New and updated LibGuides February 2025
Posted: February 3, 2025
The A.T. Still Memorial Library has a new LibGuide that we’d like to highlight. It’s a topic on everyone’s mind in 2025: Artificial Intelligence.
Our AI guide helps users navigate the complex landscape of AI with a focus on responsible, informed, and ethical usage. Here’s a quick breakdown:
- What is AI: This guide defines AI and what types of things it can help with or do. Additionally, a (non-exhaustive) list of types of AI is presented.
- Guidelines on Using AI in Publishing: It offers best practices for leveraging AI in publishing, from content creation and editing to fact-checking and generating citations. It emphasizes ethical use, transparency, and accountability.
- Citation and Evaluation: The guide addresses how to properly cite AI-generated content and evaluate its accuracy, reliability, and relevance in academic and professional settings.
- Risks of AI: It highlights potential risks, including bias in AI models, the ethical concerns of automation, data privacy issues, and the impact of AI on job markets.
- Library Resources: The guide provides a list of ebooks and journals that support research on AI and its application.
Updated Guides:
Streaming Media Resources: This updated guide goes through how to access the various streaming media libraries that you have access to across ATSU’s many databases, including Acland’s Video Atlas, Access Medicine, Oral Surgery Videos, and more.
MO Technology Study Room: The Technology Study Room in Kirksville has many tools, software, and hardware you can use. This updated guide goes into detail about the following services:
- 3D Design Software
- Accessibility Software
- Analytical Software
- Communications and Conferencing Software
- Creativity and Media Software
- Productivity Software
- Hardware and Special Features