ASA style requires that writers include parenthetical notes after sentences showing information taken from outside sources. If you use the author's name in the sentence, you only have to put the year of publication and the page number where the information was found. If it is not in the sentence, the author's last name(s) go in the note as well. If there are more than three authors, you write only the first author's name followed by et al.
Simpson argues that this trend is only temporary (2007:23).
This trend is only temporary (Simpson 2007:23).
That tactic does not motivate all socioeconomic groups equally (Presley et.al. 2001:25).
If you have more than one source for the same sentence, separate them with a semicolon.
The first line of each entry should begin at the margin. If your information goes onto more than one line, indent one tab at the beginning of each subsequent line. Order your list alphabetically, based on the first word in each entry.
The title of the book should appear in italics. The information for each entry should appear in this order: author's name, year of publication, title, publication information, and then date and URL of online access, if the book chapter was sourced from the Internet.
Smith, Robert. 2006. "The Woodrow Wilson Years." Pp. 423-444 in Presidents of the United States, edited by Jerry Isbinsen. Dallas, TX: Presidential Press.
After you've put all of the relevant publication information about a source that you found online, you then need to put the date you accessed the source online and the URL where the source appears. The title of the magazine, Brothers Who Argue, should appear in italics. Here is an example of an online magazine article:
Wright, Orville. 1903. "Why I'm Smarter than Wilbur." Brothers Who Argue, June 25. Retrieved May 27, 2011 (http://brotherswhoargue.com/wright/feature/1903/06/25.html).
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