AI for Students Guide: Documenting Your AI Use

1. Provide a disclosure statement, including the following information:

• Which AI tool you used with its version number (you can prompt the tool for this information)
• For what purpose you used the tool 
• How you revised, edited, or developed the AI-generated content
• The format you used to save/share your AI conversation.

2. Save your prompt and AI output in one of the following ways:

• Copy and paste to a Word file
• Export to Google Docs (available with some AI models)
• Take a screenshot of your prompts and the responses 
• Save as a web page
• Or use a shared link from the tool (see the box below for instructions).

3. Include the statement in the body of your work, or in an appendix or acknowledgements at the end of your work.

Here are some examples of a disclosure statement:

I acknowledge my use of Perplexity AI (standard, free version) to brainstorm search terms and to create an outline for my GSJ paper. I've included a shareable link to my prompts and the output. https://www.perplexity.ai/search/provide-search-terms-for-an-un-nw6c61zuQDWtFDi2qDi2Aw

I used Claude Sonnet 4 to improve the first draft of my research paper, which included fixing spelling and grammatical errors, and rewriting sentences and paragraphs. I have included a screenshot of my AI conversations in the Appendix of my paper.
 

Some AI tools have a function that allows for sharing your content with others. Look for a share link or icon in the tool such as the image below from ChatGPT. These kinds of links can be helpful for documenting your Gen AI usage.

NOTE: Some of these shareable links may not be persistent or stable over time. To ensure long-term access to your AI-generated content, save or download a copy of your prompts and output to your local device. If you delete the AI conversation that you shared from your account, it will break the link.

The guidance from each citation style is subject to change as each one develops its standards.  

For styles that have provided no official guidance, we recommend that you base the citation for generative AI content on the format for personal communication as the content can't be retrieved or reproduced.

We do not recommend using AI-generated citations in your work without proofreading them, or using an AI tool to generate citations or bibliographies, as they are prone to errors. Use one of the library's reference managers, such as Zotero, or other trusted citation tools instead.