✨ What Can ChatGPT Do?

22 ways ChatGPT helps students, faculty, and librarians

📚 Research & Information Support

• Discover information sources across scholarly databases, news, and open-access resources.
• Summarize articles, papers, or books into clear, concise notes.
• Explain complex concepts (statistics, legal cases, scientific methods, etc.) in plain language.
• Compare sources (e.g., scholarly vs. news articles) to evaluate credibility.
• Generate bibliographies and citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, and other formats.
• Create annotated reference lists formatted in major style guides, with brief summaries.
• Follow references to verify them, expand your knowledge, and identify additional sources.
• Fact-check information and suggest reliable sources for deeper research.

✍️ Writing & Communication

• Brainstorm topics and ideas for papers, projects, and presentations.
• Draft outlines to structure essays, proposals, or reports.
• Revise and edit text for clarity, grammar, and conciseness.
• Reformat content for different uses (for example, from an academic essay into slides).
• Translate or adapt language for multilingual readers.

🎓 Teaching & Learning

• Create practice questions and quizzes for exam prep.
• Tutor step-by-step on solving math, coding, or logic problems.
• Simulate classroom discussions by role-playing perspectives on a topic.
• Provide accessibility support, such as rewriting text in simpler language.
• Offer study strategies tailored to learning style or subject matter.

📊 Productivity & Professional Tasks

• Generate Excel formulas, SQL queries, or code snippets for quick solutions.
• Draft professional emails, memos, and announcements.
• Summarize long documents (policies, reports, grant applications) into key takeaways.
• Assist with project planning, timelines, and task breakdowns.