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In-Text Citations | |
A work by one author |
Research by Smith (2016) shows... Research on immigration demonstrates... (Smith, 2016). |
A work by two authors |
Research by James and Jones (2015) shows... Research on immigration demonstrates... (James & Jones, 2015). |
A work by three or more authors |
Research by James et al. (2015) shows... Research on immigration demonstrates... (James et al., 2015). |
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For each entry, all lines after the first line should be indented one-half inch from the left margin (the examples below do not include the correct indentation).
Reference Lists |
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Article in a Scholarly Journal |
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxx [if available] OR http://www.website.com Example: Sweet, D. M., Meissner, C. A., & Atkinson, D. J. (2017). Assessing law enforcement performance in behavior-based threat detection tasks involving a concealed weapon or device. Law Human Behavior, 41(5), 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000243 |
Newspaper Article (online) |
Author, A. A., Author, B. B. (Year, Month Day) Title of article. Title of Newspaper. http://www.website.com Example: Hess, A. (2020, March 18). The unending anxiety of Coronavirus content. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/arts/viral-content-coronavirus.html |
Website |
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year, Month Day). Title of website. http://www.website.com Example: American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Immigration. https://www.apa.org/topics/immigration/index.aspx |
Book |
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. Example: Walsh, J. (2018). Adolescents and their social media narratives: A digital coming of age. Routledge. |
Chapter in an Edited Book |
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Publisher. Example: Shome, R. (2011). Internationalizing critical race communication studies: Transnationality, space, and affect. In T. K. Nakayama & R. T. Halualani (Eds.), The handbook of critical intercultural communication (pp. 149.170). Wiley-Blackwell. |
When directly quoting from a source, you need to include the author, year of publication, and the page number where you found the quotation.
For example:
Recent research on the accuracy of officers' judgments observed no " significant differences in response bias between law enforcement and naïve controls" (Sweet et al., 2017, p. 418).
You could also write it like this:
According to Sweet et al. (2017), research on the accuracy of officers' judgments observed no " significant differences in response bias between law enforcement and naïve controls" (p. 418).
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