Step-by-step tutorial: Academic Literature Review with AI Scispace Typeset

Vugar Ibrahimov
3 min readAug 24, 2023

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Literature Review takes a lot of time.

It is one of the most challenging parts of any research project.

And for this, do not use ChatGPT to find sources.

Instead, using tailored AI-powered apps such as Scispace will accelerate your work.

Here’s how to use it.

✅ To use SciSpace visit https://www.typeset.io

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SciSpace is a remarkable tool that revolutionizes the way we read, summarize, and comprehend research articles.

To use SciSpace CoPilot visit scispace(dot)com or typeset(dot)io.

1. The main page looks like this. Click the “Sign up” button in the top right corner to sign up.

2. This AI copilot acts as a research assistant, offering information when you ask it questions. To find research articles, simply enter the keywords or question you’re interested in.

3. To test it, I typed “European Union migration law”. You type your own keywords or question. After typing press enter. Papers related to your search will appear, and you can open them in new tabs to explore further. SciSpace also provides insight from the top 5 papers. Let’s open one paper as an example.

4. After opening the paper we can start asking questions, such as “Summarise this paper”. You type your question on the search bar and hit “Enter”.

5. In seconds, SciSpace summarises the paper. This is a really good Summary.

6. You can also upload your own paper or already downloaded paper to the CoPilot. To do that, go to the main page. Click on “Upload PDF,” and you can either drag and drop the file or browse to locate and upload the file.

7. I uploaded one of my own papers and explore the capabilities of CoPilot. Once the upload is completed ScSpace is ready to answer our questions. Simply type your question into the search bar.

8. After receiving our questions CoPilot will provide us with answers. For instance, we can ask, “What is the summary of this paper?” CoPilot generates an answer again in seconds.

9. SciSpace also provides technical features to keep the research organised. On the main page, by clicking on the Library button you can reach the collection section.

10. Here you can create your own collection. The collection is very helpful to keep your different projects or sections of your work in order and tidy.

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Vugar Ibrahimov

PhD Researcher, LL.M. || With My Posts & Tutorials I Assist You To Learn Artificial Intelligence Tools for Academic Research, Effective Writing and Productivity