Write a paper using MLA or APA style

Non-periodical Multi-page Web Document (No Author, No date)

General format:  Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in footer or copyright statement ). Date  site was accessed [electronic address]

Reference Page: Poetry for Children. n.d. Forms of Poetry for Children. James Madison University. 29 February 2008 < http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poeform.htm>

Text:  (James Madison University, n.d.)

Reference Page: Kozlowski, G. F. “Free state of Van Zandt.” University of Texas, The Handbook of Texas Online  6 June 2005. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/pdf1.html.

Text:  (Kozlowski 2005)

Reference Page: Konrad, R. “Foodie favorite Sharon Tyler Herbst dies in San Francisco.” The Reno Gazette Journal.com. 30 January 2007: A8. News.rgj.com  12 February 2007 http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070130/NEWS18/70130003&oaso=news.rgj.com/breakingnews.

Text:  (Konrad 2007)

Reminders for Formatting Your Reference Page:

• List references alphabetically by the author’s last name, if there is more than one work by the same author, order them by publication date oldest to newest.
• If no author is listed, place alphabetically according to the first word of the title.
• Author’s names are last name, first initial. More than one author use “&”
• Double spaced
• Indent ½ inch the second and subsequent lines after the first (see examples above)

Nevada State College Library has compiled examples of some commonly used APA reference and parenthetical style citations. All examples found here have been modeled after the examples in the Little Brown Compact Handbook Sixth Edition.  Copies of this handbook as well as the fifth edition of the APA Publication Manual are available at the Library on reserve, or sold in the NS Bookstore. This document is a guide only and in now way describes complete APA citation styles.

Book

General Format:  Author, A. A. & Author, B.B. (Year of publication). Book title. Location: Publisher.

Reference Page: Bronowski, J. (1992). The identity of man. New York: Prometheus.

Text:  (Bronowski, 1992)

Reference Page: Orser, C. (Ed.). (2002). Encyclopedia of historical archaeology. New York: Routledge.

Text:  (Orser, 2002)

General format: Author, A. A., & Author, B.B. (Year of publication). Chapter title. In A. Editor (Ed.), Book title. (edition, page numbers of chapter). Location: Publisher.

Reference Page: Zimbardo, P. G. , & Gerrig, R. J. (2002). Perception. In D. J. Levitin (Ed.), Foundations of cognitive psychology: Core readings (6th ed., pp. 133-188). Massachusetts: Bradford.

Text:  (Zimbardo & Gerrig, 2002)

Article from an Electronic Database

General format: Author, A. A. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number, pages.

Reference Page: Santoro, G. (2007). The edgy optimist. American Scholar, 76(1), 125-129. Retrieved January 30, 2007, from the Academic Search Premier database.

Text:  (Santoro, 2007)

Non-periodical Multi-page Web Document (No Author, No date)

General format:  Name of sponsoring organization or title of site. (Date). Document name. Retrieved [date] from [URL]

Reference Page:  PETA.(n.d.) Animal cruelty statistics. Retrieved February 7, 2007, from http://www.peta.org/media/factsheet/animalcruelty.htm

Text:  (PETA, n.d.)