These resources provide general information about GenAI for students – from understanding GenAI, to its uses and risks, to referencing AI properly. It includes information from the other categories below.

🔵 GenAI and LLMs in the Academic Community
This interactive tutorial was created by the Leiden University Humanities Faculty. It guides you through some of the main themes that come with using GenAI: what is it, use and misuses, plagiarism when using AI, tools, and ethical concerns. This module will help you to use LLMs and GenAI safely and responsibly.

🔵  GAI use in Education @FSW
This page provides general information for students about GenAI and guidelines for responsible use. Specifically aimed at students of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, but the information is relevant more broadly.

⭕ Guidebook on AI Usage
A guidebook made by Korea University, which includes recommendations on AI use for students and teachers. It also includes practical AI use cases for teaching and learning.   

GenAI has an impact on core academic and library skills you develop at university, such as writing, searching for information and evaluating sources. The resources below can help you build and navigate these skills in the context of GenAI.

In these workshops organized by the Writing Lab Humanities, you will think about how and when to use GenAI in our academic writing process. Other topics, such as GenAI more generally, its possibilities and limitations, and plagiarism will also be discussed.

⭕ AI-wijs: verantwoord informatie zoeken en beoordelen
Interactive tutorial created by the UKB/SHB working group for searching and evaluating. Only available in Dutch.

⭕ Evaluation of your (AI-assisted) literature search [handout]
A handout created by Maastricht University to support you in evaluating GenAI output during literature searches. It focuses on transparency, reliability, relevance, coverage and accuracy.

⭕ Evaluating AI Tools for Research
A tool to help judge how useful and reliable an AI tool is for your purposes. Fill out the questions and see how well the tool scores.

⭕ AI Literacy
Webpages created by PennState University with information and frameworks to support your AI literacy: the knowledge and practical skills to use AI effectively and responsibly.

These resources dive further into the many ethical considerations around the use of GenAI, such as concerns around bias, privacy, environmental impact, and academic integrity.

🔵 Getting started with AI at Leiden University
A blog post outlining several limitations of GenAI tools.

🔵 Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
Declaration that calls for action to address the challenges posed when using artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

⭕ Guidance on safe and responsible use of GenAI
Made by the University of Oxford, this guide helps you use GenAI tools safely and responsibly, so you feel confident about exploring different ways of using this technology to support your learning.

⭕ Some Harm Considerations of LLMs
This is an overview of harms of LLMs made by Rebecca Sweetman of Queen’s University. The harms are catagorised in several stages (Design + Development, Operationalization, Future Legacy), themes (ableist harm, gendered harm, ecocidal harm, etc.) and impacts (Environment, Economy, Social Norm + Knowledge Reproduction).

Copyright applies both to the materials you upload into an AI tool, as well as the materials you produce with it: what are you allowed to upload and what is the copyright of AI-generated content? If you use AI-generated content, you must reference it properly. The resources below help you navigate copyright and referencing.  

Ensure you do not share confidential information, personal or sensitive data, and copyrighted materials – including books, articles, syllabi and slides – with an AI tool, as this information may be stored and reused.
 

⭕ Generative AI and copyright
This page was created by the Technical University of Denmark. It outlines crucial information to know when using GenAI for creating texts and images with regards to rights. It also includes information about what you can upload to a generative AI tool.

⭕ Copyright and AI
This page, created by Utrecht University, contains frequently asked questions about copyright and AI for students, focusing on ownership around AI-generated content.

⭕ APA-richtlijnen uitgelegd: Generatieve AI
Information on referencing generative AI in APA-style, made by the Netwerk Auteursrechten Informatiepunt. Only available in Dutch.

⭕ Referencing AI in assessments
This page includes examples of how to reference AI correctly in multiple citation styles. Made by the University of New South Wales.

There are many GenAI tools available, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. The resources below can help you choose the right tool for the task you need support with.

🔵 AI in Academic Databases
An overview of the major academic databases that Leiden University provides access to, that have integrated an AI assistant into their platforms. It includes recommended uses for each of these databases.

🔵 Universiteit Leiden Toolpicker
The toolpicker created by the university, including a section on AI tools.

⭕A Snapshot of GenAI Tools for Research
Created by Aster Zhao of the HKUST Library. An overview of AI-powered and traditional tools for academic research to compare features, coverage, access, and privacy of these tools.

⭕ Overview of AI tools for literature searching
Made by the University of Queensland, this page outlines several popular tools to can support search and discovery.

⭕ Generative AI Product Tracker
Extensive list of generative AI products that are marketed towards and/or actively used in teaching, learning, or research activities. Each product is tagged with one of multiple uses: Seach & Discovery, Research Workflow, Teaching & Learning and Writing.

Prompt libraries can help you formulate clear, effective prompts to get the support you need from AI tools.

⭕ AI Prompt Library
Made by the University Library of Maastricht University, this is a collection of prompt templates designed for educators and students.

⭕ The Prompt Library for Higher Education
Made by the Erasmus University Rotterdam, this is a collection of ready-to-use prompts for learning, teaching, research and operations.

⭕ Dutch Prompt Library
This is a collective prompt library for Dutch higher education, an initiative created by the Npuls AI & Data Community. To be able to view the library, you’ll have to log in with your ULCN account in SURF. Only available in Dutch.