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Citation Style Manuals
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Publication Manual (OFFICIAL) 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association
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ISBN: 9781433832154Publication Date: 2019 -
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The Writing Center at Purdue University has created the most widely used, comprehensive guides to citation available.
AI Citation
- Always confirm with your professor whether AI tools like ChatGPT are allowed for each assignment.
- Always verify information and sources generated by AI tools
- AI has been known to "hallucinate", which is generating false information and to cite non-existent sources
- AI-generated text mines people's intellectual property without crediting them, which raises ethical concerns
- Use the guidelines on the additional tabs to properly cite your sources:
Feel free to check the full MLA guideline ( 9th edition) for your specific questions.
The MLA’s method for citing sources uses a template of core elements—standardized criteria that writers can use to evaluate sources and create works-cited-list entries based on that evaluation. That new technologies like ChatGPT emerge is a key reason why the MLA has adopted this approach to citation—to give writers flexibility to apply the style when they encounter new types of sources.
You should
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cite a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote, or incorporate into your own work any content (whether text, image, data, or other) that was created by it
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acknowledge all functional uses of the tool (like editing your prose or translating words) in a note, your text, or another suitable location
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take care to vet the secondary sources it cites
Core Elements
Each entry in the list of works cited is composed of facts common to most works—the MLA core elements. They are assembled in a specific order.
Containers
The concept of containers is crucial to MLA style. When the source being documented forms part of a larger whole, the larger whole can be thought of as a container that holds the source. For example, a short story may be contained in an anthology. The short story is the source, and the anthology is the container.
Learn how to use the MLA practice template to create entries in the list of works cited.
Example:
“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
See examples of Citing Creative Visual Works, Quoting Creative Textual Works, and Citing Secondary Sources Used by an AI Tool on the MLA Guide.
Feel free to check the APA style guide with examples.
Colucci, A., Weaver, K. D., Voichita, S., & Dai, J. (2023). APA citation style : References Chat GPT. https://lib.uwaterloo.ca/
Feel free to check the Chicago Manual of Style for more information.
Colucci, A., Ali, A., Voichita, S., & Dai, J., Weaver, K. (2023). Chicago 17th Manual of Style: References Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots. https://lib.