Zotero is a free program downloaded to your computer. It creates in-text citations and bibliographies for you; it can also be used to organize sources and notes.
Zoterobib, or Zbib, is a quick, online version of Zotero. It will store information only until your browser cache is cleared.
If you install a Lean Library button in your browser, it will tell you If the book or article you're looking for on Amazon.com, Google Scholar, etc. is available online or in print from the Mizzou Libraries.
The second link goes to our guide, for more information on Keenious.
The text you provide to Keenious, either typed or uploaded, does not get incorporated into Keenious, so there is no copyright issue and no worry about your writing ending up as another AI user's output.
Things to Know When Using Generative AI For Writing Tasks:
1. If you upload published papers into a generative AI interface for summarization, you are probably breaking copyright, unless you are doing so within a "walled garden," like the MU-subscribed version of Microsoft Copilot.
2. If you upload material that you intend to publish later, yourself, you risk that material becoming part of a generated "answer" for someone else.
3. Generative AI is very good at language, grammar, and rhetoric, but unreliable when it comes to facts...especially in areas where the free internet is full of bias, uninformed opinions, misinformation or even disinformation. AI has no way to know if it's right or not.
4. When AI generates "sourced information," it may generate sources that do not exist, or data that does not exist in the sources to which the data is attributed. Any sources provided by AI must always be checked, both for actual existence and for whether they contain the information the AI is attributing to them.
5. Experts can usually identify AI-generated fake sources or misquotes fairly easily, but novices have to spend time checking. It may be better to invest that time into reading and writing, which is a better investment into your own knowledge and research skills.
