Style Guide: APA Style 7th edition

The information in this guide is based on APA style instruction from the following sources: 

• APA Style: Reference Examples
• Purdue OWL's APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition)
• APA Format for Students & Researchers- Easy Bib
• How to cite a speech in APA style format & examples
• How to cite ChatGPT in APA style

APA Style:

The four elements you need when citing ChatGPT are: author, date, title and source. The author of the model is OpenAI.

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Aug 3 version) [Large Language Model]

For all social media platforms:

• Real name unknown, use the screen/account name (no brackets)
• No proper title? Use the first 20 words of the post (links, #, emojis count as one word each--do not italicize emojis)
• Include any attachments in the post (in square brackets). Ex. title of post [image attached]
• When referencing a comment, use the comment's URL, not the original post's (R click on comment's timestamp & click "Copy link address")

APA in-text citations 7th edition

• To create an in-text citation in APA style, you use the author's surnames only and the year in text. 
• If you are using a direct quote, you will also need to use the page number.
• If an in-text citation has the authors' names in brackets use "&" in between the authors' names: (Jones & Smith, 2021, p.29).