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Academic search
Streamline academic research. Quickly find, explore, and understand academic papers, from broad topic searches to detailed paper analysis, enhancing your literature review.
Description
Academic Search liberates you from endless sifting through databases. With its core `search_papers` capability, you can execute comprehensive queries across a multitude of academic sources, quickly surfacing relevant publications that match your specified interests. Need to cast a wide net across a novel field or find foundational texts? Our general search function is your starting point, delivering a robust list of results tailored to your query.
For more focused investigations, the `search_by_topic` tool becomes indispensable. Pinpoint articles by specific themes, concepts, or keywords, and refine your search further by applying precise date ranges. Whether you're tracking the historical evolution of a theory from 2000-2010 or seeking the latest breakthroughs from the past two years, this feature ensures you access the most pertinent information. While queries are concise (up to 300 characters) to encourage focused searching, the depth of results remains expansive, helping you uncover niche insights and emerging trends.
Once you’ve identified a paper of interest, `fetch_paper_details` allows you to deep-dive into its specifics. Simply provide a paper ID or DOI and the source database (Semantic Scholar or Crossref), and Academic Search retrieves comprehensive information – from abstracts and author details to publication venues and key citations. This eliminates the need to manually navigate to external sites for each paper, centralizing your research workflow.
Academic Search is more than just a search engine; it's an intelligent assistant designed to accelerate your research cycle. Write better theses, craft more compelling grant proposals, stay abreast of industry developments, or simply satisfy your intellectual curiosity with confidence. By consolidating powerful search and retrieval functionalities, Academic Search empowers you to spend less time searching and more time analyzing, innovating, and contributing to your field.
What can this MCP do?
Discover Research Papers
Quickly find academic papers on any topic you're interested in. You can refine your search by specifying a start and end year, and choose how many results to view.
Find Research Papers
Search for research papers from many different sources. Simply enter your topic to discover relevant articles.
Get Article Details
Quickly find all the essential information about an academic paper or research article, such as its authors, abstract, and publication details.
Example prompts:
Copy these prompts to get started quickly with Academic search in your Simtheory workspace.
How It Works
1. Install the MCP
Install Academic search from your Simtheory workspace with one click.
2. Connect Your Account
Securely authorize access to your Academic search account.
3. Start Using
Your AI can now interact with Academic search on your behalf.
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