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AI tools for Research

This guide includes information and suggested Generative AI tools to bolster your research productivity. Generative AI is one type of artificial intelligence (AI) system that generates text, images, and other media in response to user prompts.

There are better AI tools for Research. ChatGPT will give you fake sources

ChatGPT is not a search engine and cannot find and cite research papers. 
There are research tasks that ChatGPT can assist with such as gathering keywords, creating search phrases, and identifying databases. 

Please be aware that ChatGPT can produce legitimate looking reference citations for materials that don't exist.  If you decide to use ChatGPT or other Generative AI, always double-check citations and references provided by AI. Often times, If you try to find these sources through Google or the library—you will turn up NOTHING. 

 

Kermit (the frog, from Sesame street) and Dark Kermit (kermit with a black hood) meme. On top of kermit it reads "ME: FIND 10 SCHOLARLY ARTICLES" On Dark Kermit it reads "CHATGPT: Make them up"

Dark Kermit meme credit - Duke University Librarians, Hannah Rozear & Sarah Park (see resoucres)

Resources
Pavloski, N. (2024, Feb 19). ChatGPT as a tool for library research – Some notes and suggestions.Choice360 LibTechInsights. 


Rozear, H. & Park, S. (2023, Mar 19). ChatGPT and fake citations. Duke University Libraries News & Events.
Walters, W. H., & Wilder, E. I. (2023). Fabrication and errors in the bibliographic citations generated by ChatGPT. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14045.

There are GEN AI tools, meant for research, see the other tabs on this guide