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English: 76-10X Series (First-Year Writing): Start Here

This guide contains a series of guides designed to help students enrolled in the 76-10X series complete their assignment according to the BEAM framework.

BEFORE YOU START: TIPS FOR A SMOOTHER EXPERIENCE

  • Make sure you authenticate using your Andrew ID after you click on My Account, on the library website.  This will help get a full experience of what the library has to offer (full-text, automatic login to databases, etc.).

  • Check that your Google Scholar is set up to recognize Carnegie Mellon Library resources.  Here are the instructions for linking Google Scholar to our libraries.

  • If you are working off-campus, check that you are set up properly.  Here are the instructions for connecting from off-campus.

 

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Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian

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Charlotte Kiger Price
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Hunt Library 109E
Pittsburgh, PA

THE RESEARCH PROCESS & MANAGING RESULTS

Generative AI tools at CMU:

  • Keenious

    Keenious is a resource recommender tool designed to aid in the identification and discovery of scholarly research. It analyzes writing from text documents and PDFs to recommend the most relevant articles and topics to explore using artificial intelligence combined with conventional search algorithms. For more information, visit this guide.

  • scite 

    Scite is an AI-enhanced research support platform for discovering and evaluating scientific articles. It allows users to see how publications have been cited, by providing the context of the citation and classifying whether it provides supporting or contrasting evidence. The AI Assistant utilizes ChatGPT functionality with reference check processes. Additional…

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Citing AI, ChatGPT, and similar tools

CMU Libraries recognize the importance of AI as a tool for learning and its responsible use in the classroom. When using any Generative AI tools (for example ChatGPT, GrammarlyGo, Bard, Dall-E, etc.).  These tools are not exempt from citing as you would for any information sources you use in your research.

Citation guides suggested here should provide guidance for citing these tools.  Consult them first.  However, below is a list of links that provide examples of the major styles that can help you get started (listed alphabetically):

We provide support to the following management tools:

REMEMBER THIS:

The quality of your search and results depend on your search strategy:

  1. keep track of your search terms (they will change based on the database)
  2. keep track of the database (so you are not using the wrong strategy)
  3. notice suggested subjects and ways to limit your searches in databases (they can save you quite a bit of work)