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Book by One Author:
Jones, T. (1940). My life on the road. New York: Doubleday.
Book by Two or More Authors (up to six):
Hamburg, D. A., Elliott, G. R., & Parron, D. L. (1982). Health and behavior:
Frontiers of research in the biobehavioral sciences. Washington, DC:
National Academy Press.
Book by Seven or More Authors:
Wolchik, S. A., West, S. G., Sandler, I. N., Tein, J., Coatsworth, D., Lengua, L., et al.
(2000). Family mediation: Facts, myths, and future prospects. (3rd ed.). New
York: McGraw-Hill.
Book by a Corporate Author:
National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in serious mental illness
(DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office.
Book with an Editor:
Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions
With Minority youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Encyclopedia or other reference work (include author if available):
Cockrell, D. (1980). Beatles. In The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
(Vol. 2, pp. 321-322). London: Macmillan Publishers.
Magazine article – from print (include volume and page numbers at the end:
Adler, J. (1994, January 10). Kids growing up scared. Newsweek, 73, 43-49.
Journal article - from print (include volume and page numbers at the end):
Barber, B. K. (1994). Cultural, family, and personal contexts of parent-adolescent
Conflict. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56, 375-386.
Journal article – from print (journal paginated by issue- include issue #):
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations.
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 10-36.
Journal article – from an online database:
Mhatre, A. N., Jero, J., Chiappini, I., Bolasco, G., Barbara, M., & Lalwani, A. K. (2002).
Aquaporin-2 expression in the mammalian cochlea and investigation of its role
in Meniere’s disease. Hearing Research, 170, 59-69. Retrieved June 13, 2003,
from ScienceDirect database.
Web Sites- stand-alone document, no author, no date:
GVU’s 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved June 16, 2003, from
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/
Web Sites- chapter or section in an Internet document:
Benton Foundation. (1998, July 7). Barriers to closing the gap. In Losing ground
bit by bit: Low-income communities in the information age (chap. 2). Retrieved
June 16, 2003, from http://www.benton.org/Library/Low-Income/two.html
Web Sites- from university program or department:
Chou, L., McClintock, R., Moretti, F., & Nix, D. H. (1993). Technology and education:
New wine in new bottles: Choosing pasts and imagining educational futures.
Retrieved June 16, 2003, from Columbia University, Institute for Learning
Technologies Web site: http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/papers/
Newwine1.html