Books
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
Kirsh, Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. 2nd ed., Sage, 2006.
Book Chapters
Last Name, First Name. "Chapter or Essay Title." Title of the Book, edited by Editor's Name, Publisher, Year, Page Range.
Example: Bhabha, Homi. "Narrating the Nation." Nationalism, edited by John Hutchinson & Anthony D. Smith, Oxford University Press, 1994, 306-312.
Articles
Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Article." Journal Title, volume number, issue number, Date of Publication, Page Range. Database Name, DOI or URL if no DOI exists. Accessed Date written as Day Month Year.
Example:
Brinkman, Britney G. and Allison Jedinak. "Exploration of a Feminist Icon: Wonder Woman's Influence on U.S. Media." Sex Roles, vol. 70,
no. 9-10, 2014, pp. 434-435. PsycINFO, doi: 10.1007/s11199-014-0364-x.
Websites
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access (if applicable).
Example:
Larson, Erik. "The Devil in the White City." Erik Larson Books. eriklarsonbooks.com/the-books/the-devil-in-the-white-city/. Accessed on May 24,
2018.
Movies
Tile of Film. Directed by Director Name, performances by Names of Performers, Name of Production Company, Year.
OR To put emphasis on the Director or a specific performer you can do the following.
Last Name, First Name, Title of Person. Title. Name of Production Company, Year.
Example:
Wonder Woman. Directed by Patty Jenkins, performances by Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., 2017.
For citing in-text quotations, the basic format is the author's last name and page number within parentheses.
Example: Beethoven was considered "unnaturally gifted" in this matter (Sipe 65).
If you reference the author's name within your sentence, you only need to put the page number within parentheses.
Example: Sipe argues that theoretical arguments must be "balanced by a historical perspective" (24).
Aside from citing parenthetically, you should also include a Works Cited page at the end of your paper.