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Journal Articles

The basic order for journals looks like this:
Author, A. (year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page numbers.

For journals found online, you should include a stable URL, permalink, or DOI.

Journal Articles

Print: Sadeqi-zadeh, M. (2009). Mul "wine" in classical Persian poetry. Iran & The Caucasus, 13(1), 131-133.

Electronic: Anderson, C. E. (2008). Red coats and black shields: Race and masculinity in British representations of the Anglo-Zulu War. Critical Survey, 20(3), 6-28. doi:10.3167/cs.2008.200302

Newspaper Articles

Print: Walburg, A. (2002, January 9). City seeks a new energy solution. Chicago Tribune. pp. A1.

Electronic: Frankenstein, A. (2008, January 20). Emperor Norton rules again. San Francisco Chronicle. pp. N14. Retrieved from EBSCOhost

Magazine Articles

Strom, A. (2007, April 11) Snowy Owls face extinction. Time, 121, 35-46.

Books

The basic order for books is this:
Author, A. (year). Title in italics. Location: Publisher.

Book, one author

Mann, C. C. (2005). 1491: New revelations of the Americas before Columbus. New York, NY: Knopf.

Book, between two and seven authors

Sukiennik, D., Bendat, W. & Raufman, L. (2010). The career fitness program: Exercising your options. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Book, editor(s) but no author(s)

Scott, M. G. & Grimmet, S. (eds.) (1974). Current issues in child development. Washington DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Book with author and editor(s)

Shakespeare, W. (1925). Life of Henry the 8th. Berdan, J. M. & Brooke, T. (eds.) New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Chapter in an edited book

Berner, R. (1995). American myth: Old, new, yet untold. In A. R. Velie (ed.), Native American perspectives on literature and history, (p. 62) Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

e-Book

Cartmill, M. (1996). A view to a death in the morning: Hunting and nature through history. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.05700.0001.001

Websites

The basic format for a website looks like this:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of page. Retrieved from http://Web address

Sometimes you have to look around a website to find the author or date on the page. It is important to include as much of this information as you can find, so look carefully! If no date can be located, use (n.d.) in place of a date.

A screen name or psueodonym is an acceptable substitute for a real name in the case of internet sources.

Website

Brant, P. & Henkelmen, B. (July 2011) Achemenet. Retrieved from http://www.achemenet.com/

Blog Post

Crafti. (2009, Aug 4) The end of print? [Web log comment] Retrieved from www.blogger.com/Crafti

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