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BOOKS

 

A Book with One Author

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication year). Title of the book. Publisher.

Example:

Christensen, W. M. (2018). Mothers of the military: support and politics during wartime. Rowman & Littlefield.


A Book with Two Authors

Basic format:

Author, A. & Author, B. (Publication year). Title of the book. Publisher.

Example:

Kallick, B. & Zmuda, A. (2017). Students at the center: personalized learning with habits of mind. ASCD.


A Book with Three to Twenty Authors

Basic format:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C. & Author, D. D. (Publication year). Title of the book. Publisher.

Example:

Marcus, A. S., Stoddard, J. D., &  Marcus, A. S. (2017). Teaching history with museums: Strategies for K-12 social studies.

          Routledge.


A Book with More than Twenty Authors

NOTE: When there are 21 or more authors, include the first 19 authors’ names, insert an ellipsis (but no ampersand), and then add the final author’s name.

Example:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F.,   Author, G. G., Author, H. H., Author,

          I. I., Author, J. J., Author, K. K., Author, L.      L., Author, M. M., Author, N. N., Author, O. O., Author, P. P., Author,

          Q. Q., Author, R. R., Author, S. S., . . . Author, Z. Z.


A Book with One Editor

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Ed.). (Publication year). Title of the book. Publisher.

Example:

Robertiello, G. (Ed.). (2017). The use and abuse of police power in America: Historical milestones and current controversies.

          ABC-CLIO.


A Book with More than One Editor

Basic format:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Eds.). (Publication year). Title of the book. Publisher.

Example:

Okilwa, N. S., Khalifa, M, & Briscoe, F. (Eds.). (2017). The school to prison pipeline: The role of culture and discipline in

          school. Emerald Publishing Limited.  


Chapter in an Edited Book

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (if available). (Publication year). Title of the chapter. In Name(s) of Editor(s), Title of the larger work (Vol.,

          page range). Publisher. doi (if available)

Example:

Pyle, C. M. (2010).  Bridging the gap: A different view of Renaissance humanism and science. In R. Bod, J. Maat, & T.

          Weststeijn (Eds.), The making of the humanities (Vol. 1, pp.39-58). Amsterdam University Press.


Several Volumes of a Multivolume Work

Basic format:

Author or Editor, A. A. (Publication year). Title of the multivolume work (add edition if 2nd or higher, number of volumes).

          Publisher.

Example:

Holbrook, J. B. (Ed.). (2015). Ethics, science, technology, and engineering: A global resource (2nd ed., Vols. 1-4).

          Macmillan Reference USA.
 

PERIODICALS


A Database Journal Article with DOI

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication year). Title of the article. Journal title, volume(issue), page range. doi

Example:

Adams, J.M., Green, W.A. & Zhanga, Y. (2008). Leaf margins and temperature in the North American flora: Recalibrating

          the paleoclimatic thermometer. Global and Planetary Change, 60(3-4), 523-534. https://doi.org/10.1016

          /j.gloplacha.2007.07.001


A Database Journal Article without DOI

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication year). Title of the article. Journal title, volume(issue), page range.

Example:

Larson, J., & Lizardo, O. (2019). Institutional movement logics and the changing shape of the US social movement field,

          1960–1995. Social Forces, 97(4), 1389-1421. 
 

A Magazine Article without DOI

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication date). Title of the article. Magazine title, volume(issue), page range.

Example:

Tarafdar, T. (2019, January). You can do it! M&B shares tips to make returning to work after maternity leave as painless as

          possible. Mother & Baby, 11(9), 84-87.


Magazine Article on the Web

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication date). Title of the article. Publication title. URL

Example:

Denby, D. F. (2007, October 22). Idols: Have stars lost their magic? The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com

          /magazine/2007/10/22/fallen-idols


A Newspaper Article in Print

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication date). Title of the article. Newspaper title. Section and page.

Example:

Hackman, M. (2018, March 2). U.S. news: Teachers brace for ruling. The Wall Street Journal. A6.


A Newspaper Article on the Web

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication date). Article title. Newspaper title. URL

Example:

Cramer, M. (2020, February 11). Yet another Vermont police chief quits over fake social media accounts. The New York

          Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/burlington-police-jan-wright-twitter.html?searchResultPosition=4


OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES  

Webpage on a Website with a Governmental Agency Group Author

Basic format:

Governmental agency title. (Most recent date). Title of the page. Names of the parent agencies. URL

Example:

National Institute of Mental Health. (2019, July). Suicide prevention. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

          National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml


Webpage on a Website with an Individual Author

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Last edited date). Title of resource. Name of the website. URL

Example:

Goldiner, S. (2012 January). Medicine in the Middle Ages. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

            https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/medm/hd_medm.htm

Blog

Basic format:

Author, A. A. (Publication date). Blog entry title. Blog title. URL

Example:

Poling, J. (2020, April 6).  Race, class, and “hybrid” masculinities. Everyday Sociology.                               

          https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2020/04/race-class-and-hybrid-masculinities.html


YouTube Videos

Basic format:

Name of account uploader. (Date video was uploaded). Title of the video [Item description]. Site name. URL

Example:

PBS News Hour. (2019, July 22). The Harlem Renaissance's cultural explosion, in photographs [Video]. YouTube.

          https://www.pbs.org/video/harlem-in-pictures-1563834855/

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