Sample Paper

Sample Paper References

You should document all of the information gathered for this paper. Here is how references should be written:

Write the author's last name first followed by initials of the first name(s). There is a space between initials. This applies to all except for e-mail messages.
Only the first word and proper nouns (specific names of people, places, holidays, etc.) are the only words capitalized in the title of a book, magazine, e-mail subject, and Web site.

Electronic Resources

Web Page:

Author/editor. (year). Title [Type of medium]. Company (optional). Retrieved month day, year, from the World Wide Web: http://domainname.com/path/filename.

Reference Section Example:

Jones, G. P. (2001). Holidays on the net. Retrieved October 21, 2001, from the World Wide Web: http://domainname.com/path/filename.

Next, you have to indicate which part of the online resource you used. With a traditional book, you would cite the page number, but webpages generally do not have page numbers. Instead, use the paragraph number, preceded by the paragraph symbol ¶ (create by using this code, ¶ or ¶ ) or the abbreviation for paragraph, para.

In Text Example:

According to Jones (2001, para. 3), Christmas is an important celebration. (paraphrase)

Jones (2000, ¶ 3), in the article "Holidays on the Net," says that . . . (paraphrase)

On the Website, Holidays Around the World, Jones (2001, ¶) states the following: " . . . " (quotation)
In his article, "Baseball Mania", Suzuki (2001, para. 4) explains the importance of baseball in Japan: " . . . " (quotation)

E-mail:

Sender (sender's e-mail address). (year, month day). Subject of message. E-mail to recipient (recipient's e-mail address).

Example:

Suzuki, Keiko (keiko@hotmail.com). (2001, Nov. 2). Traditional foods during the holidays. E-mail to Tom Jones (jones@gol.com).

In Text Example:

Original Email Message: "Japan has several national sports, but for the Japanese, baseball is a time of celebration for family, friends, and students."

Suzuki (2001), a Japanese student in Tokyo, comments that baseball is popular among all age groups in Japan. (paraphrase)

Suzuki (2001), the webmaster for the site Japanese Baseball, remarks that "for the Japanese, baseball is a time of celebration for family, friends, and students." (quotation)

Discussion List Messages

Author. (year, month day). Subject of message. Subject of message. Discussion list name [Type of medium]. Available Email: Discussion list@e-mail address [Date viewed.]

fred. (2001, September 20). How to make sushi. Eating Sushji [Online]. Available Email: eatingsushi@yahoogroups.com [2001, September 30 ]

Library Resources

Books

Author/editor. (year). Title. City of publication, [state of publication]: Publishing company.

Example:

Roberts, T. (2001). How to celebrate Christmas around the world. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Roberts, T., & Smith, J. D. (2001). Christmas in Hawaii. London: McMillan.

Magazines

Author. (year, month day). Title of article. Magazine, volume number, pages numbers.

Example:

Harris, G. T. (2001, May 3). The influences of Christmas on Japanese culture.. Holidays, 4, 23-29.

Online Surveys and Polls

Author of survey. (year). Title of survey. Retrieved month day, year, from the World Wide Web: http://domainname.com/path/filename.

Davis, R. S. (2001). Partner preferences. Retrieved December 5, 2001, from the World Wide Web: http://domainname.com/path/filename.
According to a recent survey on dating and marriage, 55% of men from North American, between the ages of 20 and 45, feel that honesty was the most important trait in selecting a partner. Seventy-two percent women believe, however, that honesty is the most crucial point is choosing a spouse (Davis, 2001).

Notice that the % symbol comes before numbers, except when the number begins a sentence.