This is an experimental search tool that tries to understand what you're looking for, not just match the exact words you type. It can find relevant work even when the title uses different wording than your search — including titles in other languages.
Because results are ranked by how closely they match your search rather than listed in the order they were added, you may see an older, foundational work appear above a more recent one — that's expected, not a bug. For a traditional keyword search with results in recent-publication order, use the regular Nestor search.
This tool uses a small language model that runs entirely on this university server — it does not send your search, or any Nestor data, to any external AI company or cloud service. It's not a chatbot: it doesn't write, summarize, or generate anything. It only helps find bibliography entries that match the meaning of your search, not just the exact words.
Tip: Capitalize proper nouns the way they'd normally appear — "Pylos" rather than "pylos," "Linear B" rather than "linear b." This search tool pays attention to capitalization, and using natural title-case for names and places tends to give better results.
Tip: This search only looks at titles — not authors, dates, or journal names. A search like "Bennett Pylos" won't find Bennett's work the way it would in the regular Nestor search; searching just "Pylos" (or a topic Bennett wrote about) will work better here. For finding a specific known author or year, the regular Nestor search is still the better tool.
This tool is under active development. If a search gives you an odd or unhelpful result, we'd like to know — feel free to reach out.