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Example: Wall, Robert W.. "Intertextuality." Global Wesleyan Dictionary of Theology, 2013.
Example: Akter, Farhana. "Metabolic Disorders." Encyclopedia of Global Health, Yawei Zhang, Sage Publications, 1st edition, 2008. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sagegh/metabolic_disorders/0?institutionId=4721. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.
Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), the Citations & More Guide (MLA), or OWL Purdue. You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting. Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources.
Example: Coffino, Michael. The Other Classroom: The Essential Importance of High School Athletics. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
Example: American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing. Scope & Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing. AAACN, 2017.
Example: Stone, Dan. Histories of the Holocaust. E-book, Oxford UP, 2010.
Example: Therapeutic Exercise, edited by John V. Basmajian, Williams & Wilkins, 1978.
Example: Johnson, Craig. Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow. 3rd ed., Sage, 2009.
Example: Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne et al. "Poor Families, Poor Outcomes: The Well-being of Children and Youth." Consequences of Growing Up Poor, edited by Greg J. Duncan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Russell Sage, 1997, pp. 1-17.
Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), the Citations & More Guide (MLA), or OWL Purdue. You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting. Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources.
Example: Nguyen, Jenny, Ina Ko, Santiago Martinez-Sosa, and Ruth Mizokuchi. "Ward-based Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia." BMJ, vol. 374, no. 1779, August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1779
Example: Thomas, Douglas C. "What is a Psychological Attitude?" Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 2021, 64-66. https://jungianjournal.ca/index.php/jjss/issue/view/16/8
NOTE: Some online-only journals will not have page numbers.
Examples: Sajjad, Fatima, and Umbreen Javaid. “Islam, West and Constantinople: A Historical Overview of Evolution of the ‘Turkish Model’ in Pre-Modern Age.” Hamdard Islamicus, vol. 39, no. 3, July 2016, pp. 75–100. EBSCOhost. search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rfh&AN=ATLAiB8W170306003124&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Examples: Carey, Lindsey, et al. "COVID-19: Multinational Perspectives of Providing Chaplaincy, Pastoral, and Spiritual Care." Editorial. Health & Social Care Chaplaincy, vol. 8, no. 2, July 2020, pp. 133-142. EBSCOhost. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.41973
Example: Turner, Paul. Catholics and the Protestant Reformation. Holiness Today, September/October 2017, 25-27.
Example: Torchia, Rebecca. "The Pros and Cons of Requiring Students to Turn on Their Cameras." EdTech: Focus on K-12, 20 July 2021, https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2021/07/pros-and-cons-requiring-students-turn-their-cameras. Accessed 2 August 2021.
Example: Ross, Lydall and Jonathan Prynn. “Housing Crisis Is ‘Main Priority for Mayor.’” Evening Standard, 16 Mar. 2020, p. 12. Newspaper Source. search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=142254408&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Example: Santiago, Leyla and Sara Weisfeldt. "Florida Tween Takes on School Board to Call for Mask Mandate." CNN, 4 August 2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/04/us/florida-school-mask-mandate-duval-teen/index.html
Author. Title. Date. Institution name, Degree type.
Example: Reneau, Margaret. Teaching Nurses Sight Unseen: Comparing the Cultural Competency among on-Campus and Online Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Faculty. 2011. Capella University, PhD dissertation.
If you pull the dissertation from a database, such as WHDL.org or ProQuest, you will need to include the title of the database and the URL.
Example: Mallo, Ryan Seth. Dying to be a Man: a Mixed Methods Study Implementing Men's Health Promotion and the Psychology of Masculinity in Graduate Primary Care Curriculum. 2018. Northwest Nazarene University, PhD dissertation. WHDL.org, https://nnu.whdl.org/dying-be-man-mixed-methods-study-implementing-mens-health-promotion-and-psychology-masculinity.
Personal communications is defined as email correspondence, text messages, interviews, live speeches, classroom lectures, memos, etc.. Since these works are not easily replicated or recoverable, references to the content should be cited in the text.
Example: Smith, John. "Re: Mayflower trip journals." Received by John Winthrop, 12 Aug. 2021.
Example: Jones, Jane. Personal interview. 9 August May 2021.
Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), the Citations & More Guide (MLA), or OWL Purdue. You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting. Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources.
The Bible. Authorized King James Version, Oxford UP, 1998.
The Qur'an (M. A. S. Abdel Haleem, Trans.). (2004). Oxford University Press.
The Torah: The Five Books of Moses (3rd ed.). (2015). The Jewish Publication Society.
Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), the Citations & More Guide (MLA), or OWL Purdue. You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting. Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources.
Example: APA Education [@APAEducation]. "College Students are Forming Mental-Health Clubs--and They're Making a Difference." Twitter, 29, June 2018 (include time if it's available). https://twitter.com/apaeducation/status/1012810490530140161.
Example: Right to Life of Idaho.. Legislation. n.d. http://www.rtli.org/legislation.html. Accessed 4 August 2021
Examples: Graham, Linda. Mindfulness, self-compassion and resilience. Resources for Recovering Resilience. 29 November 2016. https://lindagraham-mft.net/mindfulness-self-compassion-and-resilience/. Accessed 4 August 2021.
Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), or the Citations & More guide (MLA). You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting. Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources.
Author (if available) or "Title." YouTube, uploaded by ...., Day Month Year, of posting), URL
*If no author, the title of the video is listed first as in the example below.
Example: “How Internet and Games Affect the Teenage Mind: Mini-lecture.” YouTube, uploaded by UCL, 5 Feb. 2013, https://youtu.be/JzWiv-1wzk8.
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