Primo Research Assistant Activities! by

Activity 1 Instructions

comm0001 — 2025-09-22 06:06:41 UTC

1. You’ll be placed in a breakout room
2. Have a go logging into Research Assistant: uws.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/researchAssistant?vid=61UWSTSYD_INST:UWS_ALMA
3. Think of a research question and type it in
4. Tell your group what you’ve discovered
5. Write down your findings/questions on this Padlet (just press the "+" in this column), in other words, share what worked and what didn't work
6. We will address your questions in the Q&A

Activity 2 Instructions

comm0001 — 2025-09-22 06:16:13 UTC

1. You’ll be placed in a breakout room
2. Access the same Padlet as before: https://padlet.com/westernsydneyuniversity/primo
3. Think about research questions/scenarios that relate to a specific community member e.g. 1^st year undergrad student
4. Your contributions will help us develop FAQs on Primo Research Assistant

Primo Research Assistant Link

comm0001 — 2025-09-22 23:25:54 UTC

DO NOT share the Primo Research Assistant link publicly - this is for internal Library use only :)

Example

comm0001 — 2025-09-23 05:11:22 UTC

What worked: Provided five texts and an explanation for why they are important

What didn't work: Explanations of 'importance' vary, does not explain difference between monographs vs. handbooks, difficult to answer when it only scans abstracts

Question for the Q&A: Is it worth asking Research Assistant to evaluate the importance/quality of texts or should questions be more about 'content'?

Error message

comm0001 — 2025-09-23 05:15:18 UTC

I get an error (An error occurred generating the response, the response quality might be affected) when I ask Research Assistant: "What are the five most cited works in systemic functional linguistics?".

However, it is quite open in letting me know how to research elsewhere "If you require a list of influential or frequently cited works in SFL, further specialized bibliometric research or access to citation databases focusing on SFL literature would be necessary."

Example

comm0001 — 2025-09-23 05:36:07 UTC

Honours Student

Question: Can Primo Research Assistant help me formulate a research question?

Points to consider when answering:

Research Assistant is just a starting point for research
It can provide 'related research questions' based on your original question
You need to critically think about your own context: what is the research gap, and is the question feasible with the time and resources you have?