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Citation Styles

 

The purpose of this page is to help students, faculty and librarians with their citation needs. Each citation has an example given, and in some instances the citation style will have examples for the following; book, book with two to six authors, edited books, journal articles, online journal articles, websites (multi page or portion).

Citation Styles

APA - American Psychological Association 5th edition

MLA - Modern Language Association 6th edition

Chicago Style 15th edition

AAA - American Anthropological Association

ACS - American Chemical Society

AMA - American Medical Association citation style

APSA - American Political Science Association

ASA - American Sociological Association

American Antiquity

CSE (CBE) - Council of Biology Editors (now called the Council of Science Editors)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

IEEE Documentation style (computer sciences)

Legal Citation

Statistics Canada

SAA - Society for American Archaeology

UBC Biology 140 Citations

Annotated Bibliography

 

 

APA - American Psychological Association 5th edition (1)

 

Book with a Single Author

Bernstein, T.M. (1965). The careful writer. New York : Atheneum.

 

Book with Two to Six Authors

 Saywitz, K.J., Mannarino, A.P., Berliner, L., & Cohen, J.A. (2000).

 

     Treatment for sexually abused children and adolescents.

 

     American Psychologist, 55, 1040-1049.

 

Edited Book

Gurman, A.S. (1981). Family therapy. In M.N. Blum (Ed.), Handbook of family

 

     therapy (pp. 742-775). New York : Springer.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Horowitz, L.M., Post, D.L., French, R.S., & Siegel, E.Y. (1981). The prototype as a

 

     construct. Journal of Psychology, 90, 575-585

 

Journal Articles from Online Databases with no DOI

Blakeslee, D.J. (1981). The origin and spread of the calumet ceremony.

 

     American Antiquity, 46 (4), 759-768. Retrieved October 3, 2005, from

 

     JSTOR database.

 

Journal Article with DOI

Fasching, W. (2008). Consciousness, self-consciousness and meditation. Phenomenology

 

     and the Cognitive Sciences, 7, 468-483. doi: 10.1007/s11097-008-9090-6

 

Websites

Multi Page Website

Greater Vancouver Regional District, Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues.

 

     (n.d.) Who has time for a healthy meal? Retrieved May 23, 2003 from

 

     http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/teen/issues/

 

Portion of a Website

American Psychological Association. (1998). Managing traumatic stress: Tips for

 

     recovering from disaster and other traumatic events. Retrieved April 15, 2001,

 

     from American Psychological Association, Help Center Web Site:

 

     http://helping.apa.org/family/warning.html

 

 

 

MLA - Modern Language Association 6th edition  (1)

 

Book with a Single Author

Pollack, Vivian R. Dickinson: The Anxiety of Gender. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1984.

 

Books with Two or Three Authors

Blocker, Clyde E., Robert H. Plummer, and Richard C. Richardson. The Two-Year

 

     College. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice, 1965.

 

Books with Four or More Authors

Edens, Walter, et al. Teaching Shakespeare. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1976.

 

Edited Books

Homyak, Lynne M., and Joseph P. Green, eds. Healing from Within: The Use of

 

     Hypnosis in Women's Health Care. Washington, DC: American Psychological

 

     Association, 2000.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Clark, Herbert H. "Hearers and Speech Acts." Language 58 (1982): 332-73.

 

Journal Articles from Online Database

Lancashire, Ian. "The Common Reader's Shakespeare." Early Modern Library

 

     Studies 3.3 (1998): 12 pars. 15 Aug. 2003.

 

 

Websites

Multi Page Website

Early Modern English Dictionaries Database (EMEDD). Ed. Ian Lancashire. Apr. 1996.

 

     U of Toronto. 15 Aug. 2003 .

 

Portion of a Website

"BC and Canada Immigrant Landings by Class - 1984-2001". Migration and Immigration

 

     Feb. 2001. BC Stats. 15 Aug. 2003 .

