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This handout contains most of the examples found on this page. It has examples of (1) citing within text and (2) references for articles, reports, books, dissertations, audiovisual material, on-line resources, and legal documents.
ONE AUTHOR
Mellers, B.A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences.
Psychological Bulletin, 126, 910-924.
TWO AUTHORS, JOURNAL PAGINATED BY ISSUE
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations.
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 1-36.
THREE TO SIX AUTHORS
Saywitz, K.J., Mannarino, A.P., Berliner, L. & Cohen, J.A. (2000). Treatment for sexually
abused children and adolescents. American Psychologist, 55, 1040-1049.
MORE THAN SIX AUTHORS
Wolchik, S.A., West, S.G., Sandler, I.N., Tein, J., Coatsworth, D., Lengua, L., et al. (2000).
An experimental evaluation of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for
children of divorce. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 843-856.
PERIODICAL PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
Fiske, S.T. (1993). Social cognition and social percpetion. Annual Review
of Psychology, 44, 155-194.
ENTIRE ISSUE OR SPECIAL SECTION OF JOURNAL
Barlow, D.H. (Ed.) (1991). Diagnoses, dimensions, and DSM-IV: The science of
classification [Special Issue]. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100(3).
BOOK REVIEW
Scatz, B.R. (2000). Learning by text or context? [Review of the book The
Social Life of Information]. Science, 290, 1304.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Kandel, E.R., & Squire, L.R. (2000, November 10). Neuroscience: Breaking down
scientific barriers to the study of brain and mind. Science, 290, 1113-1120.
NEWSLETTER ARTICLE, NO AUTHOR
The new health-care lexicon. (1993, August/September). Copy Editor, 4, 1-2.
DAILY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, NO AUTHOR
New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from heart failure. (1993,
July 15). The Washington Post, p. A12.
DAILY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, DISCONTINUOUS PAGES
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status.
The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Berkowitz, A.D. (2000, November 24). How to tackle the problem of
student drinking [Letter to the editor]. The Chronicle of Higher
Education, p. B20.
ABSTRACT AS A PRIMARY SOURCE
Woolf, N.J., Youung, S.L., Fanselow, M.S., & Butcher, L.L. (1991). MAP-2
expression in cholinoceptive pyramidical cells of rodent cortex and
hippocampus is altered by Pavlovian conditioning [Abstract]. Society
for Neuroscience Abstracts, 17, 345.
ABSTRACT FROM A SECONDARY SOURCE (PERIODICAL)
Nakazato, K. Shimonaka, Y. & Homma, A. (1992). Cognitive functions of
centenarians: The Tokyo Metropolitan Centenarian Study. Japanese
Journal of Developmental Psychology, 3, 9-16. Abstract obtained from
PsycSCAN: Neuropsychology, 1993, 2, Abstract No. 604.
REPORT AVAILABLE FROM ERIC (EDUCATION RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER)
Mead, J.V. (1992). Looking at old photographs: Investigating the teacher
tales that novice teachers bring with them (Report No. NCTRL-RR-92-4).
East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning.
(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED346082).
