Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL Purdue)
In addition to their up-to-date versions of the most popular citation styles, they also host a number of helpful handouts dealing with writing and grammar
Note that if AI is used in the drafting process, the author(s) are expected to disclose how. - "When a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model is used in the drafting of a manuscript for an APA publication, the use of AI must be disclosed in the methods section and cited." (Quote from APA policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarly materials.)
APA Citation Example:
When given a follow-up prompt of “What is a more accurate representation?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that “different brain regions work together to support various cognitive processes” and “the functional specialization of different regions can change in response to experience and environmental factors” (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript).
Reference
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model].
https://chat.openai.com/chat
MLA Citation Example:
Works-Cited-List Entry
“What is a more accurate representation?” prompt. ChatGPT, 14 Mar. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
See
APA Style How to Cite ChatGPT
Purdue OWL How to Cite AI Content
MLS Style Center
By installing a plugin into your browser and Microsoft Word, these Citation Managers can almost do all your citations for you. Be sure to ask for help if you have difficulties setting things up.
When you are researching in the databases, you'll come across all different kinds of sources. These sources include book chapters, magazine articles, data sets, book reviews, academic research articles, ebooks, and more. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between, for example, an article in a journal and a book chapter.
Some quick tips:
ARTICLES will typically have a volume and/or issue number in the citation.
BOOKS will have only one title and the name of the publisher after the title.
BOOK CHAPTERS will have the title of the chapter and the title of the book as well as the publisher. You can tell it's a book chapter because there won't be a volume or issue number.
Please note that the citation indentations may not be correct on your screen depending on size. Here are some examples to help you recognize what you are looking at -
ARTICLE - MLA STYLE
Ortega, Jorge, et al. “Florida Manatees.” Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 99, no. 5, 2018, pp. 1270–
71. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27007357. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
You can tell this is an article for a couple of reasons:
ARTICLE - APA STYLE
Ortega, J., Juarez-Maldonado, R., & Reynolds, J. E. (2018). Florida manatees [Review of Florida
Manatees: Biology, Behavior and Conservation, by W. Lynch]. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(5), 1270–1271. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27007357
Different bibliographic styles will sometimes give you more or less information and occur in different areas of the citation, but they have the same indicators of what they are. In this case, this is an article in a journal that is a book review.
EBOOK - MLA STYLE
Mikkelsen, Paula M., and Rüdiger Bieler. Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine Mollusks of the
Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves. Princeton University Press, 2008. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1zm2v56. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
A couple of indicators that this is an ebook:
BOOK CHAPTER - APA STYLE
Simbeck, R., & CASADA, J. (2020). Loggerhead Sea Turtle. In The Southern Wildlife Watcher: Notes of a
Naturalist (pp.102–107). University of South Carolina Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvrxk3d7.31
If the database doesn't explicitly indicate that this is a book chapter as it does above, the citation will give you clues:
Macdonald-Kelce Library - University of Tampa - 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. - Tampa, FL 33606 - 813 257-3056 - library@ut.edu - Accessibility