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Citations

In-text citations are used to provide readers with an understanding of whose work is being discussed and with a way to find the source on the reference page. Citations can be used in many ways in text without disrupting the flow of writing. Generally, in text citations will state the author’s name and the year of the publication. If there is more than one author all authors must be listed in the first citation. Multiple authors after the first citation are listed as et al. An example of an in text citations would look like this:

Adams, Miller, and Klein (2013) researched the relationship between anxiety and increased health concerns, including hypertension.

Or:

Researchers have considered the relationship between anxiety and increased health concerns, including hypertension (Adams, Miller and Klein, 2013).

The subsequent citations could then read:

Health concerns shown to be related to anxiety have been diminished by the development of relaxation techniques, including progressive muscle relaxation (Adams, et al., 2013).

References

References for journal articles (like the ones you will be using) generally follow this format:

Author(s). (Date). Title of document. Title of Publication, Volume(Number). Pages. Doi.

The reference list at the end of a journal article (or your paper) documents the sources used in the article/paper and provides the information necessary to identify and retrieve each source. References cited in text must appear in the reference list; conversely, each entry in the reference list must be cited in text. The in text citation and reference must be identical in spelling and year. In general, a reference on a reference page should contain the author(s) name, date of publication, title of the work, and publication data. Arrange entries in alphabetical order by last name of the first author.

A reference page would look like this, for example:

Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229.

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Light, M. A., & Light, I. H. (2008). The geographic expansion of Mexican immigration in the United States and its implications for local law enforcement. Law Enforcement Executive Fourm Journal, 8(1), 73-82.