For the titles of books, use italics and "sentence-style" capitalization. This means that for a title only the first word, all proper nouns, and the first word after an internal colon are to be capitalized. Example: How to make money in French and German stocks: Your personal guide

For titles of magazines and journals, use italics and "headline" style capitalization. This means that the first letter of each important word should be capitalized. Example: The World in Focus

For the titles of magazine and journal articles, do not use underlining, italics, or quotation marks. Use "sentence-style" capitalization. Example: Jobs in jeopardy: How to survive in today's climate

All references must be double spaced and have a hanging indent ie the second and all following lines in a reference must be indented 5-7 spaces in from the first line.The example references in this e-book are not formatted in this way, cause it's to hard, but make sure you do!

Non-Periodicals (eg. Books, Reports, Brochures, or Audiovisual media)

Basic Format:

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Examples:

Arnheim, R. (1971). Art and visual perception. Berkeley: University of California Press. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Nicol, A. A. M., & Pexman, P. M. (1999). Presenting your findings: A practical guide for creating tables. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Publishing information - Spell out the publishing names of associations and university presses, but omit superfluous terms such as "Publishers," "Co.," or "Inc." If two or more locations are given, give the location listed first or the publisher's home office. When the pubisher is a university and the name of the state (or province) is included in the university name, do not repeat the name of the state/province in the publisher location. When the author and publisher are identical, use the word "Author" as the name of the publisher.

An Article In A Periodical (e.g., a journal, newspaper, or magazine)

Basic Format

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year, add month and day of publication for daily, weekly, or monthly publications). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number(issue), pages.

Examples:

Magazine articles

Journal articles

Chandler-Crisp, S. (1988, May) "Aerobic writing": a writing practice model. Writing Lab Newsletter, pp. 9-11.

Weekly periodicals

Kauffmann, S. (1993, October 18). On films: class consciousness. The New Republic, p.30.

NOTE:You need list only the volume number if the periodical uses continuous pagination throughout a particular volume. If each issue begins with page 1, then you should list the issue number as well: Title of Periodical, Volume number (Issue number), pages. Note that the issue number is not italicized.

An Entry In An Encyclopedia

Basic Format

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter.In Title of encyclopedia (vol. Page no.(s)). Location: Publisher. Example:

Boy scouts of America (1969). In Funk & wagnalls new encyclopedia (Vol. 4, pp. 163-165). New York: Funk & Wagnalls. For an encyclopedia article on CD-ROM, use this form:

Abolitionist movement [CD-ROM]. (1996). Compton's interactive encyclopedia. New York: Softkey Multimedia

A Translated Work

Basic Format

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year of Publication) Title of work (A. Translator & B. Translator, Trans.). Location: Publisher. (Original work published year)

Examples:

Freud, S. (1970) An outline of psychoanalysis (J. Strachey, Trans.). New York: Norton. (Original work published 1940)

NOTE: When you cite this work in text, it should appear with both dates: Freud (1940/1970).

A Government Publication

Basic Format:

Organisation. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any (Publication Information). Location: Publisher

Example:

National Institute of Mental Health. (1982). Television and behavior: Ten years of scientific progress (DHHS Publication No. A 82-1195). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Work Discussed In A Secondary Source

Coltheart, M., Curtis, B., Atkins, P., & Haller, M. (1993). Models of reading aloud:Dual-route and parallel-distributed-processing approaches. Psychological Review, 100, 589-608.

NOTE: Give the secondary source in the references list; in the text, name the original work, and give a citation for the secondary source. For example, if Seidenberg and McClelland's work is cited in Coltheart et al. and you did not read the original work, list the Coltheart et al. reference in the References. In the text, use the following citation:

In Seidenberg and McClelland's study (as cited in Coltheart, Curtis, Atkins, & Haller, 1993), ...