Down the Rabbit Hole: Using ResearchRabbit in Student Research Consultations

ResearchRabbit is a free research platform that enables researchers to discover and visualize relevant literature and authors, create alerts for newly published papers, and share collections with colleagues. It uses an online citation-based literature mapping tool to optimize time searching for references when beginning to plan projects. The concept of ResearchRabbit is simple, a researcher starts by using one or more papers (called seed papers) and the tool will find more papers relevant to the topic of interest. The platform uses Semantic Scholar as its data source and it is free to use. Additionally, the platform syncs with Zotero; files can be imported/exported through .ris files for use in other citation management software applications. Sometimes students arrive at a research consultation with an idea but are not sure where to start or how to find background information in their topic. As librarians many of us experience this, sometimes on a daily or weekly basis. This presentation shares how librarians can leverage ResearchRabbit to help students explore and visualize their research. Including a discussion on using ResearchRabbit for alerts can lead to discussions on keeping up with literature. The best part of the platform? The software will keep all your papers saved and organized so students can reference back to consultation explorations on their own in later research sessions.

This presentation was presented online for the Pennsylvania Library Association’s College and Research Division’s 2024 Spring Workshop on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

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    • ResearchRabbit is a free research platform that enables researchers to discover and visualize relevant literature and authors, create alerts for newly published papers, and share collections with colleagues. It uses an online citation-based literature mapping tool to optimize time searching for references when beginning to plan projects. The concept of ResearchRabbit is simple, a researcher starts by using one or more papers (called seed papers) and the tool will find more papers relevant to the topic of interest. The platform uses Semantic Scholar as its data source and it is free to use. Additionally, the platform syncs with Zotero; files can be imported/exported through .ris files for use in other citation management software applications. Sometimes students arrive at a research consultation with an idea but are not sure where to start or how to find background information in their topic. As librarians many of us experience this, sometimes on a daily or weekly basis. This presentation shares how librarians can leverage ResearchRabbit to help students explore and visualize their research. Including a discussion on using ResearchRabbit for alerts can lead to discussions on keeping up with literature. The best part of the platform? The software will keep all your papers saved and organized so students can reference back to consultation explorations on their own in later research sessions.
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    • ResearchRabbit is a free research platform that enables researchers to discover and visualize relevant literature and authors, create alerts for newly published papers, and share collections with colleagues. It uses an online citation-based literature mapping tool to optimize time searching for references when beginning to plan projects. The concept of ResearchRabbit is simple, a researcher starts by using one or more papers (called seed papers) and the tool will find more papers relevant to the topic of interest. The platform uses Semantic Scholar as its data source and it is free to use. Additionally, the platform syncs with Zotero; files can be imported/exported through .ris files for use in other citation management software applications. Sometimes students arrive at a research consultation with an idea but are not sure where to start or how to find background information in their topic. As librarians many of us experience this, sometimes on a daily or weekly basis. This presentation shares how librarians can leverage ResearchRabbit to help students explore and visualize their research. Including a discussion on using ResearchRabbit for alerts can lead to discussions on keeping up with literature. The best part of the platform? The software will keep all your papers saved and organized so students can reference back to consultation explorations on their own in later research sessions.
    • ResearchRabbit is a free research platform that enables researchers to discover and visualize relevant literature and authors, create alerts for newly published papers, and share collections with colleagues. It uses an online citation-based literature mapping tool to optimize time searching for references when beginning to plan projects. The concept of ResearchRabbit is simple, a researcher starts by using one or more papers (called seed papers) and the tool will find more papers relevant to the topic of interest. The platform uses Semantic Scholar as its data source and it is free to use. Additionally, the platform syncs with Zotero; files can be imported/exported through .ris files for use in other citation management software applications. Sometimes students arrive at a research consultation with an idea but are not sure where to start or how to find background information in their topic. As librarians many of us experience this, sometimes on a daily or weekly basis. This presentation shares how librarians can leverage ResearchRabbit to help students explore and visualize their research. Including a discussion on using ResearchRabbit for alerts can lead to discussions on keeping up with literature. The best part of the platform? The software will keep all your papers saved and organized so students can reference back to consultation explorations on their own in later research sessions.
    • This presentation was presented online for the Pennsylvania Library Association’s College and Research Division’s 2024 Spring Workshop on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
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