The editor of Downcodes learned that China National Knowledge Infrastructure officially launched a new version of the homepage and a comprehensive upgrade of the general library platform on July 18, 2024, aiming to provide users with a more convenient and smarter academic research experience. This upgrade covers many aspects such as homepage revision, general database function optimization, personal center function enhancement, and CNKI AI overall solution. It is committed to improving scientific research efficiency and bringing new academic services to users.
CNKI announced that the new homepage will be provided to users as the default homepage on July 18, 2024, and the entire database platform will be upgraded at the same time.
It is reported that this revision and upgrade aims to provide users with a new academic experience and improve the efficiency of using academic tools in the scientific research process.
Here is a summary of the main updates:
Newly revised homepage: The new homepage has been visually and functionally updated, including updating the product system navigation, streamlining the content of the search box, providing customization functions for common services, accessing academic hot spots, and displaying the latest products on the shelves or updated.
General library function upgrade: Optimized the page header and login process, making the jump to core functions smoother. The new version of the page header includes database navigation, search, publication source navigation, personal CNKI, help, product update message reminders and personal/institutional login.
My CNKI: Users can enjoy personalized document management services by registering and logging in to a personal account, such as collecting documents, viewing historical records, and following search terms, papers, journals, and authors.
HTML reading: After logging in with a personal account, users can use notes, collections, recommendations and other more personalized services to achieve one-stop academic document reading.
CNKI AI overall solution:
AI enhanced retrieval: Utilize natural language processing and semantic understanding capabilities to upgrade traditional keyword-based retrieval to semantic vector-based retrieval, providing a summary summary and knowledge map of the retrieval topic.
AI academic research assistant: Simplifies the knowledge retrieval and literature analysis process for scientific researchers through question-and-answer enhanced retrieval, machine-assisted reading, and generative knowledge services.
This upgrade of CNKI marks an important step in improving user experience and promoting the development of academic research. It is believed that the new version of CNKI will bring more convenient and efficient academic resource services to scholars and researchers. We look forward to more innovative functions brought by CNKI in the future!