How to Cite Sources in Your Research Paper

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName and AuthorFirstName AuthorLastName. Year of publication. "Article Title." Journal Title Volumn#(issue#):Page#.

Journal Article with One Author

Campbell, Mary E. 2009. "Multiracial Groups and Educational Inequality: A Rainbow Or a Divide?" Social Problems 56(3):425-46.

Journal Article with Two Authors

Mouw, Ted and Arne L. Kalleberg. 2010. "Occupations and the Structure of Wage Inequality in the United States, 1980s to 2000s." American Sociological Review 75(3):402-31.

Scandurra, Anna, Alfredo Di Lucrezia, Biagio D'Aniello, and Claudia Pinelli. 2023. "Home Sweet Home: The Impact of Lifestyle on a Cat's Approach to Impossible Tasks in the Home Environment." Animals 13(16):2679-86. 

Duke, Lynne. 1994. "Confronting Violence: African American Conferees Look Inward." Washington Post, January 8, pp. A1, A10.

Lesser, Lawrence M. 2007. "Critical Values and Transforming Data: Teaching Statistics with Social Justice." Journal of Statistics Education 15(1). Retrieved January 25, 2011 (http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v15n1/lesser.html).

Scandurra, Anna, Alfredo Di Lucrezia, Biagio D'Aniello, and Claudia Pinelli. 2023. "Home Sweet Home: The Impact of Lifestyle on a Cat's Approach to Impossible Tasks in the Home Environment." Animals 13(16):2679-2686. doi: 10.3390/ani13162679.

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName, and AuthorFirstName AuthorLastName. YYYY. Book Title. Location of publisher, State or Country: Publisher's Name.

", eds." is appended to an author(s) entry to indicate the name(s) of editors.

If no date of publication is available, use "N.d." in place of the date.

Book with One Author

Beeghley, Leonard. 2000. The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Book with Two Editors

Lareau, Annette and Dalton Conley, eds. 2008. Social Class: How Does It Work? New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Book with Three or More Editors

Scott, Jacqueline, and Rosemary Crompton, and Clare Lyonette, eds. 2010. Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century: New Barriers and Continuing Constraints. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar.

Feagin, Joe R. 2010. Racist America: Roots, Currentalities, and Future Reparations. New York: Taylor and Francis Routledge. Retrieved January 25, 2011 (http://www.netlibrary.com/AccessProduct.aspx?ProductId=308036).

Zambrana, Ruth E., and Victoria-Maria MacDonald. 2009. "Staggered Inequalities in Access to
Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity." Pp. 73-100 in Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice, edited by B.T. Dill and R.E. Zambrana. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.