Citation Style Guide

• Citations let your professor, or anyone else who reads your work, find the items you used in your research. The key to a successful citation is providing all the information needed for your reader to find the book, article, or other item you are citing.
• Citing builds your credibility and shows that your ideas are shared by other experts in the field. Citing scholarly, peer-reviewed sources lends extra credibility to your work.
• Citation avoids plagiarism! Citing your sources properly gives credit to the original author. 

Rules for citing content assembled by generative AI tools are changing often, so consult the linked pages to confirm that the styles here match the most current version. 

Content Assembled by any Generative AI (genAI)

MLA (Modern Language Association)

• "full text of prompt" prompt. genAI name, model of genAI, creator/ company of genAI, day month year of prompt, stable URL for generated content.
• Example - “Describe the theme of nature in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park” prompt. ChatGPT, model GPT-4o, OpenAI, 23 Sept. 2024, chatgpt.com/share/66f1b0a0-d704-8000-be9a-85f53c850607.

APA (American Psychological Association)

• creator/ company of genAI. (year, month day of prompt). Full text of prompt [Generative AI chat]. genAI name. stable URL for generated content
• Example - OpenAI. (2024, September 23). Describe the theme of nature in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park [Generative AI chat]. ChatGPT. https://chatgpt.com/share/66f1b0a0-d704-8000-be9a-85f53c850607

Chicago Manual of Style (use a numbered footnote or endnote)

• genAI name, response to "full text of prompt," creator/ company of genAI, month day, year of prompt.
• Example - 1. ChatGPT, response to “Describe the theme of nature in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park,” OpenAI, September 23, 2024.