Type the exact quote from the journal, book, website or other document that you wish to cite with quotation marks surrounding the text. Alternatively, you may choose to paraphrase the text in your own words. Do not use quotation marks if you are using your own words.
Include the author and date. This may be in the body of the sentence such as, "In 2010, Jone's study of educational practices claimed...," or at the end of the sentence.
If you do not include the author and year in the body, cite it at the end of the sentence in parentheses before the period. Use the last name only followed by a comma and the full year.
A citation with two authors must include both writers/researchers last names. Separate in-sentence names with the word "and." Separate end-of-sentence citations with an "&." Add the "and" or "&" before the last of the list of names when using a source with three or more names.
Include the reference list at the end of your paper or article, directly after the last page of text.
Center the title "References" at the top of the page.
List the references in alphabetical order starting from the first letter of the author's last name. For example, Anders will come before Barns. All references should use a hanging indent for the second and subsequent lines. Double space all parts of the reference list.
Journal articles will include the author's name, date, title of the article with only the first letter of the first word capitalized, a period, the title of the publication in italics followed by a comma, the volume number followed by a comma and the page numbers followed by a period. For example, Kindler, A.M. (1996). Myths, habits, research, and policy: the four pillars of early childhood art education. Arts Education Policy Review, 97(4), 24-30.
A text or book format follows a somewhat similar pattern with the author and date. Follow this with the chapter title (if applicable) with only the first letter capitalized, a period, the book title in italics with only the first letter capitalized and page numbers in parentheses, a period, place of publication, colon and the publishing company. For example, Boyatzis, R.E. (1998). Transforming qualitative information. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.