Basic Format:
Author, A.A. Year of publication. Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
NOTE: For "Location," you should always list the city, but you should also include the state if the city is unfamiliar or if the city could be confused with one in another state.
One Author:
Freeman, S. 2005. Biological Science (2nd Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Two Authors:
Castro, P. and M.E. Huber. 2005. Marine Biology (5th Ed.). New Jersey. McGraw-Hill.
Three or more authors:
Karleskint, G., R. Turner, and J. Small. 2006. Introduction to Marine Biology (2nd Ed.) Boston. Brooks Cole.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
Mattei, J. H. 2005. “The Challenge of Environmental Protection” in Public Policy in Connecticut: Challenges and Perspectives ed. Gary L. Rose, pp. 66-85. Sacred Heart University Press, Fairfield, CT.
Basic Format:
Author, A.A., B.B. Author and C.C. Author. Year. Title of article. Title of Periodical. Volume number(issue number if applicable): pages.
One Author:
Terleph, T. A. 2004. The function of agonistic display behaviours in Gnathonemus petersii. Journal of Fish Biology. 64(5):1373-1385.
Two Authors:
Pierce, B.J. and S. R. McWilliams. 2005. Seasonal changes in composition of lipid stores in migratory birds: causes and consequences. Condor. 107(2):269-279.
Three or more authors:
Bartholomew, K., G. Dos Santos, T. Dumonceaux, T. Charles, and F. Archibald. 2001. Genetic transformation of Trametes versicolor to phleomycin resistance with the dominant selectable marker shble. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 56: 201-204.
The variety of material available electronically, and the variety of ways in which it is structured and presented, can present challenges for creating usable and useful references. At a minimum, a reference of an electronic source should provide a document title or description, a date, and an address: DOI, URL, etc.
1. Sample Web Site Citation for a Bibliography or List of References:
National Park Service. (2008, Feb. 6) Abraham Lincoln
Birthplace National Historic Site. retrieved February 6, 2008 from http://www.nps.gov/abi
2. Sample for a Reference Citation within the Text of a Report or Study:
National Park Service, 2008, para. 1)
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