LALS 103: Introduction to Latino Urban Studies: Resources for Research

Below are some sample citations. All examples are taken from EBSCOHost Databases.

APA Style

The main scholarly association for academic psychologists in the United States, the American Psychological Association (APA) has developed standardized methods for citing print and electronic sources used in research.

Instructions

Entries in the reference list are arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the first author, followed by the initials of the author’s first name. Entries have a hanging indent (second and subsequent lines of citations are indented).

Names: Last name followed by first and middle initials (separated by periods).

Titles: Titles of articles, books and book chapters are in sentence case - capitalize only the first word, proper nouns and abbreviations that are ordinarily capitalized. Names of periodicals are capitalized headline style (capitalize all words except for prepositions and common conjunctions).

Dates: Use the order: year, month day.

Note: These are only basic examples of the APA style. More detailed information is available through the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) and http://www.apastyle.org/. In addition, a variety of third-party style guides and web sites can provide further assistance.

Always consult your library resources for exact formatting and punctuation guidelines and pay special attention to specific requirements from your instructor.

Journal Article

Pattern:

[Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name Initial(s)]. ([Publication Year]). [Title of the article]. [Name of the Journal], [Volume Number]([Issue Number]), [Page number starts]-[ends]. [https://doi-org.proxy.cc.uic.edu/Digital Object Identifier]

Example:

Crainer, S., & Dearlove, D. (2003). Windfall economics. Business Strategy Review, 14(4), 68-72. https://doi-org.proxy.cc.uic.edu/10.1111/j.2003.00288.x

Magazine Article

Pattern:

[Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name Initial(s)]. ([Publication Year, Month]). [Title of the article]. [Name of the Magazine], [Volume Number]([Issue Number]), [Page number starts]-[ends].

Example:

Carter, A., & Holmes, S. (2007, February). Curiously strong teamwork. BusinessWeek, (4023), 90–92.

Newspaper Article

Pattern:

[Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name Initial(s)]. ([Publication Date]). [Title of the article]. [Title of the Newspaper], [Volume Number]([Issue Number]) (if available), [Page number starts]-[ends] (or, if not consecutive) [Page number starts]-[ends] (or, if not consecutive) [Page numbers starts], [ends].

Example:

Meichtry, S., Berretta, D., & Colchester, M. (2009, April 8). Italy quake rescue extends to artwork. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, 253(81), A7.

Book Chapter

Pattern:

[Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name Initial(s)]. ([Publication Year]). [Title of the chapter]. In [Editor Last Name], [Editor First/Middle Name Initial(s)] ([abbr. contributor’s role as applicable]), [Title of the book] (pp. [Page number starts]-[ends]). [Publisher Name].

Example:

Belsky, J. (1992). The research findings on gender issues in aging men and women. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 163–171). Springer Publishing Co.

E-Book

Pattern:

[Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name Initial(s)]. ([Publication Year]). [Title of the e-book]. [Publisher Name]. [Digital Object Identifier] (if available)

Example:

Thorbeck, D. (2019). Agricultural landscapes: Seeing rural through design. Routledge.

Published Conference Paper

Pattern:

[Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name Initial(s)]. ([Publication Date]). [Title of the conference paper]. [Name of the Conference Proceedings], (pp. [Page number starts]-[ends]). [Publisher Location]: [Publisher Name]. https://doi-org.proxy.cc.uic.edu/[Digital Object Identifier]

Example:

Pierson, E., Althoff, T., & Leskovec, J. (2018). Modeling individual cyclic variation in human behavior. Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide Web Conference, (pp. 107–116). Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland: International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee. https://doi-org.proxy.cc.uic.edu/10.1145/3178876.3186052

Website

Pattern:

[Organization Name] or [Author Last Name], [Author First/Middle Name]. ([Publication Date or n.d. if date is not listed]). [Title of the website]. [URL]

Example:

IBM. (n.d.). Energy and environment. https://www.ibm.com/ibm/green/

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