Clemson Libraries has added the Web of Science AI Research Assistant to its expanding list of AI tools to help students, faculty and staff with research projects.
This generative AI tool searches within the Web of Science database, which is a platform of more than 34,000 journals spanning 254 subject areas. It is available to all Clemson users through an institutional subscription.
The research assistant tool can help with such tasks as starting a literature review, finding journals for publication, identifying experts in a field, understanding a topic and more.
Web of Science AI Research Assistant is replacing scite.ai, another generative AI research tool. Following the University’s accessibility review process, the Libraries were unable to renew the scite.ai subscription. Scite.at will no longer be available to Clemson users as of September 1, 2026, and all registered scite users have been notified via email.
“It is crucial to include AI tools like this that are embedded in subscription databases like Web of Science when conducting academic literature reviews because they will have access to the full text of articles rather than just abstracts,” said Anne Grant, AI literacy coordinator for Clemson Libraries. “This research assistant will help researchers save time and will give them the confidence of knowing that the results they get will be from legitimate, peer-reviewed sources.”
Providing campus-wide access to AI tools designed for academic research is essential because they can search and analyze licensed scholarly content beyond publicly available literature. Since open-access and public-domain content represent only about half of the scholarly record, institutionally licensed resources are critical for comprehensive research.
To learn more about how to use Web of Science AI Research Assistant, visit the research guide on the Libraries website.