Finding and verifying sources

How to search better and check sources with Perplexity?

  • Perplexity

1250 € per session, excl. VAT

In short

For professionals across all fields seeking precise application, this training teaches how to refine information search and verify sources using Perplexity. Participants learn to question, explore, verify, and report their findings. The outcome is documented research and a source reliability grid, enabling improved decision-making based on dependable information.

Why this training?

The problem
Fragmented uses and results that are hard to verify.
What it costs today
Manual rework and decisions based on incomplete information.
Why this skill
Checked research with three sources and handling of contradictions.
What you gain
Checked research with three sources and handling of contradictions.

Objectives of this training

  • Specify need, period and context.
  • Refine searches with follow-ups.
  • Open citations.
  • Checked research with three sources and handling of contradictions.

Who is it for and what are the prerequisites?

Roles and tasks concerned

  • Professionals seeking hands-on practice with a specific use case

Prior skills

  • AI Fundamentals and AI Prompting completed, or equivalent experience (a learning prerequisite, not a registration condition).
  • Have practised: Understand Perplexity and get started, or have equivalent skills. Authorised Perplexity account; advanced search, files and shared spaces subject to verified plan and permissions. Check Spaces naming and availability during scoping. Open original sources; do not assume Pages or publishing are available.
  • A paid subscription to an AI solution offering the features used, the organisation’s authorisation for third-party tools, and the actual accounts and access rights.

To prepare before the session

  • Authorised Perplexity account; advanced search, files and shared spaces subject to verified plan and permissions. Check Spaces naming and availability during scoping. Open original sources; do not assume Pages or publishing are available.

What you will work on

  1. Question

    Specify need, period and context.

  2. Explore

    Refine searches with follow-ups.

  3. Verify

    Open citations.

  4. Present

    Produce a concise linked answer.

What you take away

  • A documented search and a source-reliability rubric.

Method and assessment

  • Demonstration of available features, guided exercises and an independent case.
  • Peer review of the deliverable and correction against original sources.

The participant presents the stated deliverable, justifies sources and permissions, identifies and corrects an error and explains limitations. Assessment rubric: accuracy, traceability, access control and handover to a colleague.

Frequently asked questions

What concrete outcome is assessed?

Checked research with three sources and handling of contradictions.

What access is needed before the session?

Authorised Perplexity account; advanced search, files and shared spaces subject to verified plan and permissions. Check Spaces naming and availability during scoping. Open original sources; do not assume Pages or publishing are available.

Which step should come before this course?

Have practised: Understand Perplexity and get started, or have equivalent skills.

How are data protected and results validated?

Use fictional, anonymised or explicitly authorised data. Your organisation’s designated person checks sources, rights and results before use; subscriptions and external access are not assumed to be included.

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