Scholarly Journal Articles
For an article accessed through a library database or through the Web, include a URL. If the article is paginated, include a page number in the parenthetical citation and a page range in the reference list. For unpaginated articles, you may include a "locator," such as a numbered paragraph, instead of a page number. The locator follows the word under in your citation.
Basic Format for Reference List:
Author. Year. Title of article. Title of Journal Volume, no.: Pages. URL.
Example of Reference List:
Giersch, Anne, and Virginie Rhein. 2009. Lack of flexibility in visual grouping in patients with
schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 117 no. 1: 132-42.
http://web.ebscohost.com.
Example of Parenthetical Citation:
(Giersch and Rhein 2009, 139)
Magazine & Newspaper Articles
For an article accessed through a library database or through the Web, include a URL. If the article is paginated, include a page number in the parenthetical citation and a page range in the reference list. For unpaginated articles, you may include a "locator," such as a numbered paragraph, instead of a page number. The locator follows the word under in your citation.
Page numbers are not necessary for newspaper and magazine articles in the reference list. Use a section letter or number, if available. For an unsigned article, use the magazine or newspaper title in place of the author.
Basic Format for Reference List:
Author. Year. Title of article. Title of Magazine, Month Day. URL.
Example of Reference List:
Newsweek. 2009. Iran and America: An intersecting history. June 1.
http://web.ebscohost.com.
Example of Parenthetical Citation:
(Newsweek 2009, 38)
Book Reviews
For a review accessed through a library database or through the Web, include a URL. If the review is paginated, include a page number in the parenthetical citation and a page range in the reference list. For unpaginated reviews, you may include a "locator," such as a numbered paragraph, instead of a page number. The locator follows the word under in your citation.
Basic format for Reference List:
Author. Year. Review of Title of book, by Book Author. Title of Periodical Volume, no.: Pages.
Example of Reference List:
Taub, Richard P. 2004. Review of R eclaiming public housing: A half-century of struggle in three
public neighborhoods, by Lawrence J. Vale. American Journal of Sociology
110, no. 3: 797-99.
Example of Parenthetical Citation:
(Taub 2004)
Books
Basic Format for Reference List:
Author. Year. Title of book. Place of Publication: Publisher.
Example of Reference List:
Pollen, Michael. 2006. The omnivore’s dilemma: A natural history of four meals. New York:
Penguin Press.
Example of Parenthetical Citation:
(Pollen 2006, 75)
Part of a Book (Such as an Essay in a Collection)
Basic Format for Reference List:
Author. Year. Title of essay. In Title of collection, ed. by Editor Name, Pages of Essay.
Publication Place: Publisher.
Example of Reference List:
Demos, John. 2001. Real lives and other fictions: Reconsidering Wallace Stegner’s “Angle of
repose.” In Novel history: Historians and novelists confront America’s past (and
each other), ed. Mark C. Carnes, 132-45. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Example of Parenthetical Citation:
(Demos 2001, 141)
Websites
For sites without an author per se, use the publishing organization in place of the author.
Basic Format for Bibliography:
Author. Title of web site. Publishing Organization or Name of Web Site. URL.
Example of Bibliography:
Dominican University. Rosary College of Arts & Sciences. http//www.dom.edu/
academics/bsb/index.htm.
Example of Parenthetical Reference:
(Dominican University)
