Each summary includes direct references to peer-reviewed literature in Scopus, giving you insight, an overview, and a path for deeper exploration.

Link to Scopus.AI