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Portfolio Entry #3: How to cite sources

How should I cite sources? 

There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). Here you have APA Citation Style

 Author(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher. 

 Journal or Magazine Article
Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.

 Journal or Magazine Article
Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318.

 Newspaper Article
Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3.

 Article from an Internet Database
Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

 Book 
Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Book Pocket Books

Article or Chapter
James, N. E. (1988). "Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock." In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Encyclopedia Article 
Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.

Website
Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 2008, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/ 503r.html
 Notes

  • Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
  • Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
  • If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
  • If you are using a typewriter that cannot produce italics, then use underlining instead.
  • Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
  • Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.)
Adapted from: http://essayinfo.com/citations/index.php

More examples :

 ●  Vince, M with Emmerson, P (2003) Intermediate Language Practice. Grammar 16 - Passive 1. Pages 61, 62, 63 and 64. Macmillan.

 ●  Rousseau, B (2019, April 22) "What we know and don't know about the Sri Lanka attacks". The New York Times. p5

 ● Aspinal , P. (1993) The house by the sea. UK: Cambridge University Press.

 ● Foley M , Hall D. (2012) My Grammar Lab Advanced. England: Pearson. 

 ● Wilde, O. (1994) The Picture of Dorian Grey. England: Penguin Readers. 

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