USMALibAnswers

✅ Copilot

• Best for:
  • Drafting text, summarizing documents, generating ideas
  • Quick answers and explanations
  • Integrating with Microsoft apps (Word, Excel, Teams)
• Why use it: Good for productivity tasks and writing assistance.

✅ Keenious

• Best for:
  • Finding academic sources based on your document
  • Suggesting related research topics
• Why use it: Ideal when you have a draft and need scholarly references.

✅ Scite

• Best for:
  • Checking citation credibility
  • Seeing if a source is supported or contradicted by other research
• Why use it: Useful for validating sources and improving academic rigor.

✅ ChatGPT

• Best for:
  • Brainstorming, outlining, and explaining concepts in multiple ways
  • Generating first drafts or summaries
• Why use it: Great for creative and explanatory tasks, but fact-check outputs.

✅ Perplexity

• Best for:
  • Quick factual lookups with cited sources
  • Real-time information and concise answers
• Why use it: Excellent for fast research and verifying facts.

How to Decide

• Need scholarly sources? → Keenious
• Verify citations? → Scite
• Write or summarize? → Copilot or ChatGPT
• Quick fact-check? → Perplexity
• Integrated workflow in Microsoft tools? → Copilot