Create Citations

Summary	A guide to creating and managing citations at Riverdale
Author	Maintained by Matthijs van Mierlo
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Status	Up-to-date for the 2024-2025 school year.

General Citations

As a faculty, student, administrator, or staff member, you might need to cite resources for your work at Riverdale. Ask for clarification from teachers, colleagues or administrators if you are unsure about which citation style to use. The common citation styles in use on campus are:

We currently subscribe to a software platform called Noodletools that facilitates the creation, maintenance, and organization of citations. For more information, look at the article here: Access NoodleTools

Citing General AI Use

According to Riverdale's AI policy, faculty, staff, and students must properly attribute and cite AI usage in their work. Below are some recommendations for citing AI in a variety of formats, including APA, Chicago, MLA and more.

APA, MLA & Chicago

For APA: How to cite ChatGPT
For Chicago: Citation, Documentation of Sources
For MLA: How do I cite AI in MLA style?

Regardless of the citation format, you must always include the prompt that was used. If your prompts are long, consider making and including an appendix. Each citation style has different ways to citing the “prompt” that was used. Check with your teacher or supervisor if you are unsure as to how to do this properly.

Other Citation Formats & Recommendations

For some classes, your teacher might ask you to use a special citation style to indicate when you’ve used AI in your work.

Example 1

(ChatGPT, 6 May 2024, “Help me rephrase these 2 sentences”)

Example 2

Bot Check: 95% human created, 5% artificial intelligence created.

Used AI to: Confirm details of pop culture references.

Example from “AI For Educators” by Matt Miller

Example 3

Or you should use another format that your teacher will share with you. Regardless of the citation format, you must always include the prompt that was used. If your prompts are long, consider an appendix for your paper. Each citation style has different ways to citing the “prompt” that was used. Check with your teacher if you are unsure as to how to do this properly.


Discipline	Policy
Computer Science	Please submit this assignment with your name and a copy of this text. “I have neither given nor received improper aid in the preparation of this computer science assignment or in the completion of this code. Unless properly attributed to others, the work is exclusively my own. Signed: (type your name here acknowledging this statement)”
Other	Ask your teacher or department for specific guidelines