Answered By: Amanda Pruka
Last Updated: Sep 24, 2025    Views: 15

Research Assistant creates summaries from the abstracts and metadata of select library databases including many outside our holdings. Research Assistant only looks at text, not pictures or maps or other visual items. It also does not search most news articles or anything retracted or withdrawn. 

Databases/Vendors Excluded from Summaries

  • DataCite
  • JSTOR
  • Elsevier
  • Conde Nast

For more (and up-to-date) information, see Getting Started with Primo Research Assistant. 


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