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Describing AI Use in Your Work

Substantive uses of generative AI may require acknowledgment that goes beyond citation. Read the MLA editors’ advice on describing the use of AI in your work.

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AI in French Higher Ed Classes

Join us on 28 October for a free webinar, AI in the French Higher Ed Classroom, and discover strategies for redesigning writing classes to enhance critical thinking.

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Quotations and Ellipses

You have more than one way to indicate that your quotation does not begin at the start of the sentence you are quoting. An MLA editor demonstrates three approaches.

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Updated AI Resources

Looking for more AI resources? Check out our updated guidance on citing generative AI and our new landing page that collects all of our AI-related posts in one place.

Citing Numbered Poems in an Anthology

Some poetic works are conventionally referred to using an established numbering system. Learn how to incorporate these numbers in your citations with the MLA editors’ help.

How to Cite a Forged Letter

When citing letters that are suspected or confirmed forgeries, you can include both the name of the author as shown in the letter as well as the attributed author, the MLA editors explain.

Social Media Citations and Access Dates

It’s good practice to include an access date when citing social media posts in which the text could have changed after being posted. The MLA editors offer an example.

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