As of January 2026, the University Library subscribes to Keenious. The tool is available to all students and researchers.
Keenious is an AI-based search tool that recommends potentially relevant research articles by analyzing text in the document you are working on. Write or paste the text you want to analyze, or upload a PDF file. On the right, you will see recommended articles, and by clicking the “Check INN Access” button, you can see whether INN has access to the full text.
Keenious does not edit your text. It's only designed for literature searches and is supposed to function as a supplement to search platforms like Oria or article databases.
You can use the tool with both Norwegian and English texts. Keenious translates non-English texts using Microsoft Azure’s Translator, but the suggestions you receive will mostly be English-language research literature.
Keenious uses OpenAlex, a comprehensive database containing scholarly articles from both open and closed journals across most subject areas. Meaning you don't need to worry about fabricated sources, as can happen with generative AI and tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or similar.
How to use Keenious
Use Keenious in your web browser
Keenious can be used directly in your web browser. Go to Keenious.com. You have full access when you are at the INN network. From home, log in with your INN account. By signing in, you get access to full text and more functionality.
The Keenious tool in Word
As a student or employee at INN, you will find Keenious in the toolbar in Word.
This allows you to search for articles while you are writing. For example, highlight parts of the text for which you want to find possible sources. The result appears as a sidebar next to your text.
Can’t find Keenious in the toolbar? Add Keenious via “Home” and “Additions”.
When should you use Keenious?
Keenious does not replace searching in tools such as Oria or subject databases, but is intended as a supplement to more traditional searches.
Keenious can be useful:
- At the initial stage, to get ideas and inspiration when you start work on a new subject.
- For tips on new search terms (topics) that can be used for further literature searches.
- Finding relevant sources that you would not otherwise have found using traditional database searches. Keenious is very useful for interdisciplinary research.
- To find similar and related articles. If you have found some useful sources already you can use Keenious to help you find related and similar articles.
When not to use Keenious?
- You cannot use Keenious if you are conducting a literature search that requires transparency and reproducibility.
- If you want to make an exhaustive search. Keenious is not intended for comprehensive searches where the goal is to identify all available research related to a specific research question. Read about how to use Keenious in different stages of a systematic review.
In such cases, use instead traditional academic databases provided by the university library.
Guide to Keenious
Keenious course
Keenious is generally easy to start using, but we recommend attending one of Keenious’ introductory courses sign up for free introductory course.