Week 14

Citations

A citation is a reference to a book, web page, or article to identify the item uniquely. It is used to give credit or acknowledgment to the original author.

Website: Author's last name, first name. (Date of publication: year, month day). "Title: capitalize only initial letter." Retrieved Month day, year from WWW: URL

example:
Van Helden, A. and Burr, E. (1996, August 5). “The galileo project, homepage.” Retrieved March 8, 2003 from World Wide Web: http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/index.html

APA style - American Psychological Association style format

E-journal example:
Kawasaki, J. L., & Raven, M.R. (1995). Computer-administered surveys in extension. Journal of Extension, 33, 252-255. Retrieved June 2, 1999, from http://joe.org/joe/index.html

Database article example:
Kowalski, R. M. (2002). Whining, griping, and complaining: Positivity in the negativity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 1023-1035. Retrieved November 7, 2002, from Academic Search Premier Database.

Discussion forum example:
Adams, T. (2003, May 21). Technology and the future of higher education. Formal discussion initiation. Message posted to http://ifets.gmd.de/past_archives/archiv_150499_250899/0107.html