APA and MLA are the two citation styles most commonly used at Reynolds.
Always check with your instructor first on which citation style to use for a particular assignment. Also, always check with your instructor on any specific formatting guidelines to use for a particular assignment that may differ from standard APA and MLA guidelines.
Check out the following for assistance in citing your sources:
WORKS CITED LIST:
BOOK:
Format:
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher. Year.
Example:
Valenti, Francine. More Than a Movie. Westview Press. 2000.
JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE - INCLUDES DOI #:
Format:
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol., no. year, p. (or pp. for page range). Name of Database,
DOI number.
Example:
Bartra, Valentin. "An Institutional Framework for a More Efficient Use of Natural Resources."
Minerals & Energy, vol. 22, no.1-2, 2007, pp. 48-61. Academic Search Complete, doi:10.1353/pmc.2000.0021.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE - NO DOI #:
Format:
Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Title of Magazine, vol., no., Day Month Year, p. (or pp. for page range). Name of Database,
permanent/stable URL.
Example:
Winegart, Peter. "Education: Legislating Legacies." Newsweek, vol. 142, no. 17, 14 Oct. 2005, pp. 10-12. MasterFILE Premier,
http://ezjsrcc.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx
direct=true&db=a9h&AN=96033129&site=ehost-live.
PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS:
AUTHOR NAMED IN TEXT:
Format:
Signal phrase with author's name, "quote" (page).
Example:
One researcher, Carol Gilligan, concludes that "women impose a distinctive construction on moral problems" (105).
AUTHOR NOT NAMED IN TEXT:
Format:
Signal phrase, "quote" (Author page).
Example:
According to a study, "the poor and minorities were victims" (Frieden and Sagalyn 29).
NO AUTHOR:
Format:
Signal phrase, "quote" (Shortened Title page).
Signal phrase with title, "quote" (page).
Examples:
Full Title: The Right to Die
One article states that, "A death row inmate may demand his execution for notoriety" (Right 135).
The Right to Die states that, "A death row inmate may demand his execution for notoriety" (135).
REFERENCES LIST:
BOOK:
Format:
Last Name, First & Middle Initials. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.
Example:
Valenti, F. M. (2000). More than a movie. Westview Press.
JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE - INCLUDES DOI #:
Format:
Last Name, First & Middle Initials., Last Name, First & Middle Initials., & Last Name,
First & Middle Initials. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Vol.(Issue), Page(s).
doi: number
Example:
Hoar, W. P., Johnson, R. P., & Chiari, D. M. (2004). Benign discrimination? New American, 19(2), 2-24.
doi:10.1080/1462220041000
MAGAZINE ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASSE - NO DOI # - (Treat the same as a print magazine):
Format:
Last Name, First & Middle Initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Magazine,
Vol.(Issue), pages.
Example:
Wingert, P. (2005, October 14). Education: Legislating legacies. Newsweek, 142(17), 10-12.
PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS:
AUTHOR NAMED IN TEXT:
Format:
Signal phrase, Last name (Year), "quote" (p. #)
Example:
One researcher, Carol Gilligan (2005), concludes that "women impose a distinctive construction on moral problems" (p. 105)
AUTHOR NOT NAMED IN TEXT:
Format:
Signal phrase or quote (Last name & Last name, Year, p. #)
Example:
According to this study (Brown & Smith, 2007, p. 26)
NO AUTHOR:
Full Title: The Right to Die
Format:
Signal phrase, "quote" (Shortened title, year, p. #)..
Signal phrase with title, "quote" (year, P. #).
Examples:
One article states that, "A death row inmate may demand his execution for notoriety" (Right, 2005, p. 135).
The Right to Die states that, "A death row inmate may demand his execution for notoriety" (2005, p. 135).
