Journal article
Template:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy
Example:
Albanesi, S., & Olivetti, C. (2016). Gender roles and medical progress. Journal of Political Economy, 124(3), 650-695.
Note: there may not be an issue number or a doi assigned to an article you find, so leave them out if they do not exist.
Book chapter in an edited book
Template:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (edition number, pages of chapter). Publisher. DOI
Example:
Meacham, D., & Studley, M. (2017). Could a robot care? It's all in the movement. In Lin, P., Abney, K., & Jenkins, R. (Eds.), Robot ethics 2.0: From autonomous cars to artificial intelligence (pp. 97-112). Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190652951.003.0007
Note: only include an edition number and a DOI if the book chapter has one. Otherwise, leave that out.
Entire book
Template:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI
Example:
Rettberg, J. W. (2014). Seeing ourselves through technology: How we use selfies, blogs and wearable devices to see and shape ourselves. Springer. DOI: 10.1057/9781137476661
Note: only include a DOI if the book has one.
Website
Template:
Author, A. A. & Author B. B. (Date of publication). Title of page [Format description when necessary]. Title of source. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url
Example:
Rakich, N. (2019). How views on gun control have changed in the last 30 years. FiveThirtyEight. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-views-on-gun-control-have-changed-in-the-last-30-years
Note: If the page's author is not listed, start with the title instead. If the date of publication is not listed, use the abbreviation (n.d.).
Example:
Maine Homelessness Statistics. (n.d.). United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/me
Social Media
Template:
Author, A. A. [Screen name]. (Year, Month Date). Up to first 20 words of message as title [Type of social media]. Social media name. https://www.somesocialmediaaddress.com/url
Examples:
Gates, B. [@BillGates]. (2013, February 26). #Polio is 99% eradicated. Join me & @FCBarcelona as we work to finish the job and #EndPolio. VIDEO: http://b-gat.es/X75Lvy [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/306195345845665792
Neil Gaiman. (2012, February 29). Please celebrate Leap Year Day in the traditional manner by taking a writer out for dinner. It’s been four years since many authors had a good dinner. We are waiting. Many of us have our forks or chopsticks at the [Status update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/neilgaiman/posts/10150574185041016
Videos
Template:
Author. (year, month day). Title of video [Video]. Name of site. https://www.somevideoaddress.com/full/url
Examples:
Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs
You will often find options for citing your sources in library databases.
NOTE: Remember that automatically generated citations are a great place to begin, but may contain errors. Compare citations you find in databases to those in the APA guidelines link at the top of this page.
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