Ebook Central Research Assistant use Open AI LLMs, currently GPT-40 mini (the exact version will change as new models are developed and validated through internal testing) using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques. Ebook Central Research Assistant provides insights within a specific ebook on Ebook Central. It does not retrieve information from the wider Ebook Central collection. Some publishers, authors or titles have been opted out of Ebook Central Research Assistant.
Ebook Central Research Assistant will display when you are successfully authenticated with your Queen's University Belfast to ProQuest Ebook Central platform. Using the relevant library link for ProQuest Ebook Central will ensure you are properly authenticated. Ebook Central Research Assistant will display on available titles on the left of the screen for PDFs or on the right side of the screen for EPUBs. If the Research Assistant panel does not appear automatically, click on the sparkles icon to activate the feature. Research Assistant will generate description, insights, subject terms and the option to generate key takeaways and concepts from a chapter. Currently key takeaways and concepts option are working for PDF titles only.
