{"id":7154,"date":"2026-03-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=7154"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:27:33","slug":"explore-ai-for-research-intro-to-consensus-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=7154","title":{"rendered":"Explore AI for Research: Intro to Consensus, March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ConsensusMark.png\" alt=\"Consensus Logo\" class=\"wp-image-7156\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Curious about AI tools for finding and summarizing research? Join us virtually for a 30-minute introduction to Consensus, an AI-powered search engine that synthesizes peer-reviewed literature to highlight areas of agreement and disagreement in the evidence. Explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/consensus\">Consensus LibGuide for guidance and examples<\/a> (opens in a new window).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In this session, you will learn:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>How Consensus works and what it searches<\/li>\n<li>When it can save you time exploring the evidence on a topic<\/li>\n<li>Its strengths and limitations<\/li>\n<li>How it compares to traditional databases and other AI tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW20233592 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20233592 BCX8\">Consensus is a powerful accelerator, but it does not replace <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20233592 BCX8\">systematic&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW20233592 BCX8\">searching<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20233592 BCX8\">. Join us to learn how to use it responsibly and effectively.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW20233592 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 31, 2026<\/strong> <br \/>Noon to 12:30 p.m. <br \/>Online <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hshsl\/workshops\/index.cfm\">Register for the Intro to Consensus workshop<\/a> (opens in a new window)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curious about AI tools for finding and summarizing research? Join us virtually for a 30-minute introduction to Consensus, an AI-powered search engine that synthesizes peer-reviewed literature to highlight areas of agreement and disagreement in the evidence. Explore our Consensus LibGuide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=7154\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[947,926,461,81],"class_list":["post-7154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshops","tag-ai-tool","tag-consensus","tag-research","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7154"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7171,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154\/revisions\/7171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}