Learning outcomes
- Explain how to open citations and confirm they support the claim.
- Complete the guided activity safely.
- Check that you can identify unsupported or overstated conclusions.
Web Search and Research
Checking Citations and Links
Learn to open citations and confirm they support the claim and identify unsupported or overstated conclusions in this beginner-friendly ChatGPT lesson.
Before you begin
Write the question, required date range and preferred source types before searching. Plan to open and verify important sources yourself.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open ChatGPT Search or Deep Research where available and confirm you are using the intended account or workspace.
- Verify three claims against their linked pages.
- Pause and check privacy, permissions, source material, feature availability and any instruction that affects the task.
- Review the result carefully and confirm that you can identify unsupported or overstated conclusions.
- Save only the useful, verified output and record one improvement for your next prompt.
Ian's practical tip: Start with fictional or non-sensitive information. Treat the first response as a draft, then verify facts, sources, calculations and permissions before using it.
Practical activity
Verify three claims against their linked pages. Your expected result is to identify unsupported or overstated conclusions.