Bachelor of Science in Nursing

In-Text Citations

One complete reference for each in-text citation should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper.
The in-text citation should include the author's last name and the year of publication for the source

• Example: (Jackson, 2019).
• As Jackson found in their research (2019)

Direct Quotes

If you are directly quoting from another work, you should include the page number at the end of the in-text citation.
Use the abbreviation “p.” for one page, or “pp.” for multiple pages before listing the page number(s).
Use an en dash for page ranges.

• One page example: (Jones, 2014, p. 189)
• Page range example: (Jones, 2014, pp. 189–191).
• Quotes of more than 40 words should be indented in block quotation format.

Multiple Authors

When citing a work by two authors include both authors, using the ampersand (&)

• Example: (Ahn & Zarin, 2012)

When citing a work by more than two authors, include only the first author in the in-text citation, followed by “et al.”

• Example: (Lillie et al., 2019)

References

Reference List Basics

• Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text.
• Use a hanging indent-- the first line in a citation is not indented, but all lines after it are.
• Authors’ names are formatted as last name first, followed by first and middle initials.
  • Example: Jane Marie Smith would appear in the reference list as Smith, JM.
• Give the last name and first/middle initials for all authors of a particular work up to and including 20 authors. If there are more than 21 authors, use an ellipses after the 19th author and include the final author’s name.

When citing an academic journal:

• Journal title: capitalize all the major words and italicize
• Journal article title: capitalize only the first word of the article title, as well as the first word after a colon or a dash, and any proper nouns.
• DOIs are an attempt to provide stable, long-lasting links for online articles. Include the DOI when it is available. When no DOI is available, include a URL only if the article came from a website (if the article came from a database, no URL is required).

Example

Nguyen, T., Carnevale, J. J., Scholer, A. A., Miele, D. B., & Fujita, K. (2019). Metamotivational knowledge of the role of high-level and low-level construal in goal-relevant task performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(5), 879-899. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000166

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