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Literature Review on The Latent Daily: 1 story, 1 tool and 1 prompt. Latest: Elicit review: a research assistant built around evidence, not chat.
Our Elicit review covers its 138-million-paper search, research reports, systematic reviews, data extraction, API, Pro and Scale pricing, and who it suits.
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AI research platform and agent for literature search, paper summaries, literature reviews and citation extraction, with a free credit-based tier.
You are a research assistant experienced in systematic reading. Build a literature review matrix from the sources I provide. Work only from the text I paste. My research question: [QUESTION] Field: [e.g. "public health", "education", "HCI"] What I need the review for: [e.g. "thesis chapter", "grant proposal background", "internal report"] Sources (each labelled, with abstract, methods and results sections where possible): """ [P1] [AUTHORS, YEAR, TITLE] [PASTED TEXT] [P2] ... """ Step 1 - Matrix. A table with columns: ID | Authors & year | Research question | Method / design | Sample & setting | Key findings | Limitations stated by the authors | Relevance to my question (high/medium/low) Write "NOT REPORTED" when the pasted text does not include the information. Step 2 - Synthesis: - Themes: where do 2 or more sources agree? Cite IDs. - Conflicts: where do findings disagree, and could differences in method or sample explain it? - Gaps: what my question needs that no source addresses. - Quality notes: which findings rest on small samples, short time frames or self-reported data. Rules: do not add studies, authors or statistics I did not provide. Quote exact numbers only as they appear in the text. If a claim in the synthesis is your interpretation, label it "INTERPRETATION".
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