Getting Started

Welcome! We've created this guide to help you get started with research. Use the menu tabs for suggestions of different types of resources.

1. Begin your research by generating keywords and phrases. Visit Research Strategies to get more tips.

2. Use the Databases & Journals tab to find Databases and Journals relevant to your topic.

3. The Books & eBooks tab contains a selection of recommended physical books and eBooks.

4. Navigate to the Web Resources for web content related to your topic.

5. If you are a student interested in using AI, please contact your instructor regarding their expectations in your class.

Additional Videos:

What is AI - Museum of Science

Have you encountered AI related terms that you don't understand? Try these resources to find definitions to many AI related terms and phrases.

AI Text Tools:

ChatGPT (OpenAI) Free to use. Easy to try. Just ask and ChatGPT can help with writing, learning, brainstorming, and more.
Gemini (Google) Supercharge your creativity and productivity Chat to start writing, planning, learning and more with Google AI
Copilot (Microsoft) Target & convert high-quality LinkedIn prospects in a scalable and humanized way. CoPilot AI is an AI-powered sales enablement tool helping B2B sales teams & agencies achieve consistent revenue growth.

AI Image Tools:

Midjourney Midjourney is an independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species.
DALL-E (OpenAI) DALL·E 3 is now available to all ChatGPT Plus, Team and Enterprise users, as well as to developers through our API. Modern text-to-image systems have a tendency to ignore words or descriptions, forcing users to learn prompt engineering. DALL·E 3 represents a leap forward in our ability to generate images that exactly adhere to the text you provide.
Canva AI Dream it up, then add it to your design. Watch your words and phrases transform into beautiful images with the best AI image generators available at your fingertips. Stand out with an image perfect for your project.
Stable Diffusion Stable Diffusion 3, our most advanced image model yet, features the latest in text-to-image technology with greatly improved performance in multi-subject prompts, image quality, and spelling abilities.
Gemini (Google) Supercharge your creativity and productivity Chat to start writing, planning, learning and more with Google AI
Copilot (Microsoft) Target & convert high-quality LinkedIn prospects in a scalable and humanized way. CoPilot AI is an AI-powered sales enablement tool helping B2B sales teams & agencies achieve consistent revenue growth.

AI - Artificial Intelligence