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Reference Page Tips 101

(6th Edition)

Burkhart – 2019

BASIC RULES:

· Reference page must be titled “References” (not “Works Cited” or “Reference Page”)

· Sources must be listed in alphabetical order by authors’ last names (per source, not per article/book; use the same order the names come in on the article/book)

· All lines after first line of each entry should be indented one-half inch from left margin (called a hanging indent)

· Author names are inverted (last name comes first); Use initials for first and middle names. ALL authors names must be listed (cannot use “et al.”)

· All entries need to be double-spaced

· Publication year is always listed in parentheses after the author/organization name(s)

· For books, articles, or web pages, only capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title and any proper nouns (words such as states, countries, names, etc.)

· If the title has a subtitle, you will also capitalize only the first letter of the first word after the colon or dash

· If a website or article does not have an author or sponsoring organization, start the entry with the title instead, followed by publication year

RULES FOR ARTICLES:

· If using an article published in a journal or periodical, italicize the title of the journal (capitalize the journal as well)

· Journal articles must include the volume number (italicized), issue number (in parentheses), page numbers and doi (or link to online source if no doi found on first page of article)

Author, A.A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number (issue number), pages. Doi (or retrieval link).

Park, C. (2004). The graduate teaching assistant (GTA): Lessons from the North American experience. Teaching in Higher Education, 9(3), 349-361. doi: 10.1080/1356251042000216660.

RULES FOR BOOKS:

· If citing a book, italicize the title and include location and publisher

Author, A.A. (year of publication). Title of book: Capital letter for first word of subtitle. Location (city and state): Publisher.

Smith, S. E. (2015). Public speaking as an art. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

RULES FOR WEBSITES:

· If there’s no author (which is common for websites), use the organization’s name instead

· If there’s no publication year (which is common for websites) use “n.d.” in place of the year (in parentheses)

Author, A. A., (date published if available). Title of source. Title of

website/organization. Retrieved from (insert URL).

Goldstein, M. (2018). Elon Musk steps down as Chairman in deal with S.E.C.

over tweet about Tesla. The New York Times. Retrieved from

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/business/tesla-musk-sec- settlement.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&actin