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Research Tip: Databases index journals but that does not guarantee that they provide access to the actual content. Look for "Find It" link to articles you want but do not see full-text options.
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| Type of Citation | Parenthetical | Narrative |
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No author Use italics if the work title is in italics in reference list (books). If title is not italicised use double quotations and title case, shorten titles If Anonymoused is used in source use it. |
A book with no author: (Escape rooms, 2020) An article with no author: ("Understanding the Gaming in Education," 2018) (Anonymous, 2020) |
A book with no author: In Escape rooms (2020) there is ... An article with no author: In "Understanding the Gaming in Education" (2018) there is a description... Anonymous (2020) examined… |
| Group as author with abbreviation | First citation with full name and abbreviation: (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2019) Subsequent citations: (CDC, 2019) |
First citation with full name and abbreviation: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) Subsequent citations: The CDC (2019) provided … |
| Citing multiple works | Alphabetical order (Jones, 2020; Ports of Auckland, 2019; Smith et al., 2020) |
Any order Smith et al. (2020), Jones (2020), and Ports of Auckland (2019) examined ... |
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Personal communication Not recoverable. Do not include in the reference list. |
(E. Chapman, personal communication, January 20, 2020) | E. Chapman (personal communication, January 20, 2020) informed me of ... |
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SOC 3380
By Elizabeth Torres
SOC 3380
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