 

 

 

Chicago Style 15th edition (1)

 

Book with Single Author

Footnote:

1 Ann Oakley, Gender on Planet Earth (New York: New Press,

2003), 77.

 

Bibliography:

Oakley, Ann. Gender on Planet Earth. New York: New Press, 2003.

 

Book with Two or Three Authors

Footnote:

2 Marilyn J. Boxer and Jean H. Quataert, Connecting Spheres:

European Women in a Globalizing World, 1500 to the Present, 2nd ed.

( New York: Oxford University Press, 200), 133.

 

Bibliography:

Boxer, Marilyn J. and Jean H. Quataert. Connecting Spheres: European

 

     Women in a Globalizing World, 1500 to the Present. 2nd ed.

 

     New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

 

Book with More than Three Authors

Footnote:

3 M. Clayden et al., Making it Work: A Handbook for Reading, Writing,

Language and Media ( Toronto : Irwin Publishing, 2003), 65.

 

Bibliography:

Clayden, Marie, Dianne Fenner, Christine McAdam, and Christine Strauss.

 

     Making it Work: a Handbook for Reading, Writing, Language and Media.

 

     Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 2003.

 

Edited Book

Footnote:

6 Lorna Crozier, "What Stays in the Family," in Dropped Threads:

What We Aren't Told , ed. Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson, 11-18

( Toronto: Vintage Canada , 2001).

 

Bibliography:

Crozier, Lorna. "What Stays in the Family." In Dropped Threads: What We

 

     Aren't Told , edited by Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson, 11-18.

 

     Toronto: Vintage Canada , 2001.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Footnote:

9 Benjamin Berger, "The Limits of Belief: Freedom of Religion,

Secularism, and the Liberal State," Canadian Journal of Law and Society 17,

no. 1 (2002): 61.

 

Bibliography:  

Berger, Benjamin. "The Limits of Belief: Freedom of Religion, Secularism,

 

     and the Liberal State." Canadian Journal of Law and Society 17, no 1

 

     (2002): 39-68.

 

Journal Article from Online Databases

Footnote:

14 Gerald P. Hodgkinson, "The Interface of Cognitive and Industrial Work

and Organizational Psychology," Journal of Occupational and Organizational

Psychology 76, no. 1 (2003), http://www.epnet.com.

 

Bibliography:

Hodgkinson, Gerald P. "The Interface of Cognitive and Industrial Work and

 

     Organizational Psychology." Journal of Occupational and Organizational

 

     Psychology 76, no. 1 (2003): 1-25. http://www.epnet.com.

 

Websites

Footnote:

23 George F. MacDonald, "The Haida: Children of Eagle and Raven,"

Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, http://www.civilization.ca/

aborig/haida/haindexe.html.

 

Bibliography:

MacDonald, George F. "The Haida: Children of Eagle and Raven." Canadian

 

     Museum of Civilization Corporation. http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/haida/haindexe.html 

 

 

AAA - American Anthropological Association (2)

 

Book with a Single Author

Castles , Stephen

 

1990 Here for Good. London: Pluto Press.

 

Author, with Others (cite first author in text citation)

Bonacich, Edna, with Mark Smith and Kathy Hunt

 

1999 The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: Small Business in the Japanese American 

 

Community. Berkeley: University of California Press.

 

Edited Book

Rohlen, Thomas P.

 

1993 Education: Policies and Prospects. In Koreans in Japan : Ethnic Conflicts and

 

Accommodation. Cameron Lee and George De Vos, eds. Pp. 182-222. Berkeley: University

 

of California Press.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Moll, Luis C.

 

2000 Writing as Communication: Creating Strategic Learning Environments for Students. Theory

 

into Practice 25(3):202-208.

 

Website

American Anthropological Association

 

2000[1992] Planning for the Future: Current Long-Range Plan for the American Anthropological

 

Association. Electronic document, http://www.aaanet.org/committees/lrp/lrplan.htm , accessed

 

January 18, 2001.

