Quick Search & Health Articles

Use the Library's link to Google Scholar below if you want to see some full-text items only available through KPU databases

If you've never used Google Scholar, the interactive hotspot below will give you a quick introduction and search tips!

Further down the page find AI search tool suggestions for finding research articles

If you ever find an article anywhere online that is not available full text never pay money for it!

• Search the title of the article in the Library 's Summon search box
• If it isn't available there, place an interlibrary loan and the Library can usually email the article to you in a few days for free

Most of the search tools listed on these library guides already use AI in the background

But if you prefer to use a ChatGPT type of interface, the only ones I would recommend right now

• are free
• automatically cite the sources of the information provided
• do not ask for personal information or require you to create an account

Best Bet: The-literature.com

This AI was created by a surgeon and only pulls documents from PubMed, so is very health-practitioner oriented and much less likely to "make up" facts.

Other advantages

• Uses robust controlled language searching and the PICO framework in the background (so it may take a minute for it to respond)
• Offers a variety of useful output options for health students & professionals including:
  • Critical Literature Review
  • Plain Language Synopsis
  • Numerical Statistical Analysis
  • Comparative Therapy Analysis
  • Curriculum Study Guide
  • Examination Questions

Some other recommended AI options

AI & Information Searching Pro Tips

• Never assume the information the AI gives you is correct, as these tools can "hallucinate" facts
  • Click on the source of the information you want to use
  • Assess the quality of the information source (check
  • Unless your instructor says you can, do not use/cite the information provided by the AI; instead use the source it provided, if you think it is a quality source.
• Often AI tools find older material, so always find a date on any source you want to use. If it seems too old, try to find the website of the organization/source of the material and search there for anything more current.

Trying to evaluate the quality of an article you found?

• If you are only allowed to use peer-reviewed articles, and you aren't sure if the article you are looking at qualifies, this Library FAQ will help How do I know if the article is peer-reviewed?

Trying to evaluate the quality of the research in the article you found?

• Check out the How do I know if it is a good research article page on our Quick Search & Health Articles guide

Trying to evaluate the quality of information on a website you found?

• Check out the When you are searching on the Open Web tips on our Evidence-Based Medicine guide

Have questions about AI?

Check out the Library's Generative AI guide