Format for Reference List
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Books by Two to Six Authors or Editors (cite
all)
Ashmore, R. D., & Francis, K. D. (Eds.). (1986). The social
psychology of female-male
relations: A critical analysis of central concepts.
Orlando, FL: Academic.
More than 6 authors/editors (last names and initials of the first six authors, et al.)
Adams, F. L., Cantor, P., Hoctor, C., Johnson, P.
A., Mulroy, S. A., Peters, M. T., et al.
(2001). Raising large families in the 21st century.
Burlington, VT: Pages Press.
Book, group (or corporate) author...
American Medical Association. (1989). The American
Medical Association
encyclopedia of medicine. New York: Random House.
Book, no author or editor
Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th
ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA:
Merriam-Webster.
Article or chapter in an edited book...
Chowning, J. (1999). Perceptual fusion and auditory
perspective. In P. R. Cook (Ed.),
Music, cognition, and computerized sound: An introduction
to psychoacoustics (pp.
261-275). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Entry in an encylopedia (signed entry)
Bergman, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new
encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp.
501-508). Chicago: Encyclopeadia Britannica.
Entry in a reference book (unsigned entry)
Relativity (1995). In The Penguin dictionary of
psychology (2nd ed., p. 658). New York:
Penguin Books.
Basic Format
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year, date if magazine/newspaper).
Title of article.
Title of Periodical, volume number(issue
number), page range.
Note: if pagination is continuous throughout the volume, no issue number is needed
Journal article, one author
Bekerian, D. A. (1993). In search of the typical eyewitness. American
Psychologist, 48,
574-576.
Magazine article
Posner, M. I. (1993, October 29). Seeing the mind. Science, 262,
673-674.
Daily newspaper article... (Signed article)
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status.
The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.
Daily newspaper article, no author
New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from
heart failure. (1993, July 15). The
Washington Post, p. A12.
JOURNAL, MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES - FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE
An Article from a Library Database. Use this format for articles
accessed in an online full-text database.
Basic Format
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year, date if magazine/newspaper).
Title of article.
Title of Periodical, volume number (issue
number), page range. Retrieved Month Day, Year,
from Name of Database.
Examples:
Buell, C. (2001, August). Enhancing content literacy in physical education. Journal of Physical
Education, Recreation & Dance, 72(6), 32-37. Retrieved August 28, 2001, from Education
Journals database.
Novak, M. (2001, September 3). The Stem-Cell Slide. National Review, 53(17), 17-18. Retrieved
September 4, 2001, from Academic Search Premier database.
Pincus, W. (2001, August 25). Panel asked to defer anti-leak bill hearing. The Washington Post, p. A4.
Retrieved September 4, 2001 from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe database.
The following is a brief overview of how to cite freely accessible web pages that are not accessed through periodical databases.
Basic Format:
Author. (Publication Date). Title of Web Page. Retrieved
Month day, year, from URL
Author: Usually found at the top or bottom of the web page. If
no author is available, start the entry with the title followed by the publication
date.
Publication Date: Usually found at the end of the document ("date
last updated"). If a publication date is not available, use n.d. (no date).
Web Page Title: Found prominently displayed on the web page and/or
along the top of the browser window.
URL: "Uniform Resource Locator" is the web address of your document
found in the "Location" or "Address" bar on your web browser.
Examples:
Web page without an author. Note: the long URL is broken after a slash.
GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000, from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/
gvu/users_surveys/survey-1997-10/
Web page authored by an organization. n.d. indicates that no publication date is available.
Greater New Milford (Ct) Area Healthy Community 2000, Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues.
(n.d.). Who has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved October 5, 2000, from http://
www.familymealtime.org
Web page is a document contained within a large Web site. The host organization is identified and followed by a colon.
Chou, L., McClintock, R., Moretti, F. & Nix, D.H. (1993). Technology and education: New wine in
new bottles: Choosing pasts and imagining educational futures. Retrieved August 24, 2000, from
Columbia University, Institute for Learning Technologies Web site: http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/
publications/papers/newwine1.pdf
Basic Formats:
(Author's last name, Year, page range) or (Author's last name, Year) or (Year,
page range) or (Year)
Examples:
Work with single author. Note: author is not included in citation, if mentioned
in text.
In a recent study of reaction times, Rogers (1994) described
the method...
or
This point has already been argued (Rogers, 1994).
Work with single author. Specific page is cited.
This is the defininiton of the eyewitness (Bekerian, 1993, p. 575).
Work with 3-5 Authors (first reference in text - all authors included).
"The most effective way of teaching Spanish... is not by rote"
(Valdés, Lozano, García-Moya, 1981).
Work by 3-5 Authors (subsequent reference in text - one author et al.)
...others have made this point as well (Valdés et al., 1981).
Work by 6 Authors or more (first author et al.)
...a recent study confirms this (Jones et al., 1988).
Work with no author (Newspaper article)
("New Drug," 1993, p. C3).
