PARTS OF A CITATION

A citation should contain all the necessary information to identify your source and lead others to it. Examples of typical citations are shown below, but there are many variations depending on the type of source and style used.

Book citation - APA style:

Journal article citation - APA style:

Note: The above is an example of a journal article taken from a print copy of the journal. If you retrieved your article from an electronic journal database, you must indicate it like this:

Chip, W. (2005, January). You, robot. Scientific American, 292(1), 36-37A. Retrieved February 25, 2006, from Academic Search Premier database.

Website citation, with no author or date - APA style:

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