References:
References are listed on a separate page at the end of your paper in alphabetical order. The reference list provides information to identify and retrieve each work cited in the text.
The basic elements of a reference are the author, date, title, and source.
Example:
Aprile, G. G., Di Salvatore, M., C, Mingo, A., & Carafa, A. M. (2010). Comparison of the suitability of two lichen species and one higher plant for monitoring airborne heavy metals. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 162(1–4), 291–299. https://lib-proxy.sunywcc.edu:2590/10.1007/s10661-009-0796-x
Authors’ names: Invert the authors’ names, providing last name, and initials. Use an ampersand before the final author’s name.
Example: Aprile, G. G., Di Salvatore, M., C, Mingo, A., & Carafa, A. M.
Dates: The year of publication is written in parentheses. Ex. (2010). If the complete date is available, format as (2010, May 14)
Title: The title is written in sentence case.
Source: The source indicates where readers can retrieve the cited work and is italicized.
Examples:
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
Journal of Urban Ecology
Volume and issue numbers: The volume number of the article is italicized, and the issue number is in parentheses.
Example: 38(1)
Source information: Do not include the database name or URL. However, if an article has a DOI (digital object identifier), include that at the end of the citation. A DOI is a string of numbers and letters that typically begins with the number 10.
Example: https://lib-proxy.sunywcc.edu:2590/10.1007/s10661-009-0796-x
In-text citations: (parenthetical citations) are citations of original sources that appear in the text of your paper. Each work cited in the text must appear in the reference list.
In-text citations include the author(s) name and publication date in parentheses.
Example: (Luna, 2020)
In narrative citations, this information is incorporated in the sentence.
Example: Aprile et al. (2010)
Direct quotes require page number:
Example: (Luna, 2020, p. 43)
In-text citation rules for number of authors
Adapted from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7 th ed., 2020)
