APA Style

• Still, the most useful resource is the Purdue OWL

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

• General formatting guidelines (they are fairly different from MLA)

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html

• Guidelines on electronic sources
  (including webpages and online journal articles

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html

MLA EXAMPLE (including a book, a section from a book, an online journal article, a website, and a digital file)

Bibliography (INDENTATION NOT INCLUDED)

Adams, Michael. Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon. Oxford University Press, 2003.

Carter, Angela. “The Company of Wolves.” The Bloody Chamber, edited by Rebecca Deforest, Gollancz, 1979, pp. 35-45.

Friedan, Betty. “The National Organization for Women’s 1966 Statement of Purpose.” NOW, now.org/about/history/statement-of-purpose.

Accessed 10 March 2018.

Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 6, 2000, pp. 595-600, wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/6/00-0607_article.

Zubizarreta,

John. “The Disparity of Point of View in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Columbia College.PDF.

APA EXAMPLE

References (INDENTATION NOT INCLUDED)

Adams, M. (2003). Slayer slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer lexicon. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Carter, A. (1979). The company of wolves. In R. Deforest (Ed.), The bloody chamber (pp. 35-45). London: Gollancz.

Friedan, B. (n.d.). The National Organization for women’s 1966 statement of purpose. Retrieved from now.org/about/history/statement-of-purpose. Accessed 10 March 2018 (Original work published 1966).

Wheelis, M. (2000). Investigating disease outbreaks under a protocol to the biological and toxin weapons convention. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6(6), 595-600.https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0606.000607

Zubizarreta, J. (n.d.). The disparity of point of view in one flew over the cuckoo’s nest [PDF file].

Annotated Bibliographies

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations of books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 50-150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research. Once you have found, chosen, and read your sources, write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare

or contrast this work with another work you have cited, or (d) explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic.

EXAMPLE (INDENTATION NOT INCLUDED)

Waite, Linda J., et al. "Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults." American Sociological Review, vol. 51, no. 4, 1986, pp.541-554.

The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.