Information Retrieval and AI-Enhanced Search
Do our search strategies still behave the way we teach them?
Academic databases have quietly added relevance ranking, natural language search and AI summaries on top of Boolean logic. I test how those layers respond to carefully built search strings, because instruction librarians are still teaching strategies that assume the older behaviour.
Studies
2026 - Present • Research Team Member
Investigation of Accurate Boolean Searching in AI-Enhanced Databases
Grainger Engineering Library, UIUC
Systematic testing of Boolean search strategies across AI-enhanced academic databases following a standardized protocol, with collaborative data collection in Zotero group libraries.