Academic Search Skill

Overview

This skill provides strategies and tool usage patterns for effectively searching academic literature. It focuses on precision searching to find high-quality, relevant papers.

Search Strategies

1. Keyword Expansion

Start with a broad topic and generate synonyms.

• Topic: "Large Language Models in Healthcare"
• Keywords: "LLM", "Generative AI", "NLP", "Clinical Decision Support", "Electronic Health Records"

2. Boolean Operators

Use standard operators to refine searches:

• AND: narrow results (e.g., LLM AND "clinical trial")
• OR: broaden results (e.g., cancer OR oncology)
• NOT: exclude specific terms (e.g., virus NOT "computer virus")

3. Database Specifics