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APA 7th referencing style Examples

This is a guide to using the APA 7th referencing style from the American Psychological Association. It is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

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AI: ChatGPT, etc.

At this time, APA recommends that text generated from AI be cited and formatted as "Personal Communication." More details regarding the guidelines on this topic can be found in a specific post on How to Cite ChatGPT written by the APA Style team. 

As personal communication, it receives an in-text citation but not an entry on the References list.

Personal Communication Rule: (Communicator, personal communication, Month Date, Year)

Parenthetical Citation Example: 

(OpenAI, personal communication, July 17, 2023).

When describing the connection between cattle ranching and sustainability efforts, OpenAI's ChatGPT's response included ... (personal communication, June 15, 2023).

 

The reference and in-text citations for ChatGPT are formatted as follows:

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

 

  • Parenthetical citation: (OpenAI, 2023)
  • Narrative citation: OpenAI (2023)