Discovering Research with Semantic Scholar

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Semantic Scholar is a free online program developed by the Allen Institute that utilizes AI to recommend research papers and provides access to available PDFs. Users have shared their experiences, noting that it can quickly identify relevant papers, potentially improving research efficiency. While some have relied on platforms like Research Gate, Academia, and Google Scholar for downloading papers, Semantic Scholar has been recognized for its effectiveness in discovering new research material. Overall, it appears to be a valuable tool for researchers seeking to enhance their literature review process.
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I just got an email solicitation from Semantic Scholar. It is a free online program (made by the Allen Institute to facilitate research) that makes AI generated recommendations of papers for you to read and has access to available pdfs.
I have been downloading papers from Research Gate, and less frequently Academia. For some people, I get them from peoples academic websites. Sometimes BioRvix or Google Scholar. This has worked pretty well for me.
The Semantic Scholar might find papers I would be interested in faster.

Anyone else had an experience with this?
 
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I have used it a bit now.
It seems pretty useful. Found a bunch of new papers.
 
Thread 'In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs'

Thread 'In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs'

Hello scientists, engineers, etc. I have not had any questions for you recently, so have not participated here. I was scanning some material and ran across these 2 ads. I had posted them at another forum, and I thought you may be interested in them as well. History is fascinating stuff! Some houses may have had plugs, but many homes just screwed the appliance into the light socket overhead. Does anyone know when electric wall plugs were in widespread use? 1906 ad DDTJRAC Even big...
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