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AI in IL: The Right Tool for the Job

This guide demonstrates how students may use some AI tools in college or professional level research.

Searching as Strategic Exploration and Authority is Constructed and Contextual

Searching as strategic exploration: What questions are you asking to direct your information search? What is the scope of your research? What types of information do you need? Who might produce this information (e.g., scholars, organizations, governments)?Authority is constructed and contextual: How do you determine the credibility of a source? What makes a source authoritative? What points of view might be missing? Whose voice does the information represent?

Examples of Use

Student Uses for Exploring Topics and Ideas

Identify topics for papers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gather background information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Narrow the focus of a topic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assist with idea organization and outlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify keywords.