To cite a printed book, write the following information: Author's last name, first and second initial. Year of publication in parenthesis. Title of work. City of publication: Publisher. As an example: Smith, R. C. (2011). The story of John Doe. New York: Doubleday.
Pay careful attention to the placement of periods. The title of the work should be italicized. Capitalize the first letter of the title and subtitle, and leave all other letters lowercase except in proper names.
For a magazine article, write the following information: Author's last name, first and second initial. Year of publication in parenthesis. Title of article. Title of magazine or periodical, volume number, page-page. As an example: Smith. R.C. (2011). The dramatic life of John Doe. Time, 87, 47-60.
For the article's title, capitalize the first letter of the title and subtitle, and leave all other letters lowercase except in proper names. For the magazine or periodical's title, capitalize all nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, as well as the first and last letter of the title. Italicize the title of the magazine or periodical.
To reference an online article, write the following information: Author's last name, first and second initial. Year, month day in parenthesis. Title of article. Title of newspaper or magazine. Retrieved from http://www.URL.com/full_url. For example: Smith. R. C. (2011, May 25). A brief biography of John Doe. The Daily Times. Retrieved from http://www.thedailytimes.com/brief_bio_john_doe/52384
For the article's title, capitalize the first letter of the title and subtitle, and leave all other letters lowercase except in proper names. For the magazine or periodical's title, capitalize all nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, as well as the first and last letter of the title. Italicize the title of the magazine or periodical. Do not put a period at the end of the citation.
For a general website, write the following information: Author's last name, first and second initial. Year, month day in parenthesis.. Title of website. Retrieved from http://www.URL.com/full_url. Example: Smith, R.C. (2011, May 25). The official John Doe biography website. Retrieved from http://www.officialjohndoe.com
Pay careful attention to the placement of periods. The author of a site and its date of publication can be tricky to locate; be prepared to explore the site in depth for this information. If the publication date is not available, write "n.d." in parentheses, meaning "no date." Do not include the full URL if you used several pages of the website; link to an entry or homepage. Do not put a period at the end of the citation.
Your references' page should be formatted with a "hanging indent," which means that the first line of an entry should not be indented, and all following lines in that entry will be indented.