 

 

ACS - American Chemical Society  (3)

ACS style has two formats:

  • A "full" format that gives a complete citation, and
  • A "short" format that is preferred by most of the journals published by the society; the short format eliminates the article, patent and chapter titles.

 

Book with Two or More Authors

Roberts, J. D.; Caserio, M. C. Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry; Benjamin: New York, 1965; pp 477-478.

 

Edited Book

Full Format:

Kagan, H. B. Asymetric Oxidation of Sulfides. In Catalytic Asymetric Synthesis, 2nd ed.; Ojima, I., Ed.; Wiley-VCH: New York, 2000; pp 327-356.  

 

 Short Format:

Kagan, H. B. In Catalytic Asymetric Synthesis, 2nd ed.; Ojima, I., Ed.; Wiley-VCH: New York, 2000: pp 327-356.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Full Format:

Ruble, J. C.; Fu, G. C. Chiral-Complexes of Heterocycles with Transition Metals: A Versatile New Family of Nucleophilic Catalysts. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 7230-7231.

 

Short Format:

 Ruble, J.C.; Fu, G. C. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 7230-7231.

 

Journal Article from Online Database

Hambourger, M.; Liddell, P. A.: Gust, D.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A. Parameters affecting the chemical work output of a hybrid photoelectrochemical biofuel cell. Phtochem. Phtobiol. Sci. [Online] 2007, 6, 431-437. http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/PP/article.asp?doi=b616444g (accessed April 23, 2007).

 

Patents

U.S. patent citations must include inventor names (inverted), title of the patent (full format only), U. S. Patent, number, and year of issuance.

Foreign patent citations must include inventor names (inverted), title of the patent (full format only), country or patent agency name or abbreviation, patent number, and year of issuance.

 

US Patent Example;

 

Full Format:

Hilborn, J. W.; Jurgens, A. R. Fluoxetine process from benzoylacetonitrile. U.S. Patent 6,025,517, 2000.

 

Short Format:

Hilborn, J. W.; Jurgens, A. R. U.S. Patent 6,025,517, 2000.

 

Foreign Patent Example;

Long Format:

Christensen, J. A.; Squires, R. F. Verfahren zur Herstellung von aromatischen Hydroxyverbindungen. German Patent DE 2404114, 1974.

 

Short Format:

Christensen, J. A.; Squires, R. F. German Patent DE 2404114, 1974.

 

 

AMA - American Medical Association citation style (4)

 

Book with a Single Author

Shepard TH. Catalog of Teratogenic Agents. 7th ed. Baltimore, Md : Johns Hopkins Press; 1992.

 

Book with Two or More Authors

Baselt RC, Cravey RH. Disposition of Toxic Drugs and Chemicals in Man. 4th ed. Foster City, Calif : Chemical Toxicology Institute; 1995.

 

Edited Book

Armitage JO, Antman KH, eds. High-dose Cancer Therapy: Pharmacology, Hematopoietins, Stem Cells. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1995.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Moldofsky H. Sleep, neuroimmune and neuroendocrine functions in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1995;5:39-56.

 

Journal Article from Online Database

Simon JA, Hudes ES. Relationship of ascorbic acid to blood lead levels. JAMA [serial online]. 1999;281:2289-2293. Available from: American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill. Accessed August 24, 1999.

 

Website

Terre Haute Center for Medical Education. The THCME Medical Biochemistry page. Available at: http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/home.html. Accessed August 24, 1999.

 

 

 

APSA - American Political Science Association (5)

 

Book with a Single Author

Kessel, John H. 1968. The Goldwater Coalition: Republican Strategies in 1964.

 

     Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.

 

Book with Two or More Authors

Sorauf, Frank J., and Paul Allen Beck. 1988. Party Politics in America . 6th ed.

 

     Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman. 

