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Dr. George J. Brown
Library/Learning Resource Center
Spring 2010
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 Authors
 Citing
Books
 Citing Articles
 Citing a Motion Picture
 Citing Electronic Resources
 Documentation: Citing Sources
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AUTHORS
 Single Author
 Two Authors
 Three
to Seven Authors or Editors
 More than Seven Authors
 Organization as Author
 Unknown Author
Single Author
Talbot, F. (2009). How to write effective
business English: The essential toolkit for
composing powerful letters, e-mails and
more, for today’s business needs. London:
Kogan Page.
Two Authors
Fraser, L. M., & Ormiston, A. (2010).
Understanding financial statements. (9th
ed.). Boston: Prentice-Hall.
Three to Seven
Authors or Editors
Deane, E., Trimble, M., Lancaster, B., & Allbright, C.
(1986). The best of the Arkansas Traveler: 1956-1986.
(M. T. Rice, Ed.). Little Rock: August House.
Williams, C. F., Bolton, S. C., Moneyhon, C. H., &
Williams L. T. (Eds.). (1984). A documentary history
of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.
A Work With More Than
Seven Authors
Forster, A., Young, J., Green, J., Patterson, C.,
Wanklyn, P., Smith J., . . . Lowson, K. (2009).
Structured re-assessment system at 6 months after
a disabling stroke: A randomised controlled trial
with resource use and cost study. Age and Ageing,
38(5), 576-583. Retrieved from MEDLINE
database.
*When authors number eight or more, include the first six
authors’ names, then insert three ellipsis points, and add the
last author’s name. (APA, Rule 6.27, pp. 184).
Organization as Author
American Psychological Association. (2010).
Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association. (6th ed.).
Washington, DC: Author.
*When the author and the publisher are the same, use the word
Author as the name of the publisher. (APA, Rule 7.02,
pp.203)
Unknown Author
Dosage calculations made incredibly easy.
(2010). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams
& Wilkins.
Citing Books
 A chapter in a book
 An article in a reference book
 A book with an editor or translator
 A book with an author and editor
 Two or more books by the same author
 An edition
 A multi-volume work
A Chapter in a Book
Charles, D. (2009). Genetically modified
food can increase the world’s food supply.
In Jennifer L. Shancke, (Ed.), Genetically
modified food (pp. 67-73). Detroit:
Greenhaven Press.
An Article in a Reference Book
Huizenga, J. R. (2007). Nuclear fission. In
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science &
technology (10th ed., Vol. 12, pp. 112-118).
New York: McGraw-Hill.
A Book with an Editor
or Translator
Steward, D. F., (Ed.). (2002). A rough sort of
beauty: Reflections on the natural heritage of
Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas
Press.
Editor (Editors) – Ed. (Eds.)
Translator(s) – Trans.
A Book With an
Author and Editor
Nuttall, T. (1999). A journal of travels into the
Arkansas territory during the year 1819. (S.
Lottinville, Ed.). Fayetteville: University of
Arkansas Press.
Two or More Books by the
Same Author
Stevenson, D. (1996). Armaments and the coming of war:
Europe, 1904-1914. New York: Oxford University
Press.
Stevenson, D., (Ed.). (1997). The outbreak of the first
world war: 1914 in perspective. New York: St. Martin’s
Press.
An Edition
Cooperman, S. H. (2009). Professional office
procedures. (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall.
Hyman, T. S. (1974). Snow White. (Silver
Anniversary Edition). Boston: Little,
Brown.
A Multi-Volume Work
Fallek, M. & Solie-Johnson, K. (2003). How to
set up your own small business. (Vols. 1-2).
Minneapolis: American Institute of Small
Business.
Citing Articles
 An
article in a familiar reference book or
encyclopedia
 Article in a reference book or encyclopedia
 An article in a newspaper
 An article in a magazine
 An article in a scholarly journal Has volume & issue information
 An anonymous article
An Article in a Familiar
Reference Book or
Encyclopedia
Pasachoff, J. M. (2009). Astronomy. In The
world book encyclopedia. (Vol. A-1, pp.
834-849). Chicago: World Book.
An Article in a Reference
Book or Encyclopedia
McColley, D. K. (1999). John Milton. In P. F.
Grendler, et al. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the
renaissance (Vol. 4: Machiavelli –
Petrarchism, pp. 147-157). New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons.
*Note: et. al is Latin meaning and others and
in this citation is used for a large board of
editors.
An Article in a Newspaper
Scott, M. D. (2003, August 21). Heavenly
stargazing: Red planet will provide closest
view in eons. [Late ed.]. New York Times,
pp. A1+.
An Article in a Magazine
Weekly or bi-weekly magazine
Plagens, P. (2000, October 16). A life-time
passion for collecting. Newsweek, 72-80.
Monthly or Bi-Monthly Magazine
Judasim in the theology of Sir Isaac Newton.
(2000, September). Church History, 671.
An Article in a Scholarly Journal
Can we save the present for the future?
(2003). American Historical Review,
103(4), 734.
