LibGuides: AI Tools and Resources: How to Use AI in Research: For Faculty

Word of Caution: Copyright

You should be cautious about entering any copyrighted material into the prompt of any generative AI tool.

Here are a few scenarios to consider:

If you are entering copyrighted material into any generative AI tool, you should be protected by Fair Use as long as you use the information for educational purposes and in a way that follows Fisher's Academic Integrity Policy.
You should not enter any copyrighted material into the prompts of any generative AI tool if you are not doing so for educational purposes. This may violate copyright.
You should be cautious about entering any of your own work into a generative AI prompt, as that material may be shared with others without acknowledging your authorship.

Fisher's Academic Integrity Policy
View Fisher's policy on academic integrity

How to Access AI Tools

Microsoft Copilot (Log in)
Visit this page and log in with your Fisher credentials. This will give you free access and ensure the data you enter into Copilot is protected under our Fisher licensing. This means the data is not used outside our organization to train the large language model overall. Therefore, it is safe to enter personal or University data, as long as you are logged in when using Copilot.

To make sure you are logged in, verify you see your name and the protected indicator in the upper right corner.

Need help logging in? Contact the OIT Service Desk (585-385-8016 or oitservicedesk@sjf.edu) for assistance.
Fisher's AI Toolkit: Access Tools
Instructions for accessing Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and others

AI for Scholarship & Research

As a researcher, there are many ways you can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Language Learning Modules (LLM) for your scholarship. Below is a brief overview of how you can use these tools. For more information or in-depth support reach out to the DePeters Family Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence or your liaison librarian.

Using ChatGPT or Bard

What to consider when using these tools in scholarship?

Help scope your research questions(s)
Generate keywords and concepts to build a search
Potentially help review portions of your paper

AI-Powered Tools

There are many AI powered research tools that can help you start a literature search. These tools, like ConnectedPapers or Scopus, use AI to connect literature through citation tracking and mapping. Some of the tools create literature maps or graphs to show you how different sources are used across the scholarly conversation. A list of selected tools is available below; you can also refer to the AI Faculty Toolkit [link opens in new tab].

Authorship and citing AI

As AI technology evolves, publishers, disciplinary associations, and publication manuals are working to develop ways to acknowledge when AI was used. Make sure to check a publisher's website before submitting a manuscript to know if you should be acknowledging use of AI and how they want that acknowledgment to be formatted.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Library Guide: ChatGPT & Large Language Models
Resources include links to publisher pages for guidelines on using AI, articles related to AI & LLM, and considerations.
Citation Resources Guide
Citation formats and tools

AI-Powered Tools for Research

These tools use AI differently than Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT. They are research-focused. They allow you to conduct literature searches in order to find articles on your topic.

Each of these tools can show you earlier papers referenced in an article and show you who has cited an article since it was published.

Lavery Library Tools

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed research literature such as scholarly journals, books and chapters, conference proceedings, and trade publications, along with metrics and analytical tools to work with those citations. Fields covered include the sciences, social sciences, health, arts, and humanities.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles and other literature with citation links (Google Research Guide Available)
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

Other Tools

You can set up your own account to use these tools.

Free limited access is available for each of these.
When you are using these tools, you will find abstracts and snippets from articles.
To find and read the full text (PDF) of an article, you can follow the steps in Lavery Library's tutorial Finding Full Text: Article Title. Visit Evaluating & Citing for more how-tos.

Elicit
A free basic account option is available with limited features. If you ask a question, Elicit will show relevant papers and summaries of key information about those papers. Helpful for coming up with new keywords you can use to search for more sources, and for finding articles on your research topic.
ResearchRabbit
Free. You must create an account. This is literature mapping tool. You can use ResearchRabbit when you are conducting literature reviews. It helps you discover articles and authors for your research topic. You can connect it to Zotero.
Connected Papers
Limited free access. You must create an account and pay a fee for continued use. Find academic and peer-reviewed research articles, explore articles on related topics. You can also use this for citation tracking: check to see what articles have cited a paper since it was published.
Consensus
Free. You must create an account. You can enter a research question or keywords and Consensus will show you articles related to your search.
Semantic Scholar
Free. AI-powered search engine for research papers in many disciplines. Semantic Scholar uses AI to give a one-sentence summary of scientific literature and highlight key points. You can also use it to find the titles of articles and authors for your topic. Best for science topics.