 

Edited Book

Ball, Terence, James Farr, and Russell L. Hanson, eds. 1988. Political Innovation

 

     and Conceptual Change. New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Aldrich, John H. 1980. "A Dynamic Model of Presidential Nomination Campaigns."

     

     American Political Science Review 74:651-69.

 

 

 

ASA - American Sociological Association (6)

 

Book with a Single Author

De Anda, Roberto M. 1995. Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary

 

     Society. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

 

Book with Two or More Authors

Herrera-Sobek, María and Helena María Viramontes. 1995. Chicana (W)rites:

 

      On Word and Film. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press.

 

Edited Book

Nathan, Peter E. and Raymond S. Niaura. 1987. "Prevention of Alcohol

 

     Problems." Pp. 333-354 in Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol Problems: A Resource Manual ,

 

     edited by W.M. Cox. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, Inc.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Garcia, Alma M. 1998. "An Intellectual Odyssey: Chicana/Chicano Studies

 

     Moving into the Twenty-first Century." Journal of American Ethnic History 18:109.

 

Journal Article from Online Database

Graham, Lorie M. 1998. "The Past Never Vanishes: A Contextual Critique of

 

     the Existing Indian Family Doctrine" American Indian Law Review, 23:1. Retrieved May 25, 1999 Available:

 

     LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe, Law Reviews.

 

Website

American Sociological Association. 2000. "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Workshop."

 

     Washington , DC : American Sociological Association, Retrieved May 5, 2000

 

     (http://www.asanet.org/members/socwkshp.html).

 

 

American Antiquity (7)

 

Book with a Single Author

Elster, Jon

     1989 Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. Cambridge University Press, New York .

 

Book with Two or More Authors

Hampton, David R., Charles E. Summer, and Ross A. Weber

     1978 Organizational Behavior and the Practice of Management. 3rd ed. Scott, Foresman,

     Glenview , Illinois .

 

Edited Book

McHugh, William P. (editor)

     1977 The Teaching of Archaeology. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Ashmore, Wendy

     1991 Site-Planning Principles and Concepts of Directionality Among the Ancient Maya.

     Latin American Antiquity 2:199-226.

 

Website

Glascock, Michael D.

     2001 Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR. Electronic document,

     http://Missouri.edu/`glascock/archlab.html, accessed April 12, 2002.

 

 

CSE (CBE) - Council of Biology Editors (now called the Council of Science Editors) (8)

 

Book

McCormac JS, Kennedy G. 2004. Birds of Ohio. Auburn (WA): Lone Pine. 360 p.

 

Edited Book

McDaniel TK, Valdivia RH. 2005. New tools for virulence gene discovery. In: Cossart P, Boquet P, Normark S, Rappuoli R, editors. Cellular microbiology. 2nd ed. Washington (DC): ASM Press. p 473-488.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Meise CJ, Johnson DL, Stehlik LL, Manderson J, Shaheen P. 2003. Growth rates of juvenile Winter Flounder under varying environmental conditions. Trans Am Fish Soc 132(2):225-345.

 

Journal Article from Online Database

Hong P, Wong W. GeneNotes: a novel information management software for biologists. BMC Bioinformatics [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2005 Mar 1]; 6:20. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/20

 

Website

Leng F, Amado L, McMacken R. Coupling DNA supercoiling to transcription in defined protein systems. Journal of Biological Chemistry [Internet]. 2004 [cited 2005 Mar 1]; 279(46):47564-47571. Available from: http://www.jbc.org.cgi/reprint/279/46/47564

 

 

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (9)

 

Book

Williams, R.A. 1987. Communication systems analysis and design. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

 

Edited Book

Healey, M.C. 1980. The ecology of juvenile salmon in Georgia Strait, British Columbia. In Salmonid ecosystems of the North Pacific. Edited by W.J. McNeil and D.C. Himsworth. Oregon

 

     State University Press, Corvallis, Oreg. pp. 203 -229.

