Question: Which databases can provide AI-enhanced search in the library?

Answer


AI-enhanced search refers to database tools - like chatbots - that can directly provide answers or summaries to your questions, based only on the knowledge they have been trained from databases.

The following library databases offer AI-assisted search features beyond traditional keyword searching:

Important Notes

  1. Supplemental tool only: AI search can assist, but you cannot rely on it alone to replace the “keywords” search.

  2. Accuracy limits: Be cautious that it may produce hallucinations, although it generates content only from the database itself. Due to the way automated systems work, occasional inconsistencies or errors may naturally occur.

  3. Data scope: Some databases may only train the AI tools, using the information from the recent few months (e.g., 12-18 months), and may only include partial information/modules to train. For example, in the database Statista, for information specific to Company Insights and Consumer Insights, users are advised to utilize the database modules to search for the relevant information directly.

  4. Always verify: Don’t just read the AI summaries, but find the original source and read the full text to understand the content in the context. Several databases have the reminders at the bottom of the generated results:

    • LinkedIn Learning (AI Coaching, AI Role Play): This is powered by AI and may make mistakes.
    • Mintel (Leap): Leap can make mistakes, please check the sources to verify the information.
    • Morningstar Investing Center (Mo): Mo cannot give investment advice. Like other AI, Mo sometimes get facts wrong. Always check the facts yourself before acting on them.
    • Oxford Academic (AI Discovery Assistant): The AI Assistant uses generative AI and may make errors. Please check all outputs.
    • Statista (Research AI): Our AI can make mistakes. Please check important information.
    • Stylus (StylusAI): This is an AI response aggregated from the reference content below, read full reports for more info. It has not been created by one of our experts.
    • WRDS (Ask AI): Results are generated by a Large Language Model and may be incomplete, serving only as a starting point for exploring financial data and solutions.

Answered By: Henry Huang
Last Updated: Oct 09, 2025Views:

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