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Metro State Student Research Conference

A resource guide providing guidelines and examples for creating effective academic poster presentations.

Here are some examples of citations for chatbots in the MLA and APA formats

MLA in-text citation

"The sensory-friendly nature of interactions with therapy dogs, including gentle touch and rhythmic petting, can have a soothing effect on children with ASD"("Please provide research topic").

MLA full citation in Works Cited (for more information go to the MLA website)

“Title of chat prompt”. ChatGPT, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

MLA in-text citation for a Dall-E generated image 

Fig. 1. “An alpaca in a meadow with purple flowers” prompt, DALL-E, version 2, 12 Dec. 2023.

MLA full citation for a Dall-E generated image

"An alpaca in a meadow with purple flowers" prompt. DALL-E, version 2. OpenAI, 12 Dec. 2023,

       labs.openai.com.

APA in-text citation (from APA Style Blog)

Example:

When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).

APA full citation in References

The APA citation differs from the MLA in that it does not mention your specific prompt. That information is provided in the in-text citation. So the full citation will look like this:

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat