To find information on how to cite common business sources, such as:
Please check out the following libguides:
What You Are Citing |
In-Text Citation |
|
(Rogers, 2008) |
Specific Page |
(Rogers, 2008, p.39) |
If author’s name is included
in the text of the sentence |
Rogers (2008, p.9) claims
that… **Use only the date, or data and page number(s). |
Online article with no page
numbers |
(Mayers, 2009, para.3) (Childs, 2003, Introduction, para.2) |
One author Reference List: Chance, K. (2005) |
(Chance, 2005) |
Two authors Reference List: Matthews, A. & Keats, J.
(1999) |
(Matthews & Keats, 1999) |
Three to five authors Reference List: Hunt, G. , Vail, M., &
Plum, T. (1986) |
First Citation: (Hunt,
Vail, & Plum, 1986) Subsequent
Citations (Hunt
et al., 1986) |
Six or seven authors Reference List: Phelps, B. , Lima, M.,
Gomez, L., MacArthur, T., Gansu, S., & Jepes, N. (2001) |
(Phelps et al., 2001) |
Group Author Reference List: American Library Association.
(2009). |
First Citation: (American Library
Association [ALA], 2009) Subsequent Citations: (ALA, 2009) |
No author(s) listed Reference List: None to claim their bones:
Relics of an old Brooklyn graveyard. (1888, April 12). New York Times, pp.3-4. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com |
(“None to Claim Their Bones”,
1888) **If the title contains a
colon, only use the text before the colon in the in-text citation. |
Undated Sources |
(King, n.d.) |
Citing a source within a
source Reference List: Linhares, A., &
Brum,P.(2007). Understanding our understanding of strategic scenarios: What role
do chunks play? Cognitive Science,
31 (6), 989-1007. |
Fredericks study (as cited
in Linhares & Brum, 2007) found that… **Your in-text citations
gives credit to second source |
Source |
Reference List Citation |
Book |
Author, A. A. (Year of
publication). Title
of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Example: Calgry, R. C. (1991). First Step to
Career Success. Washington, DC: USA Publications. |
Edited Book |
Editor(s) (Eds.). (Year of
publication). Title of Work.
Location: Publisher. Example: Duncan, J., & Gunn, K.
(Eds.). (1993). Consequences of Fame. Chicago: Sage Press. |
Article or Chapter in an
Edited Book |
Author, A. A., & Author,
B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. Editor & B. Editor
(Eds.), Title
of book (pages of chapter). Location: Publisher. Example: McCarthy, A. (2001).
Studying Soap Opera. In Glen Creeber
(Eds.), The Television Genre
Book (47-49). London: BFI Publishing. |
E-Book |
NetLibrary Kornblum, W. (2002). At sea in the city: New York from the
water’s edge. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. Retrieved from http://www.workman.com/Algonquin **Use the homepage URL of
the publisher of the book after the words “Retrieved from.” Free Web Seton, E.T. (1911). The Arctic prairies: A canoe-journey of
2,000 miles in search of the caribou. New York, NY: C. Scribner’s Sons.
Retrieved from Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6818 |
Article in a Periodical: (journal/magazine) **If articles from a library
database are “easily located, do not provide database information. If the
article is difficult to locate, then you can provide database information.”
~Purdue Online Writing Lab. |
Journal: Author, A. A., Author, B.
B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue
number), pages. Example: Scruton, R. (1996). The
eclipse of listening. The Magazine: Author(s). (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, issue number,
pages. Example: Henry, W. A., III. (1990,
April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31. |
Newspaper article |
IN PRINT Newspaper: Author(s). (Year, Month
Day). Title of article. Title of
newspaper, page numbers. Example: Brown, P.L. (1999, September
5). Tiffany glass and other tales from the crypt. New York Times, pp. 1, 5. ONLINE Author, A. A. (Year, Month
Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url Example: Foreman, J. (2003, August
12). Allston gothic. Boston Globe.
Retrieved from http://www.boston.com/03_8_12/allston |
Article from online
periodical (free web) |
Author,
A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online
Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved
from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ Example: Berns,
D. (2002). 10 tips on writing. Writer’s Guide. Retrieved from http://www.writersguide.com/articles/10tips |
Entire Web Site |
In APA style there is no
need to include an entry for an entire web site in your reference list as
long as you identify the source
clearly in the text of your paper. Example: The Purdue University Online
Writing Lab was extremely helpful in understanding the differences between
APA and MLA style (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/). |
Page within a Web Site |
Purdue University Online
Writing Lab. (2009). Reference List:
Electronic Resources. Retrieved November 29, 2009, from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/ |
Images |
Library Database Artist. (Year). Title of work [medium]. Location of
original work. Retrieved from database. Example: Rousseau,H. (1896). The ship in the storm [Painting].
Musee de l’Orangerie, Paris. Retrieved from Oxford Art Online Database. Image Reproduced in a printed source Artist. (Year) Title of work [medium]. Location of original. Title of reproduced work. By
author(s). Location: Publisher. Page number. Example: Rosseau, H. (1896). The ship in the storm [Painting]. Musee
de l’Orangerie, Paris. Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris. By Claire
Fresches et al. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 232. |
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