There are research-related tasks that chatbots do pretty well — brainstorming topics and keywords, translating and summarizing texts, and polishing writing. However, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots tends to generate fake citations, sometimes called "hallucitations."
These phony citations seem complete and appear to be excellent scholarly articles that match your research topic, but you won't be able to find the full and read the sources because they do not exist.
To find real sources for your research project, we recommend starting with the library's research guide for your subject. Try searching within the recommend databases on that guide, and contact the library if you need more help.
For more information about using generative AI tools wisely, visit the library's AI Research Tools page.
