Citing References

Citing using APA style
Citing using AMA style
Citing using MLA style
Citing information from online library resources
Other resources

The information on this page is meant to help you properly cite common forms of information resources. However, this page is not an exhaustive list, nor is it guaranteed to be accurate or in accordance with professor or publication expectations. For these purposes, it always best to use the full citation manual for the appropriate style. If you have questions about these citations or if you would like to use the full manual for one of these styles, please contact the Reference Department.

Citing using APA style

Book

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Edited book

Author, A. A. & Author B. B. (Eds.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.

Location: Publisher.

Part of a edited book

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor (Ed.), Title of book:

Subtitle if available (pp. page-range). Location: Publisher.

Journal article - print version

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number,

pages. (used for journals that paginate by volume)

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number (issue number),

pages. (used for journals that paginate by issue)

Journal article - online version (mostly from publisher sites, e.g. Sage, Wiley, ScienceDirect, Blackwell, Nature, etc.)

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number,

pages. Retrieved month day, year, from http://www.thejournal.com/full/url/

Journal Article - online journal collection or database (e.g. EBSCO, OVID)

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number,

pages. Retrieved month day, year, from CINAHL with Full Text database.

For more detailed information, view the updated APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources (Lotus Notes account required)

More Resources

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (book)

The world's easiest guide to using the APA (book)

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format from Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

APA Style for Electronic References
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

"Developing bibliographies: Citing in APA style" from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (PDF)
http://library.unomaha.edu/research/aids/library_guides/CitingInAPAStyle.pdf

Citing using AMA style

Book - single author
Author AA. Title of Book. Nth ed. Location: Publisher; Year.

Book - multiple authors
Author AA, Author BB. Title of Book. Nth ed. City, Location: Publisher; Year.

Part of a book
Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter or part. In: Editor CC, Editor DD, eds. Title of Book. City, StateAbbreviation: Publisher; Year:StartPage-EndPage.

Journal article - print
Author AA, Author BB. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title. Year/Volume: StartPage-EndPage.  

Journal article - online
Author AA, Author BB. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title [serial online]. Year;Volume:StartPage-EndPage. Available from: Publisher, Location. Accessed Month Day, Year.

Webpage
Author AA. Title of Webpage. Available at: http://url.com. Accessed Month Day, Year.

More Resources

The American Medical Association manual of style (book)

AMA Style Guide" from the University of Washington
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html

Citing using MLA style

Book - one author
Last Name, First Middle. Title of Book. Location: Publisher, year.

Book - multiple authors
Last Name, First Middle and First Middle Last Name. Title of Book. Location: Publisher, Year.

Part of a book
Author, First. "Title of Chapter." Title of Book. Ed. First Last Name of Editor. Location: Publisher, Year. StartPage-EndPage.

Journal article - print
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): StartPage-EndPage.

Journal article - online
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Journal Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): StartPage-EndPage. Access Day Month Year. <http://url>.

Webpage
Title of Webpage. Name of Institution or Author. Access Day AbbreviatedMonth Year <http://...>.

More Resources:

MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing (book)

"Modern Language Association Citation Guide" from Ohio State University
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.html

Citing information from online library resources

DynaMed
http://support.epnet.com/help/index.php?help_id=279

EBSCO (MEDLINE, CINAHL, IPA, and PsycINFO)
http://support.ebsco.com/help/index.php?help_topic_id=2

STAT!Ref
http://www.statref.com/PDFs/admin/Citing%20STAT!Ref.pdf

UpToDate
http://www.uptodate.com/subscribers/user_manual/citing.htm

Other resources

National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/formats/recommendedformats.html

Online Citation Styles
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

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