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When quoting, always provide the page number in addition to the author and year of publication. “When paraphrasing or referring to an idea contained in another work, authors are not required to provide a location reference. Nevertheless, authors are encouraged to do so, especially when it would help an interested reader locate the relevant passage. . . .” (Publication Manual, 2001, p. 121) Even though this sample paper consists of fictitious references, it will include the page numbers in examples, when possible. Note that the preceding
quote is 39 words long; thus it is included in the text of the paper and is enclosed by quotation marks.
When citing from a full-text electronic source, you may not have page numbers to include in your parenthetical reference. In that case, use the author(s) and year of publication only. Your reader will be able to access the specific text by using the “Edit” and “Find” feature of the browser to locate the specific passage cited. If you retrieve an article from a database which uses “real page” technology such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader, list the page numbers as they will accurately correspond to the original print source.
This sample paper will consider each source cited in the References list and explain both the actual citation and show how the source would be cited in the text of the paper.
The Reference list uses a hanging indent, the first line of each reference is flush with the left margin; subsequent lines of the same reference are indented. Use the Tab Key to indent. The Reference list must be double-spaced. References are alphabetized by the surname of the first author, or in the case of no author, by the title of the book or journal article.
A Sample 7
The following are some general rules to keep in mind when citing periodical articles on the Reference list.
Use the authors surname and initial(s) only. Do not use first names, medical degrees, Jr. and the like.
Cite all authors in the References list regardless of how many there are. Cite them in the order they are listed with the source.
Following the author information, give the date of publication in parentheses. For weekly and daily periodical/magazines such as newspapers and popular magazines, cite the year, month and day, while for professional journals, cite only the year.
The title of the article follows. Only the first letter of the first word of the title or subtitle is capitalized as well as any proper names appearing in the title.
The title of the journal comes next, followed by the volume number, and if appropriate, the issue number. If the journal uses continuous pagination, ie, it runs page numbers throughout a year or volume, no reference to an issue number is needed. In that case, the title of the journal is italicized, as well as the volume number.
Example: Lancet, 289,
If the journal is re-paged issue by issue, ie, each issue has a page number 1, then the issue number must follow the volume number. The issue number is in parentheses but is not italicized.
Example: Public Health, 202 (5)
A Sample 8
The last part of the citation is the pagination. This is followed by a period to end the citation. The page designation p is not used except when citing newspaper articles.
If the journal is from an electronic database, retrieval information must be included which states the date of retrieval and the proper name of the database. For example:
Retrieved July 19, 2001, from Academic Search Premier database.
The American Psychological Association has published a web handout with instructions for documenting electronic resources: APAStyle.org
Space once after periods that separate the parts of the citation, and once after the periods of the initials in personal names.
Often, no one example from the manual or from this paper will fit your reference exactly; in that case, follow the closest example possible or