Research Guides: Information Literacy Toolkit: Resource for Teaching Faculty: Artificial Intelligence

Focus Area

Students are using and encountering artificial intelligence in a lot of different ways. The resources on this page are aimed at helping instructors teach students about the opportunities and challenges of AI, and in particular, Chat GPT and how to attribute and cite sources from AI.

Chat GPT and Higher Education: Quick Start Guide
This Quick Start Guide provides an overview of
how ChatGPT works and explains how it can be used in higher education.

Ghost Citations Worksheet
Did you know Chat GPT can generate (or "hallucinate") citations for sources that do not exist? This worksheet teaches students how to interrogate a citation from Chat GPT and how they can use a false citation to generate ideas for their research.

Artificial Intelligence - Online Module
This module (created in collaboration between the UMD Libraries and UMD TLTC) helps students to navigate the rapidly changing world of AI and to gain important critical thinking tools around generative AI.

ChatGPT and Fake Citations
This brief editorial from Duke University Libraries explains the genesis of ghost (or fake) citations from Chat GPT and how they can impact research.