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A guide to using MLA 9th referencing style

Use of AI

You should seek clarification from the Lecturer-in-Charge (LIC) of your unit to see if it is permissible to use AI tools in your assessments. 

ChatGPT

  • If you use an AI tool such as ChatGPT to paraphrase, quote or include content in your work you must cite the tool in the Works Cited list.
  • It is recommended that you acknowledge in a note or within your text if you have used the tool to edit your prose or translate words.

Works Cited 

"Wording used in the prompt" prompt. Name of AI Tool, version, Publisher, Date, URL.
"Name one advantage of using solar heating" prompt. ChatGPT, version 2, OpenAI, 10 May 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

In-text

An advantage of solar heating is that it "reduces the consumption of fossil fuels" ("Name one advantage"). 

Notes

Author: The AI tool is not considered to be the author.  The wording used in the prompt describes what was generated by the AI tool, including the prompt, if this is not included in the text.

Date: Give the day the content was generated. Abbreviate month names greater than four letters: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.

For more information see 'How do I cite generative AI in MLA style?' from the MLA Style Center.