Easily find what you need with Smart Search, your new AI-powered research partner
Searching for that perfect quote or relevant excerpt from primary sources can be overwhelming. Now, with Smart Search, we’ve got you covered.
That’s right, Smart Search aims to intelligently understand the context and meaning behind your search query to ensure you get only the most relevant results 🕵️
Note: while you can search and receive book suggestions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages, suggested key excerpts are currently limited to titles published in English.
Unleash the power of AI Smart Search
Look for the dropdown: you'll see a new dropdown option next to the search bar. Click to select and activate the Smart Search option.
Use the search bar: start by entering your research question or phrase in the library search bar, for example, "what are the origins of democracy?"
Dive deeper: with Smart Search enabled, your results will be enhanced with key books and excerpts:
Key books: search the library's entire collection to find complete books that are most relevant to your search. You’ll get smarter suggestions, even if they don't exactly match the keywords in your search query.
Key excerpts: from over 500k books from our library to find the most relevant snippets that directly address your search query, saving you time skimming through entire books.
We hope this guide empowers you to use Smart Search to explore Perlego’s library collection like never before!
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Still have questions?
If you run into any trouble using Smart Search, our support team is always happy to help. You can contact us through live chat or email [email protected].