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Author

Authors can be individuals, multiple people, groups, or a combination. 

When there is one author, begin with the author's last name, comma, first and middle initials. 

Yang, A. (2018). The war on normal people: The truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future. Hachette Books.


When there are two authors, each name starts with the last name, a comma, and the first and middle initials separated by a comma and an ampersand. 

Brook, E. J., & Buizert, C. (2018). Antarctic and global climate history viewed from ice cores. Nature, 558(7709), 200-208. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0172-5


When there are between three and twenty authors, list each author with their last name listed first, comma, first and middle initals, comma, next author until the final author which is separated by an ampersand. 

Modecki, K. L., Uink, B., & Barber, B. L. (2018). Antisocial behaviour during the teenage years: Understanding developmental risks. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (556), 1-14. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A568372024/AONE?u=kctcsjcc&sid=AONE&xid=dc35b148

Date

On the Reference page, the date of publication can take several different forms:

  • year only
  • year, month, and day
  • year and month
  • year and season
  • range of dates
  • or n.d. when there is no known date

The date should be in parenthesis with a period after the closing parenthesis. 

Wagner, K. D. (2019, February). Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: New findings. Psychiatric Times, 36(2), 8. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A581621255/AONE?u=kctcsjcc&sid=AONE&xid=7dc99e5e

Brook, E. J., & Buizert, C. (2018). Antarctic and global climate history viewed from ice cores. Nature, 558(7709), 200-208. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0172-5

American Psychology Association. (n.d.). Science of Psychology. https://www.apa.org/action/science

Title

There are two different types of titles: 

  1. Titles that stand alone
    1. Examples: entire books, reports, videos, TV series, podcasts, works on a website etc. 
  2. Titles that are part of a larger whole
    1. Examples: articles from an academic journal, TV episodes, chapters of a book, poems in a collection, etc. 

For works that stand alone, italicize the title and capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle. Add a period after the title. 

Yang, A. (2018). The war on normal people: The truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future. Hachette Books.

For works part of a larger whole, do not italicize or use quotation marks. Capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle. Add a period after the title. 

Brook, E. J., & Buizert, C. (2018). Antarctic and global climate history viewed from ice cores. Nature, 558(7709), 200-208. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0172-5

 

Source

A source tells readers where they can find the information cited within the paper. Just like with titles, sources can have two different types: 

  1. Titles that stand alone
    1. Examples: entire books, reports, videos, TV series, podcasts, works on a website etc. 
  2. Titles that are part of a larger whole
    1. Examples: articles from an academic journal, TV episodes, chapters of a book, poems in a collection, etc. 

For works that stand alone, the source is the publisher of the work, plus any applicable DOI or URL. 

Yang, A. (2018). The war on normal people: The truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future. Hachette Books.

For works that are part of a larger whole, the source is that larger whole (which would include any titles, volume or issue numbers page ranges, etc.), plus any applicable DOI or URL. (See Reference Page Examples for more specific details). 

Wagner, K. D. (2019, February). Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: New findings. Psychiatric Times, 36(2), 8. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A581621255/AONE?u=kctcsjcc&sid=AONE&xid=7dc99e5e

Corresponding References

References

American Psychology Association. (n.d.). Science of Psychology. https://www.apa.org/action/science

Brook, E. J., & Buizert, C. (2018). Antarctic and global climate history viewed from ice cores. Nature, 558(7709), 200-208. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0172-5

Modecki, K. L., Uink, B., & Barber, B. L. (2018). Antisocial behaviour during the teenage years: Understanding developmental risks. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (556), 1-14. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A568372024/AONE?u=kctcsjcc&sid=AONE&xid=dc35b148

Wagner, K. D. (2019, February). Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: New findings. Psychiatric Times, 36(2), 8. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A581621255/AONE?u=kctcsjcc&sid=AONE&xid=7dc99e5e

Yang, A. (2018). The war on normal people: The truth about America's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future. Hachette Books.