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Using AI in Research

A student guide to using free(mium) AI in their research and writing process.

AI and Your Course Assignments

  • Always confirm with your professor whether AI tools like ChatGPT are allowed for each assignment.
  • Always verify information and sources generated by AI tools.
    • AI has been known to generate false information and to cite non-existent sources.
    • AI-generated text mines people's intellectual property without crediting them, which raises ethical concerns.
  • You do need to credit ChatGPT and similar tools whenever you use the text that they generate in your own work.
  • Major style guides have begun to address generative AI tools. Please note that directions may evolve.
  • Make sure that you are following your instructor's guidelines regarding the use and attribution of AI tools .

Citing Generative AI

If you are using AI to help with a draft or outline, you'll want to acknowledge that with a sentence at the beginning or end of the paper that says something like, "This paper was produced with drafting support from Bing AI." Your instructor might have specific conventions for how they would like to list this as well, so it is always best practice to check in with them.

If you are citing a conversation with an AI tool, either as a source or as an object of study, explore each section below to learn how to cite AI text generators in different styles.

Reproduced from AI and Information Literacy: Cite Correctly (University of Maryland).

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