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References

(some of this is a repeat from earlier, but some is new)

The word References should be centered at the top of the page – not bold.

·         All entries should be in alphabetical order based on the first author’s last name.

·         If you have more than one work by an author, order them by publication date, oldest to newest.

·         When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another reference as the first author of a group, list the one-author entries first.

·         If no author is given for a source, alphabetize using the title of the work, which will be listed in place of the author.  However, if the title begins with The, A, or An, alphabetize it by the second word.  For example, an article titled The Field Test of Research would be alphabetized by “Field,” and “The” should still be in the title.

·         Use a hanging indent for references (all lines after the first line of each entry in the list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin).

·         One space is used after all endmarks in the references.

·         Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless there are more than seven authors (see Purdue Owl or APA manual to review how more than seven authors should be done).

·         Use "&" instead of "and" when listing multiple authors of a single work. Always insert a comma before the ampersand (&) even if there are only two authors.

Example:

Smith, A., & Jones, B. (2013). Perfection. Cherry on Top, 4(7), 45-82.

      http://dx.doi.org/10.2013.COT.468 

·         Capitalize only the first word of a title and subtitle of a work.

·         Italicize titles of books and journals (the italics in these continues through commas and periods).  However, only the first word of the book title begins with a capital letter.  Conversely, every “big” word in the journal title should begin with a capital.

·         List the doi for all articles.  If no doi is shown, go to crossref.org to check for the doi as not all databases list the doi. 

Also, when it comes to references, be sure to focus on the “tiny” details such as commas, italicizing, capitalization, and spacing.  Also be aware that doi and URL can be split between more than one line, but only after a single backslash.

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