{"id":9486,"date":"2023-03-30T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/?page_id=9486"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:12:52","slug":"citing-chatgpt-and-other-generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/ofe-teaching-principles\/clear-course-design\/practical-responses-to-chat-gpt\/citing-chatgpt-and-other-generative-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing Generative AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Citing AI-Produced Content Responsibly<\/h3>\n<p>We are still learning how to ethically use and cite generative AI resources. As such, err on the side of transparency. Here are some general strategies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Link.<\/strong> Some generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, allow users to share a link to retrieve individual chats. For those tools, use the citation guidance below\u00a0 and include a link.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transcript.<\/strong> Save a transcript of your chat. Include it with your work as an appendix or as a supplemental material available online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acknowledgement statement.<\/strong> Describe how you used the tool. This strategy can be convenient when you only use generative AI to plan your paper or generate ideas and don&#8217;t include any of its generated content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This section of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a derivative of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.slcc.edu\/ChatGPT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AI, ChatGPT, and the Library Libguide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.slcc.edu\/prf.php?id=5de50602-7cdb-11ed-9922-0ad758b798c3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy Scheelke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcc.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salt Lake Community College<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is licensed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CC BY-NC 4.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">APA 7th edition<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/blog\/how-to-cite-chatgpt\">Guidance<\/a> from Apr 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>In-text:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">When prompted with \u201cIs the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?\u201d the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, \u201cthe notation that people can be characterized as \u2018left-brained\u2019 or \u2018right-brained\u2019 is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth\u201d (OpenAI, 2023).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong>OpenAI. (2023).\u00a0<em>ChatGPT<\/em> (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. link URL.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">MLA<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\">\n<p><strong>MLA<\/strong> was the first citation style team to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/citing-generative-ai\/?utm_campaign=sourcemar23&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mlaoutreach\">official guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>In-text: <\/strong>(\u201cDescribe the symbolism\u201d)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong>&#8220;Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book <i>The Great Gatsby<\/i>\u00a0by F. Scott Fitzgerald\u201d prompt.\u00a0<em>ChatGPT<\/em>, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, link URL<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">Chicago Manual 17th edition<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<sup>1<\/sup>Originator of the communication, medium, Day Month, Year.\n<p><sup>1<\/sup><em>E.g.:<\/em> OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT AI language model, response to question from author, 7 February, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Last Modified: Friday, March 20, 2026 2:12 pm<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2022\/08\/CC.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"80\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTeaching Resources by\u00a0<a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/?\">ÌÇÐÄvlog Office for Faculty Excellence<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under a\u00a0<a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third-party content is not covered under the Creative Commons license and may be subject to additional intellectual property notices, information, or restrictions. You are solely responsible for obtaining permission to use third-party content or determining whether your use is fair use and for responding to any claims that may arise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons CC BY-NC-4.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing AI-Produced Content Responsibly We are still learning how to ethically use and cite generative AI resources. As such, err on the side of transparency. Here are some general strategies: Link. Some generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, allow users to share a link to retrieve individual chats. 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