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A. The Author(s) & Article Title
B. The Journal Title & Volume Number
C. The Publication Year & Journal Title
A. There is an article written by Fredric Brown that says "recidivism rates are lower when subjects work on of the three task forces" (2019, p.199).
B. Brown (2019) noted that experience in at least one of the programs offered to inmates lowered their chances to recidivate (p. 199).
C. The Journal of Prison Rehabilitation (2019) noted that "recidivism rates are lower when subjects work on of the three task forces" (p. 199).
A. Paraphrasing is when you rewrite the author's language verbatim and use quotation marks to signify borrowed language
B. Paraphrasing is when you annotate a citation by describing the article in detail and note whether it is a good source to use for your paper
C. Paraphrasing is when you use your own language to convey somebody else's idea, result, or concept. You don't have to use quotation marks, but you still must cite the original ideas
The References page should:
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Type of Material |
Format |
Example |
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Book |
Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of book. Publisher. |
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books. |
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Chapter in an edited book. |
Author, A.A. (year of publication). Chapter title. In Author, A.A. (Eds.), Book title (page range). Publisher. |
Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. |
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Journal article |
Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, Volume(issue). page range. https://doi or URL |
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185 |
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Author type |
Parenthetical citation |
Narrative citation |
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One author |
(Luna, 2020) |
Luna (2020) |
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Two authors |
(Salas & D’Agostino, 2020) |
Salas and D’Agostino (2020) |
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Three or more authors |
(Martin et al., 2020) |
Martin et al. (2020) |
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Group author with abbreviation First citation
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(NIMH, 2020) |
NIMH (2020) |
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Group author without abbreviation |
(Stanford University, 2020) |
Stanford University (2020) |