AI Citation Guides
AI Options
- Microsoft CoPilot (Bing)KU faculty, staff, students, and affiliates are given a free account by using their KU login credentials.
- PerplexityPerplexity AI is an AI-powered search engine and chatbot that is designed to provide accurate and comprehensive answers to user queries. By searching the web in real-time, it offers up-to-date information on a wide range of topics. It is particularly notable as the only chatbot with an "Academic" Focus setting.
- ChatGPTChatGPT is OpenAI's best-in-class generative AI chatbot. Free-tier users can have conversations, gain insights into text or data, and automate tasks. ChatGPT itself does not have internet access and may hallucinate citations and links, but free users now have access to custom GPTs--tools created for specific tasks, including searching the internet or scholarly sources.
- ClaudeClaude is an "AI assistant created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest." Claude is known for having a particularly large memory and can summarize large documents or multiple pdfs. Claude currently cannot search the internet or provide links to its sources.
Streaming Services at KU
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowA streaming video on-demand service which provides access to educational films.
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowContains a very large collection of the Alexander Street Press streaming video, including topics in history, art, international studies, dance, theater, and more.
- Ambrose Video This link opens in a new windowSearch for and watch over 7000 educational streaming videos.
- Digitalia Film Library This link opens in a new windowDigitalia Film Library has over 800 quality documentaries and films distributed in the following collections: Argentine Cinema, European Cinema, French Collection, History, Latin American Selection, Nature and Wildlife, North American Classic Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Cuban Cinema and Travel Documentary.
- Films on demand This link opens in a new windowThis collection of educational streaming videos includes content from a wide selection of producers and covers a wide variety of subject matter. This link also includes the “World Cinema Video Collection” which includes films from around the globe.
- Swank Digital CampusContains 1,000 streaming films and documentaries, including many feature films.
