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AI in Your Toolkit: Exploring AI Tools for Literature Searching

Wednesday, January 14 at 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Add to Calendar 2026-01-14 11:00:00 2026-01-14 12:30:00 AI in Your Toolkit: Exploring AI Tools for Literature Searching Session Overview  This hands-on workshop will focus on when and how to use AI tools for literature searching. We will begin by providing a brief overview of ethical considerations, current research on AI tools, and how to optimize your prompt. We will explore the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Versa, and Perplexity to find scholarly information. Participants will be encouraged to search along with the presenters and there will be time throughout the session for questions and discussion. Learning Objectives Design and refine an effective prompt. Weigh when to use AI and when not to for literature searching. Compare AI tools and search strategies. Accessibility UCSF welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a disability, please contact Ariel Deardorff at [email protected] as soon as possible. People Yea-Hung Chen is a Data Science Specialist. He leads workshops on R and provides one-on-one consultations and data science and R. Eileen Chen is an Education and Research Librarian. She offers support with literature searching, data management, and open access publishing. Ariel Deardorff is the Director of Data Science and Open Scholarship. She leads a team focused on empowering researchers to engage with open research and reproducible data-driven science. Josephine Tan is an Education and Research Librarian. She teaches curriculum-integrated literature searching and citation management skills and specializes in medical education research. Holly Thompson is the Director of Education and Clinical Research Services. She leads a team of librarians who support the education and research missions of the UCSF professional schools, UCSF Health, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. AI in your Toolkit Series This session is part of a 6-workshop series called AI in your Toolkit: Critical approaches to using AI in your work. Learn more about the series and find session materials on the AI in your Toolkit website. UCSF Library [email protected] America/Los_Angeles public

Session Overview 

This hands-on workshop will focus on when and how to use AI tools for literature searching. We will begin by providing a brief overview of ethical considerations, current research on AI tools, and how to optimize your prompt. We will explore the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Versa, and Perplexity to find scholarly information. Participants will be encouraged to search along with the presenters and there will be time throughout the session for questions and discussion.

Learning Objectives

  • Design and refine an effective prompt.
  • Weigh when to use AI and when not to for literature searching.
  • Compare AI tools and search strategies.

Accessibility

UCSF welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a disability, please contact Ariel Deardorff at [email protected] as soon as possible.

People

  • Yea-Hung Chen is a Data Science Specialist. He leads workshops on R and provides one-on-one consultations and data science and R.
  • Eileen Chen is an Education and Research Librarian. She offers support with literature searching, data management, and open access publishing.
  • Ariel Deardorff is the Director of Data Science and Open Scholarship. She leads a team focused on empowering researchers to engage with open research and reproducible data-driven science.
  • Josephine Tan is an Education and Research Librarian. She teaches curriculum-integrated literature searching and citation management skills and specializes in medical education research.
  • Holly Thompson is the Director of Education and Clinical Research Services. She leads a team of librarians who support the education and research missions of the UCSF professional schools, UCSF Health, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.

AI in your Toolkit Series

This session is part of a 6-workshop series called AI in your Toolkit: Critical approaches to using AI in your work. Learn more about the series and find session materials on the AI in your Toolkit website.