What can you use Keenious for?
Keenious is a multi-disciplinary search tool based on artificial intelligence, which recommends relevant research articles by analysing text written in your document. The tool is especially suitable for getting ideas and inspiration in the initial phase of working on a text. You can also use it in the final phase to ensure that you do not miss important sources. Keenious does not replace traditional search tools but can be used as a supplement.
You can either use the Keenious tool in Word or on their website (keenious.com) to explore a topic and find relevant sources. The key difference between the two is that the search for sources is based on your own text in Word, while you write prompts on the website.
The tool can analyse texts and find sources in several languages. English works best since most of research output is in this language, however, there is also a substantial amount of Norwegian sources available.
Your Keenious search log is not made available to others. This means that language models cannot use searches in Keenious for training purposes. It also means that Keenious does not use your search log to further train and develop their tool.
How to use Keenious
Keenious in Word
In Word, the sources provided in Keenious are mainly based on the text you have written yourself.
Students and staff at OsloMet will find Keenious in the toolbar in Word under “Home”. If the tool icon is not visible in the toolbar, you can add Keenious via “Home” and “Add-ons” in the toolbar.
When using Keenious in Word, you can find sources based on the whole text, or you can highlight parts of the text for a more narrow search. The sources provided by Keenious will then be displayed on the right side of the document. You can also filter by keyword, year or citation count (how many times the reference has been cited). You can also use prompts to explore a topic.
To use Keenious off-campus, you must be connected to the institutional network with VPN (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Keenious in the browser
On the Keenious website we use prompts to find relevant sources within a given topic.
Log onto the Keenious website (keenious.com) using your OsloMet email address and password. The advantage of logging in: you can bookmark and save relevant sources for later.
The website works best when you want to explore a topic, either by uploading a PDF file, or writing a prompt.
Article downloads and copyright
Searching for sources in Keenious and downloading and citing them in your own text is straightforward regardless of whether they are openly available or downloaded from closed sources in OsloMet’s library catalogue.
It is also possible to upload articles in Keenious to use them as a starting point for a search. However, because this is a type of text and data mining (TDM), we might run into issues with Norwegian copyright legislation. It is therefore important to verify whether the article is subject to a copyright licence, such as the CC licenses (creativecommons.org) or not, before using it.
It is also possible to upload articles from many of the subscription-based sources OsloMet has access to, but it can be time consuming to figure out which sources we are legally allowed to use.
Courses in Keenious
The University Library offers courses in Keenious in Norwegian (student.oslomet.no).
Questions or comments concerning Keenious?
Please contact us by email (biblioteket@oslomet.no).
