{"id":5801,"date":"2026-04-07T08:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/?page_id=5801"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:32:51","slug":"citing-ai-generated-content-in-mla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/citing-ai-generated-content-in-mla\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing AI-Generated Content in MLA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disclaimer:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The use of Generative AI tools is not permitted in all classes. Each ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø instructor outlines their specific AI policy in the syllabus and on Canvas. If you are unsure of your instructor\u2019s AI policy, please reach out to them directly for clarification. This resource should only be used if your instructor does<\/strong> permit AI usage in their class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

When citing AI-generated content in your Works Cited, begin with the \u201ctitle\u201d (the first sentence of the first prompt in the relevant conversation) encased in quotation marks. Following that, include the name of the AI tool (e.g., \u201cChatGPT 3.5\u201d or \u201cBing AI\u201d), along with the version date, the name of the organization that created it (e.g., \u201cOpenAI\u201d or \u201cMicrosoft\u201d), the date you acquired the AI response, and the URL of the specific chat session where the response was generated. If you cannot access or share the URL of the chat session, use the generic URL of the tool instead.<\/p>\n

In-text citations should consist of a condensed form of the title\u2014reduced to three words\u2014 encased in quotation marks.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re using content generated by an AI tool that doesn\u2019t allow you to share a link to the full chat for the reader to review, it\u2019s important to include the full generated response in an appendix to your paper.<\/strong> This allows readers to see the context of the AI\u2019s response. The appendix should be labeled clearly and referred to in your in-text citation.<\/p>\n

Here is an example of how you might format an appendix containing AI-generated content:<\/p>\n

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  1. Appendices should appear at the end of your paper, before your Works Cited page.<\/li>\n
  2. Each appendix should start on a new page.<\/li>\n
  3. Center the title at the top of the page. Start with the word \u201cAppendix\u201d and a letter if there are multiple appendices (e.g., \u201cAppendix A\u201d).<\/li>\n
  4. Include the full text of the AI\u2019s response. You may want to format this in a way that distinguishes it from your own writing, such as using a different font or including it as a block quote. You may also use the screenshots if they are both 1) Readable and 2) Complete.<\/li>\n
  5. In your in-text citation, refer to the appendix where the full AI response can be found. For example, (\u201cDiscuss the implications\u201d; See Appendix A for full AI-generated response).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Remember, the goal is to ensure that your reader can easily find and understand.<\/p>\n\n\n

    Example: MLA ChatGPT citation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    MLA Format<\/td>\u201cText of prompt\u201d prompt. ChatGPT<\/em>, Day Month version, OpenAI, Day Month Year, chat.openai.com\/chat\/abcdefg<\/td><\/tr>
    MLA Works Cited entry<\/td>\u201cTell me about confirmation bias\u201d prompt. ChatGPT 3.5<\/em>, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 16 Feb. 2023, chat.openai.com\/chat\/abcdef<\/td><\/tr>
    MLA in-text citation<\/td>(\u201cTell me about\u201d; see Appendix A for full transcript)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    If you use an AI tool like ChatGPT or Bing AI to identify sources and then utilize those sources in your work (as opposed to using the text produced by the AI itself), you only need to cite the sources you actually employed, not the AI tool that assisted in their discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you used an AI tool to revise a few words of your writing or translate words, MLA advises acknowledging this at a suitable point in your text or in a footnote.<\/p>\n\n\n

    Works Cited<\/p>\n

    Caulfield, Jack. \u201cCHATGPT Citations: Formats & Examples.\u201d Scribbr<\/em>, 1 May<\/p>\n

    2023, www.scribbr.come\/ai-tools\/chatgpt-citations\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Disclaimer: The use of Generative AI tools is not permitted in all classes. Each ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø instructor outlines their specific AI policy in the syllabus and on Canvas. If you are unsure of your instructor\u2019s AI policy, please reach out to them directly for clarification. This resource should only be used if your instructor does permit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5801","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5801"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5820,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5801\/revisions\/5820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}