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The eclipse of listening. |
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Author’s last name followed by a comma then the author’s initial of their first name and middle name (if there is one). For multiple authors use & before the last author listed. |
Year within parentheses; if there is a month and date, put them after year followed by a period. |
Title of the article. Make sure it is all lower case except the first work, first word after a colon, and proper nouns. The title is also italicized. End with a period. |
Title of the journal; all the major words are capitalized and it is italicized, followed by a comma. |
Volume and issue number of the journal; volume italicized but the issue number is not italicized and in parentheses |
Page numbers; (articles found in library databases are based on print materials so no need for a URL). End the citation with a period and list doi (if available |
*Notes: Do not include the URL if the article comes from a library database. Dissertations (example provided on the right) don't follow this exact formula.
Note: when formatting reference pages, be sure to indent the second and subsequent lines of an entry.
One Author
Clay, G. (2003). Assignment writing skills. Nursing Standard, 17(20), 47-52.
Two Authors
Antonakos, C. L., & Kazanis, A. S. (2003). Research process in the health sciences: A focus on methods. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 17, 257-264.
More than Two Authors
Ward, M. E., Peters, G., & Shelley, K. (2010). Student and faculty perceptions of the quality of online learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 11(3), 57-77.
Journal from the Internet
Petersen, L. A., Woodward, L. D., Urech, T., Daw, C., & Sookanan, S. (2006). Does pay-for-performance improve the quality of health care? Annals of Internal Medicine,145(4), 265-272. Retrieved from http://www.annals.org/content/145/4/265.full
Note: The URL (web address) should not be a hyperlink. You can remove the hyperlink by highlighting the link, then right click your mouse, and choose, “Remove hyperlink.” All journal articles accessed from the Internet (not from Library databases) need to have a doi number or a web address of where they were retrieved.
Journal with a doi Number
French, S. (2009). Critiquing the language of strategic management. The Journal of Management Development, 28(1), 6-17. doi: 10.1108/02621710910923836
Note: Not all articles have doi numbers. If the article is from a library database it ends with the page numbers or doi number as it based on a print version of the article. It is not considered an electronic journal.
Dissertation
Huei-Lien, C. (2006). Projects-to-think-with and projects-to-talk with: How adult learners experience project-based learning in an online course (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. (Accession Number: 3244661)
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