 

Journal Article (in print)

Kovanen, D.J., and Slaymaker, O. 2003. Lake Terrell upland glacial resurgences and implications for late-glacial history, northwestern Washington State, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of

 

     Earth Sciences, 40: 1767 -1772.

 

Electronic Citation

Quinion, M.B. 1998. Citing online sources: advice on online citation formats [online]. Available from http://clever.net/quinion/words/citation.html [cited 20 October 1998].

 

 

 

IEEE Documentation style (computer sciences) (10)

 

Book with a Single Author

D. Jones, Technical Writing Style, Toronto : Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

 

Book with Two or More Authors

D. Beer, R.F. Martin, and P. Fingle, Photosensory Transduction, New York: Willey, 1993.

 

Edited Book

R.F. Follet and D. J Walker. "Ground water quality concerns about nitrogen," in Nitrogen Management and Ground Water Protection, Ed. R. F. Follet, Amsterdam : Elsevier Publishing Company Inc, 1989, pp. 1-20.

 

Journal Article (in print)

K.A. Nelson, R.J. Dwayne Miller, D.R. Lutz, and M.D. Fayer, "Optical generation of turntable ultrasonic waves," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 53, no. 2, Feb., pp. 1144-1149.

 

Website

T. Land, "Web extension to American Psychological Association style (WEAPAS)," [Online document], 1996 Mar 31(Rev 1.2.4), [cited 1996 Sept 14], Available HTTP: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/psychology/WEAPAS

 

 

Legal Citation (11)

Legal Citation is divided into two categories:

  • legislation (bills, statutes, regulations, and orders-in-council) and
  • case law (decisions of courts and tribunals).

 

Legislation:

Provincial Legislation - Statutes of British Columbia :

The Statutes of British Columbia were last revised in 1996. The majority of acts will thus be cited R.S.B.C. 1996, for Revised Statutes of British Columbia 1996 .

 

If a British Columbia statute was passed after 1996 and is in a sessional volume, it is cited as S.B.C. , for Statutes of British Columbia .

Example:

Treaty Commission Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 461, s. 5(1).

Treaty Commission Act, Revised Statutes of British Columbia 1996,

chapter 461, section 5, subsection 1, cited to the official printed version.

 

Federal Legislation - Statues of Canada :

The Statutes of Canada were last revised in 1985. The majority of acts will thus be cited R.S.C. 1985 , for Revised Statutes of Canada .

The chapter number includes the initial letter of the name of the act.

Example:

Privacy Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21.

Privacy Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, chapter P-21, cited to the

official printed version.

 

Case Law:

Example: Dominion Law Reports:

R. v. Latimer (1995), 126 D.L.R. (4th) 203 ( Sask. C.A. ).

R. v. Latimer is the case name, 1995 is the year of the decision, volume

126 clearly identifies the exact volume so the year does not need to be in

square brackets, D.L.R. for Dominion Law Reports, 4th series, case

which is abbreviated Sask. C.A.

 

Example: Supreme Court of Canada Reports:

Vancouver Society of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women v. Minster of National Revenue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 10.

Vancouver Society of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women v. Minister of

National Revenue is the case name, [1999] is the year of publication and

needs to be in square brackets because volume 1 does not uniquely

identify the book, S.C.R. for Supreme Court Reports, the case beginning

on page 10.

 

 

 

Statistics Canada (12)

 

Book

Statistics Canada. 1998. Labour Markets, Social Institutions, and the Future of Canada's Children. Corak, Miles (ed.). Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 89-553-XPB. Ottawa. 179 p.

 

Edited Book

Meunier, Dominique, Paul Bernard and Johanne Boisjoly. 1998. ?Eternal youth? Changes in the living arrangements of young people.? Labour Markets, Social Institutions, and the Future of Canada 's Children. Miles Corak (ed.). Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 89-553-XPB. Ottawa . p. 157 -170.

