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AI and Google Scholar: When AI Loses to a Real Database
For real research, Google Scholar and JSTOR beat AI chats — knowing when to switch tools matters.
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- 1The big idea
- 2research
- 3databases
- 4Google Scholar
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Section 1
The big idea
AI is great for explaining a topic. But for real research papers and verified sources, Google Scholar and JSTOR find peer-reviewed work the AI may know nothing about — or invent. Use AI to understand the topic, then use Scholar to find the real citations your teacher will accept.
Some examples
- Google Scholar: free, indexes peer-reviewed papers.
- JSTOR: free through most school libraries.
- AI can summarize a paper you found — but find the paper first.
- Search 'site:.edu' to filter Google for academic sources.
Try it!
Pick any class topic. Search it on scholar.google.com. Pick the top result and ask AI to summarize it. That's the real workflow.
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