Rubin, J. S. (2003). What is the history of
the history of books? Journal of American
History, 90(2), 5-12.
Note: 103(4) & 90(2) = volume(issue)
An Anonymous Article
Hands around the world. (2003, September
29) People, 87.
History behind the Bible. (2003). Biblical
Archaeology Review, 29(1), 40.
A Motion Picture
Wick, D., Franzoni, D., & Lustig, B.
(Producers), & Scott, R. (Director). (2003).
Gladiator [Motion picture]. United States:
Dreamworks & Universal Pictures.
Citing Electronic Resources

An electronic book
 An article in an online reference database
i.e. Encyclopedia Britannica
 An article in an online database to which the
library subscribes
 EBSCOhost
 SIRS
 Facts on File: Issues & Controversies
 MagillOnLiterature
An Electronic Book
Tracy, B. (1998). Success is a journey: Make
your life a grand adventure. (J. Smith, Ed.).
Provo, UT: Executive Excellence. Available
from http://www.netlibrary.com/ebook_info.
asp?product_id=6772&piclist=19799,19973,199
74,21541
Andersen, H. C. (n.d.). Andersen’s fairy tales.
Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.
org/etext/1597
An Article in an Online Reference
Database
Seven wonders of the world. (2010). In
Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from
http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9066945
EBSCOhost
Havstad, J. (2010). Human reproductive
cloning: A conflict of liberties. Bioethics,
24(2), 71-77. doi:10.1111/j.14678519.2008.00692.x.
*Note: DOI or digital object identifier is a unique
alphanumeric string which provides a persistent link to an
article’s location on the Internet. When available include it
for both print and electronic sources.
SIRS
Gold, M. (1997, August). The greatest gift: A guide
to adoption. Moment, pp. 42+. Retrieved from
SIRS Knowledge Source database (SIRS
Researcher).
Linton, Michael. (1999, March). The Mozart effect.
First Things, pp. 10-13. Retrieved from SIRS
Knowledge Source database (SIRS Renaissance).
FACTS ON FILE
Minimum drinking age. (2009, July 6).
Retrieved from Issues & Controversies On
File.
MagillOnLiterature
Faulkner, W. (1996). Absalom! Absalom!
Retrieved from MagillOnLiterature Plus
database.
Documentation: Citing Sources
 Parenthetical documentation
 References
Parenthetical Documentation
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Author’s name in the sentence
Author’s name in the reference
Citing an entire work
Citing part of an article or of a book
Citing volume and page numbers of a
multivolume work
Citing a work listed by title
Citing two or more works by the same author
Author’s Name in the
Sentence
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Magny (2003) develops this argument.
 Others, like Walters and Edwards (2010), hold the
opposite point of view.
 It may be true, as Smith (2009) maintains, that
“media and the military cultures are clashing” (p.
264).
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Note: First two examples are summary statements
and the third is a direct quote therefore a page
number is needed.
Author’s Name in the
Reference
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Others have argued this point (e.g. Kerrigan and
Smith, 2010).
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Only one scholar has observed this relation
(Cooper, 2010).
Citing an Entire Work
 Davis’
Gardening Secrets (2010) include
many vegetables and flower growing tips.
 Malone
and Turner (2010) broke new
ground on the subject.
 Fryar
et al. (2010) have provided a useful
guide to 2010 tax laws.
Citing Part of An Article or of
A Book
 One
author presents several opinions on
factors that cause police brutality (Cothran,
2010, Chapter 3).
 The
Iraq War was the first war in which
television reporting was real-time, hence
called “War: Live in Iraq” (Smith, 2010, pp.
59-78).
Citing Volume and Page #’s of
a Multivolume Work
 Fallek
and Solie-Johnson (2008) state
“pitfalls are only something to worry about
if you don’t know where they are” (2: 757).
 In
the election of 2000, the ballot counting
system in the United States underwent
intense scrutiny (Schlesinger, 2008, Vol. 4,
p. 98).
Citing a Work Listed by Title
A
New York Times editorial called Ralph
Ellison “a writer of universal reach”
(“Death,” 2010).
 Paul
Cézanne, “a founder of
impressionism” was born and raised in
Aux-en-Provence (European Artists, 2010,
p. 70).
Two or More Works by the
Same Author or Authors
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“The global impact of the First World War dominated
the history of the first half of the twentieth century”
(Stevenson, Armaments, p. 29).
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“The First World War began over a local war, launched
by the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary against
Serbia . . .The Austro-Serb conflict was triggered by the
murders of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, on 27 June 1914”
(Stevenson, The Outbreak, p.2).
REFERENCES
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Draft this section first so that you will know what
information to give in parenthetical references as you write.
The list of references appears at the end of the paper. If
your paper ends in page 14, the References page is 15.
½ header should be aligned left with title of paper in all caps
and page # aligned right.
Center the title, References, an inch from the top of the
page.
Double-space between the title and the first entry.
Begin each entry flush with the left margin, indent
subsequent lines five spaces.
Double-space the entire list, both between and within
entries.
Alphabetize by the author’s (or editor’s) last name or by
title if no author.