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Feb 22 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Libgen, Sci-Hub, and Z-library had millions of pirated academic books and papers.

So, they were shut down. We shouldn't use them anyway.

We should help billion-dollar academic publishers get richer.

Anyway, here's how to access these libraries:

Don't do this!
1. Don't go to open-slum[.]org.

Because there you will see links to LibGen, Anna's Archive, Z-Library, and Sci-Hub.
2. Don't click any link because that will open your desired library.

Don't type the title of a book you want to read because it might show up.

Look at this, someone has pirated my own book. I'm livid!
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Feb 21
AI will automate literature reviews sooner than we expect.

Elicit can now generate detailed research reports based on published papers — in less than 10 minutes.

Here's how to do it:
1. Go to elicit[.]com and sign in your account.

Sign up if you don't have one already.
2. Select "Get a research report" and type in your question.

Elicit will suggest a few options to refine your question. Select the one you find most relevant.

Click on the right arrow and then "Generate report."
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Feb 4
An updated list of 60 apps for academic writing and research:

[Please like and repost if you bookmark this list.]
Finding Research Gaps

• Research Kick Start
researchkick[.]com/start
Pricing: $9/m, $99/year

Intergrating AI with Academic Databases

• Research Kick Chat
researchkick[.]com/chat
Pricing: $30/m
AI-Powered Search Engines for Researchers

• Scite Assistant
scite[.]ai/assistant
Pricing: $20/m, $120/year 

• Consensus
consensus[.]app
Pricing: $11.99/m. Free plan with limited features.

• Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar[.]org
Pricing: Free

• Scinapse
scinapse[.]io
Pricing: $39/m. Free plan with limited features.

• Lumina
lumina-chat[.]com
Pricing: $20/m. Free plan with limited features.

• Evidence Hunt
evidencehunt[.]com (for biomedical sciences only)
Pricing: €120/year. Free plan with limited features.

• System Pro
about.system[.]com/product/system-pro (for biomedical sciences only)
Pricing: $12/m, $99/year
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Feb 4
A list of 60 apps for academic writing and research:

[Repost if you find this list useful.]
Finding Research Gaps

• Research Kick Start
researchkick[.]com/start
Pricing: $9/month, $99/year

Intergrating AI with Academic Databases

• Research Kick Chat
researchkick[.]com/chat
Pricing: $30/m
AI-Powered Search Engines for Researchers

• Scite Assistant
scite[.]ai/assistant
Pricing: $20/month, $120/year

• Consensus
consensus[.]app
Pricing: $11.99/month. Free plan with limited features.

• Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar[.]org
Pricing: Free

• Scinapse
scinapse[.]io
Pricing: $39/month. Free plan with limited features.

• Lumina
lumina-chat[.]com
Pricing: $20/month. Free plan with limited features.

• Evidence Hunt
evidencehunt[.]com (for biomedical sciences only)
Pricing: €120/year. Free plan with limited features.

• System Pro
about.system[.]com/product/system-pro (for biomedical sciences only)
Pricing: $12/month, $99/year
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Feb 3
Just got access to ChatGPT's Deep Research function and tried it with a long prompt👇

The prompt asks ChatGPT to collect data from a specific database, analyze it, and write a report. Also mentions a website that shouldn't be used.

Took a while but the results are very impressive🤯A screenshot of a long prompt the Mushtaq used with ChatGPT's Deep Research.
The first time you run a prompt like this, Deep Research asks you for certain clarifications.

I answered its questions and then it got to work.

It looked up 57 sources before it started compiling its answer.

Looking up relevant sources took it around 10 minutes. But compiling took it around an hour. It's a bit slow at the moment but that's expected. It will surely become more efficient.
The results are very impressive.

For starters, there are little to no hallucinations. This alone is a remarkable advancement.

It was able to look up that are easily available like the number of convictions.

But it couldn't go within the database to look up desired stats like the number of immigrants from a particular country. For that it relied on other sources and Wikipedia.

This will also improve in the days to come.
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Feb 2
How to organize and summarize research papers with Zotero and Scholarcy:

You can learn this workflow in 15 minutes.
1. Open your Zotero desktop app and click on "File" and select "New Collection."

Choose a name for your collection. Keep the collection open.
2. If you haven't already, you'd need to install the Zotero Connector.

Go to Chrome web store and look for "Zotero Connector."

Add it to your Chrome and then pin it.

The Connector is available for Edge, Firefox, and Safari.
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Jan 31
ChatGPT just rolled out updated custom instructions.

This makes it very easy to customize ChatGPT for academic work.

And also to get rid of fake citaitons to papers that don't exist.

Here's how to customize ChatGPT (template included): A screenshot of ChatGPT's new custom instructions.
1. Open ChatGPT and click on your avatar in the top-right corner.

Select "Customize ChatGPT" from the drop-down menu. Then enable custom instructions for new chats.

You will see four questions.
2. In the field, "What should ChatGPT call you?" enter your name.

In the field, "What do you do?" write a bit about your work.

Here's a template you can use:

I am an academic researcher. My primary field of research is [...] with a focus on [...]. I have also published research on [...]. In addition, I do [...]. I have also taught course on [...].
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