Student Guide to AI
Library resources provide access to peer-reviewed journals, books, and other scholarly materials that ensure the credibility of your research. By combining the efficiency of AI tools with the reliability of library resources, students can conduct thorough and accurate research. Always remember to cite both AI tools and traditional sources to maintain academic integrity.
Library Resource/AI integrations
Several of the library resource providers are beginning to test and implement generative AI tools into their resources.
- JSTOR's Integrative Research tool - Gannon began participation as a beta tester for JSTOR's new tool accessible by creating a unique personal JSTOR account. For full details visit our JSTOR Interactive Research tool page
- Statista - the library's statistical resource has integrated Research AI visit Statista's Research AI FAQ to learn more.
Things to know before you start
- Using AI tools should not replace the critical task of reading and thinking
- Be aware any content you provide to any AI tool will become a part of the tool's dataset which it can then refer to and share with others.
- Do not to share any personal about yourself or others.
- You should not upload another person's work into an AI tool without their permission.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm ideas, topics and research questions.
Use the AI tool as your personal assistant for a brainstorming conversation to learn about current issues for researchers in a particular field, to summarize various points of view on controversial topic, or just learn more about the topic of your research.
Keywords
Identify keywords and possible search terms you can use within the library databases. You can ask the AI tool for a list of synonyms, similar concepts or subtopics.
AI - Library Databases
Connecting AI & Library searching
Use the keywords and concepts from your brainstorming to search within the library's databases.
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Gale Research Complete (opens in a new tab) - allows you to search across all of the Gale products pulling articles from all areas of study.
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CloudSource Plus provided in the library's Enterprise One Search (opens in a new tab) will provide you with scholarly content from library resources and openly published articles found on the web.
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The library's full list of article, eBook, and streaming video collections can be found by visiting the Databases (opens in a new tab) page of the library website.
Benefits of Using Library Resources
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Library electronic resources updated daily. Free AI datasets operate on archived data and often will not contain current events.
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Library-provided resources contain full text not available to non-subscribers.
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Resources indexed exist in either electronic or paper format. AI can create citations for items that do not exist.
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