Reference a source with a single author by writing her last name, followed by her initials, the date the source was published (inside parenthesis and followed by a period), and the title of the source, in that order. Write the source title in italics, followed by page numbers. For example, an article entitled "Love and Caring in Diverse Families" that was written by Patricia M. Gooding and published in 2002 in a periodical called Family Involvement in Social Science would be written as follows: Gooding, P. M. (2002). Love and Caring in Diverse Families. Family Involvement in Psychological Science, 20, 90-109. Remember the source title is italicized.
Write an ampersand instead of "and" to separate two authors' names in a reference listing. Everything else in a listing by two authors is written the same as if there were one author. For example, Gooding, P.M., & Twilling, A.M. (2002). Love and Caring in Diverse Families. Family Involvement in Psychological Science, 20, 90-109. The title "Love and Caring in Diverse Families: Family Involvement in Psychological Science" should be italicized.
Use commas and an ampersand when referencing three to seven authors in a reference listing. For example, Gooding, P.M., Jacobs, H.K., Johnson, U.G. & Twilling, A.M. (2002). Love and Caring in Diverse Families. Family Involvement in Psychological Science, 20, 90-109. Remember to italicize the title.
Type the title of the source, publication date and location of publication to reference a source with no known author. Purdue University's online writing lab suggests referencing such a source as: "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed.).(1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster."
Cite in-text quotations by writing the author's name followed by the year of publication, the quote, and the page number on which the quotation is found. The date and page number should be in parenthesis. For example, "According to Samson (1997), "People often had difficulty delivering canned goods to the needy" (p. 117).
Write the author's last name followed by the first name initials, the year of publication in parenthesis, title of the book, location and finally publisher. This is for one author. For example, Purdue Owl suggests, "Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher." The book title should be italicized.
Divide any number of authors using a comma and an ampersand before the last author name. If there are only two author's, use an ampersand in between the two author names. For example, Johnson, R. e., & Perry, A. R. (1990). For the Love of Writing. Washington, DC: American Writer's Association. Be sure to italicize the title of the book.
Write the author name, or names, followed by Eds. in parenthesis. This tells the reader that the book is an edited edition. Follow this with the date of publication in parenthesis, title of the book, place of publication and publisher. Purdue Owl suggests, "Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation." Remember to italicize the book title.