Writing research papers is an intergral part of many of the classes offered at GHC and one, often confusing, aspect of writing is citing the sources you used to gather your information. Although numerous styles for formatting your citations have been developed, the style you will use for this course is the APA (American Psychological Association) Formatting and Style Guide.
GHC has received permission from Purdue University to link to their very useful Online Writing Lab to help our students with writing their research papers. This site has extensive information on performing research, writing papers, and formatting for papers and citations. There are examples for citing resources (books, magazines, journals, newspapers, web sites, etc.) whether physical or electronic versions.
BOOKS and CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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| GENERAL FORMAT | AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher. |
| 1 author | Pinney, T. (2005). History of wine in |
| 2 or more authors | Foster, J., & Nightingale, J. D. (2006). A short course in general relativity (3rd ed.). |
| Corporate author | Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association. (2004). Model code of judicial conduct. |
| Editors | Donohue, J. J., & Esposito, J. L. (Eds.). (2007). Islam in transition: Muslim perspectives. |
| Electronic book | Storrie, P. D., and Randall, R. (2007). Graphic Universe: Beowulf. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group. Retrieved from NetLibrary. 8 July 2009. |
| Translated book | Foucault, M. (1988). Madness and civilization: A history of insanity int he age of reason (R. Howard, Trans.). New York: Vintage-Random House. (Original work published 1965) |
| Multivolume work | Ford, B. (Ed.). (1988-91). The Cambridge guide to the arts in Britain (Vols. 1-9). Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press. |
| Encyclopedia article | Escobar, E. (2004). Zoot Suit. In C.C. Candelaria (Ed.) the Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. Wesport: Greenwood Press. |
| Book chapter | Cline, W. R. (2007). Dynamic Consideration. In Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country (pp.87-94). Washington D.C.: Center for Global Development: Peterson Institute for International Economics. |
| Essay or chapter in an anthology or edited book | Porter, K. A. (1995). The Grave. In S. Mee (Ed.), Downhome: An anthology of Southern women writers (pp. 461-67). San Diego: Harcourt, Brace. |
| Conference Proceeding | Chen, J. (1998). Industrial production and Research Results on Pulping and papermaking of Fast-Growing Woods in China. In L. Huanbin, Z. Huaiyu & Z. Yimin (Eds.), International Symposium on Emerging Technologies of Pulping & Papermaking of Fast-Growing Wood (pp. 36-50). Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press. |
ARTICLES and PERIODICALS |
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AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title of Article. Title of Book/Journal VolumeNumber(IssueNumber), PageNumbers. RetrievedDateMonth RetrievedDateDay, RetrievedDateYear from URL. |
| Article from Library Database | Horne, J., Knox D., Zusman, J., and Zusman, M. E. (Dec. 2007). Tattoos and Piercings: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Interpretations of College Students [Electronic version]. College Student Journal 41(4), 1011-1020. Retrieved January 20, 2008 from Academic Search Complete. |
| Article in Public Domain or E-Journal | Church, D. M., et al. (2009). Lineage-Specific Biology Revealed by a Finished Genome Assembly of the Mouse. PloS Biology 7(5), e1000112. Retrieved May 30, 2009 from http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000112. |
| Newspaper article | Kristof, K. M. (2009, July 5). New Student Repayment Plan is Based on Borrower’s Income. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 July 2009 from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-perfin5-2009jul05,0,4774835.column. |
| Magazine article | Mnookin, S. (2006, July). The Da Vinci clone? Vanity Fair, 551, 100. |
| GENERAL FORMAT (print) |
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title of Article. Title of Book/Journal VolumeNumber(IssueNumber), PageNumbers. |
| Journal article | Wood, S. N., & Quackenbush, K. (2001). The Sorcerer's Stone: A touchstone for readers of all ages. English Journal, 90(3), 97-103. |
| Newspaper article | Kristof, K. M. (2009, July 5). New Student Repayment Plan is Based on Borrower’s Income. Los Angeles Times, 3A+. |
| Magazine article | Mnookin, S. (July 2006). The Da Vinci Clone? Vanity Fair, 100+. |
| Book review | Miner, V. (2004, December). Iowa meditations [Review of the book Gilead]. The Women's Review of Books, 22, 19. |
| Anonymous article | Education in America and Britain: Learning lessons From Private Schools. (2009, July 2). Economist, 20+. |
AUDIO and VISUAL MATERIALS |
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| GENERAL FORMAT | AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title [Medium/Type]. PublicationPlace: Publisher. |
| LP/CD/Streaming media | Jackson, M. (1993). Thriller. On Thriller [CD]. New York: Epic Records. |
| Film/Motion picture | Capra, F. (Director). (1946). It’s a Wonderful Life [Motion picture. New York: Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Pictures. |
WEBSITES |
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AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title. Retrieved RetrievedMonth RetrievedDay, RetrievedYear from URL. | |
| Blog | Zúniga, M. M. (2006, August 24). Bush's latest PR hoax. Daily Kos: State of the Nation. Retrieved August 27, 2006, from http://www.dailykos.com. | |
| Website | Eaves, M., Esseck, R., and Viscomi, J. (Eds.). (2008). The William Blake Archive. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 20, 2008 from http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/. |
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| News website | Levy, S. (2007, April 9). Twitter: Is Brevity the Next Big Thing? Newsweek. Retrieved May 15, 2007.= from http://www.newsweek.com/id/35289. |
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