Information searching

Links to article databases via Hanna.

Easy to use.

There are many AI-tools, Hanken has a license to Microsoft Copilot och Scopus AI.

Search in several databases simultaneously-

Citations included (but can't be sorted according to amount of citations).

An index shows which journals are included.

Can include other types of material than articles, such as case studies, company reports, conference publications, theses and dissertations).

Citations included. E.g. in Scopus you can sort the search result according to amount of citations.

Access to a lot of material (not clear what is included/excluded in the search).

Uneven selection of subjects.

Activate library links to access articles in Hanken´s licensed databases. 

Citations included (but can't be sorted according to amount of citations).

Unclear what material is included in the search. 

The latest research can not always be found.

Good options to narrow down the search results.

You can limit your search to only scientific sources. (peer-review).

Advanced search functions.

You can limit your search to only scientific sources. (peer-review).

You can NOT limit your search to only scientific sources (peer-review).

You can combine your search words with AND, OR, NOT but most search functions found in library databases are missing. 

Sort material only by relevance or publication year.

Find a specific journal.

Find a specific article.

Find articles about a certain subject. Note that the search result often is big. 

Find a specific journal.

Find a specific article.

Find articles about a certain subject.

Make a systematic literature search.

Find a specific article.

Add to the sources you have found in library databases.

Find material on new subjects.

Get help with creating search phrases using boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT).

Get help with finding search words for your search.

Brainstorm and discuss ideas or orient yourself about a new subject or theme.

Large search results.

Does not show all articles in fulltext due to license restrictions. 

Not clear what material is included in your search.

Not suitable for systematic literature searches.

Large search result, can be difficult to limit to a more relevant search result.

Excellent knowledge of source criticism is required, everything is not peer review.

References can be fabricated/incomplete and lack scientific quality (e.g. from predatory journals) . 

AI-tools can hold on to erroneous information and can spread biases and misinformation.

AI-tools usually can not re-create the same search result. The same question can be answered in a different way. 

It is unclear what material is included in the search and what is not. 

It's time-consuming to test different AI-tools.