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The Library's APA Research Guide includes information on citing AI, including how and when to do so. It also indicates the how to format an AI citation.
Although the guide specifically references ChatGPT, the information applies to other generative AI models.
Before using AI, be sure to see the Overview page of this guide for information on Franklin University's AI policy - make sure you are permitted to use AI for research before doing so.
Assuming you are permitted to use AI for research in your course, you should never solely rely on AI's research findings. First, this is because you should use AI as a tool, or aid, to help you with your research rather than a replacement for conducting research and reviewing and interpreting articles.
Another reason you should verify AI identified articles is that AI is subject to hallucinations - which means it may invent articles when responding to your research query. See the Ethical Concerns page of this guide for more information about hallucinations. Instructors will check your articles to verify your research, so you want to make sure that an article you cite really exists.
The box below on this page discusses how to do so.
The library is often contacted by people looking for non-existent articles - either students who have (likely) found the article from using AI or instructors who are trying to verify an article cited by a student in a paper. This box explains how you can search for these articles to verify whether they actually exist (and access them if they exist and are available through the library).
Note: Just because AI provides a citation for an article does not mean that the article actually exists.
You can search for articles a number of ways, as explained in the other tabs of this box. If you try multiple of these methods and are unable to find the article, it is likely a hallucination.
You can use Google Scholar to search for an article by title.
Note: This will only work for scholarly articles indexed by Google Scholar.
Type (or paste) the article title in the search box and click on the search icon.
If you have linked your Franklin University account to Google Scholar you may see a "Read@Franklin University" link on the right side of the results page which will let you access the article through the library's databases.
You can search for an article by title using the OneSearch search box on the library's home page.
Note: This will only work for articles which are available through one of the library's databases which is indexed through this search box.
On the Library's home page, scroll down until you see the search box under "search articles, books & more. . ." Type or paste the article title in the search box and click on the search icon
You can use an article's citation to look for the article by searching in the library's Journal Finder
Note: If AI provides you with information about an article, but does not provide a citation, you should ask it to provide a citation for an article. However, just because AI provides a citation does not mean the article actually exists; similarly, just because AI provides a citation for an article in a journal which actually exists does not mean that the journal actually published that article.
Note: This method only works for journals which are indexed in the library's journal finder database.
Go to the library's Journal Finder by clicking on the "Journals" link on the left menu of the library site. (If you don't see "Journals", click on the plus sign next to "Library" on the left hand menu.)
Type the title of the journal in the search box (under "add search term"), and click the search button.
You can use an article's citation to search for the journal on the web.
Note: While most current journals will have a web presence, older journals - or journals which have ceased publication - may not.
Type the journal name into a search engine (such as DuckDuckGo).
