Thursday, July 10, 2008

Citation Guide

All guidelines and rules adhere to the Mastering APA Style: Student's Workbook and Training Guide, 5th Edition

In-text citations:
Citations should be placed directly after any quotation from another source, or a reference to intellectual property owned by others.
All Sources:
1 author: (Last name, Year)
2 authors: (Last name & Last name, Year)
3 authors: (Last name, Last name & Last name, Year)
4+ authors: (Last name et al., Year)
Magazine or Newspaper:
No authors: ("Article title", Year)
Note: for direct quotes add page numbers: (Last name, year, p. #)
Bibliography entries:
At the end of your paper, you should also include a page with listing of all the sources you used and referenced in your work.
Book:
Last, F. (Year). Title. City: Publisher.
Magazine:
Last, F. (Date published). Title of Article. Title of Magazine, Volume, page numbers.
Newspaper:
Last, F. (Date published). Title of Article. Title of Newspaper, volume, page numbers.
Website:
Last, F. (Date published). Title of Website/Article. Retrieved Date, from URL.Journal: Last, F. (Year). Title of Article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), page numbers.

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