{"id":739,"date":"2025-04-04T07:12:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/?p=739"},"modified":"2025-04-04T07:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:12:41","slug":"ai-assistant-in-ebook-central-e-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/ai-assistant-in-ebook-central-e-books\/","title":{"rendered":"AI assistant in Ebook Central e-books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-740 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/04\/ebook-central-ai.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/04\/ebook-central-ai.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/04\/ebook-central-ai-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/04\/ebook-central-ai-252x167.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ProQuest <a href=\"https:\/\/login.ezproxy.hamk.fi\/login?url=https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/hamk-ebooks\">Ebook Central<\/a>, the largest e-book collection in HAMK library, has adopted artificial intelligence. The new AI tool is called Research Assistant and can be found on the reader view of each e-book.<\/p>\n<p>With Research Assitant you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make more efficient and accurate searches<\/li>\n<li>analyze the content of the book and its chapter<\/li>\n<li>quickly assess the usefulness of a book or chapter for your own needs<\/li>\n<li>identify the most important concepts and get their explanations<\/li>\n<li>get tips on how to proceed with your research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because the Research Assistant tool uses only a single e-book as a source, its answers should be more reliable than usual with AI.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 it is always a good idea to check the facts.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CNfsy8uif4M\">introduction to Research Assistant<\/a> on YouTube (0:49)<\/p>\n<p>AI tools are available in two other library resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/auth.rakennustieto.fi\/?identity_provider=HAMK-EntraID\">RT Tietov\u00e4yl\u00e4<\/a> (Alvari) and <a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.hamk.fi\/login?url=https:\/\/www.statista.com\">Statista<\/a> (Research AI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProQuest Ebook Central, the largest e-book collection in HAMK library, has adopted artificial intelligence. 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