AI: Student Guide to ChatGPT, CoPilot and Other AI Resources
Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints
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- Creating Prompts
- Fact-checking is always needed
- AI & Databases
- Is using ChatGPT considered cheating?
- Ethical Considerations
- Citing Generative AI
- Tools by Category
- Different Disciplines
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FAQs
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- How can I protect my privacy while using ChatGPT?
- I can't find the citations that ChatGPT gave me. What should I do?
- How are generative AI models biased, and how can I avoid biased results?
- How can I fact-check the information that ChatGPT and other AI resources give me?
- Which AI tools are the best for searching?
How to Cite Generative AI
Remember to check with your instructor.
Some instructors might not allow any use of ChatGPT and others might allow only limited use.
If you are allowed to use ChatGPT in an academic assignment, here are some guidelines for citing.
- How do I cite generative AI in MLA style? - MLA Style Center
- How to cite ChatGPT - APA Style
- How do you recommend citing content developed or generated by artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT? - Chicago Manual of Style
Your instructor may also ask for an appendix that includes the prompts that you provided to ChatGPT or the full transcript of your interaction.
See also this summary of ways to acknowledge use of generative AI: Acknowledging and Citing Generative AI in Academic Work.
- Last Updated: Oct 20, 2025 12:15 PM
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