 

Article in a monthly, quarterly or other regular periodical, including The Daily (in print)

Statistics Canada. 2003. ?Fresh water resources in Canada.? Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics 2003. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-201-XPE. p. 1 -32.

 

Online Article in a monthly, quarterly or other regular periodical, including The Daily

Akyeampong, Ernest. 2005. ?Collective bargaining priorities.? Perspectives on Labour and Income. Vol. 17, no. 3. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 33-251-XIE.

http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=75-001-X20050038450 (accessed January 24, 2006).

 

Census Citing

Citing the 2001 Census Catalogue:

Statistics Canada . 2002. 2001 Census Catalogue. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-377-XIE. Ottawa . June 27.

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Reference/2001catalogue/index.htm (accessed August 16, 2005).

 

Citing a table from 2001 Population and Dwelling Counts:

Statistics Canada . 2002. Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada , Provinces, Territories and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses, 100% Data (table). Population and Dwelling Counts. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0051XIE. Ottawa . June 27.

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/

tables.cfm

(accessed August 16, 2005).

 

E-Stat Citing

Databases from E-STAT:

Statistics Canada . n.d. CANSIM (database). Using E-STAT (distributor). Version updated July 2005.

http://estat.statcan.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?CANSIMFILE=EStat\

English\CII_1_E.htm

(accessed August 16, 2005).

 

CANSIM tables from E-STAT:

Statistics Canada . n.d. Table 326-0001 Consumer Price Index (CPI), 2001 Basket Content, Monthly (table). CANSIM (database). Using E-STAT (distributor). Version updated July 2004.

http://estat.statcan.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?CANSIMFILE=EStat\

English\CII_1_E.htm

(accessed August 19, 2005).

 

 

SAA - Society for American Archaeology

*Refer to American Antiquity citation style above.

 

 

 

UBC Biology 140 Citations (13)

 

Book with a Single Author

McMillan, V.E. 2006, 1988. Writing papers in the biological sciences. Bedford St. Martin's

Press, Boston, Mass.

 

Book with Two or More Authors

Purves, W. K., Orians, G. H., and Heller, H. C. 1992. Life: The science of biology, 3rd

edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., W. H. Freeman and Company, Sunderland, Mass.

 

Edited Book

Muldal, S., and Lajtha, L. G. 1974. Chromosomes and leukemia. pp. 451-480 In: J. German,

(ed.), Chromosomes and cancer. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

 

Journal Article (both print and electronic)

Birle, R. A., and Suthers, W. C. 1981. The effects of soft drinks and their constituents on the

stamina of rats. Journal of Rat Physiology, 23 (2): 14-22.

 

Website

NRC Research Press. 2005. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Instructions to authors [online].

Available from http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_prog_e?cjz_instruct_e.html

[cited 20 April 2005].

 

 

Annotated Bibliography (14)

 

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

 

ANNOTATIONS VS. ABSTRACTS

Abstracts are the purely descriptive summaries often found at the beginning of scholarly journal articles or in periodical indexes. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose the author's point of view, clarity and appropriateness of expression, and authority.

 

THE PROCESS

Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research.

First, locate and record citations to books, periodicals, and documents that may contain useful information and ideas on your topic. Briefly examine and review the actual items. Then choose those works that provide a variety of perspectives on your topic.

Cite the book, article, or document using the appropriate style.

Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or (d) explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLE SAMPLES FOR ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

The following example uses the APA format for the journal citation. NOTE : APA requires double spacing within citations.

Waite, L. J., Goldschneider, F. K., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and

the erosion of traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological Review, 51, 541-554.

The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University , use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.

 

This example uses the MLA format for the journal citation. NOTE : Standard MLA practice requires double spacing within citations.

Waite, Linda J., Frances Kobrin Goldscheider, and Christina Witsberger. "Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional

Family Orientations Among Young Adults." American Sociological Review 51 (1986): 541-554.

The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University , use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living. Annotated Bibliography 14

 

 

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