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STAT 155: Introduction to Statistical Modeling

Citation Resources

Sample Citation: APA

James, M. (2015). A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel. New York: Riverhead Books.

Sample Citation for Works Referenced List: Chicago Author/Date

James, Marlon. 2015. A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel. New York: Riverhead Books.

Sample Citation for Bibliography: Chicago Notes/Bibliography

James, Marlon. A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel. New York: Riverhead Books. 2015.

The University of Chicago Press's Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) presents the writer with a choice between a citation style that is more of a hybrid style between American Psychological Association (APA) style and Modern Language Association (MLA), referred to as the Author/Date style and CMOS's Notes/Bibliography style which integrates footnotes and/or endnotes and often a final bibliography. Writers asked to use "Chicago style" should clarify which of those options is preferred. You'll also sometimes have someone refer to Turabian citation style, which is from a writing guide based on the Chicago Manual of Style but written specifically for students. The full name of the style guide is A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. It is currently in its ninth edition.

Sample Citation: MLA

James, Marlon. A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel. 1st edition. New York: Riverhead Books, 2015. Print.

Citation Guides from OWL Purdue

The Writing Center at Purdue University has created the most widely used, comprehensive guides to citation available.

Citation in the Social Sciences

Citation in the Math and Sciences

Expectations about citation vary widely in the sciences, but here are some of the most common styles: 

Using APA Style

APA Style Introduction

American Psychological Association (APA) style is most commonly used to cite sources within a wide variety of disciplines including the majority of the social sciences, behavioral sciences, and business studies.  APA also provides a structural and stylistic framework and consistency that helps readers better follow through and understand the literature they read and discover further sources of interest. 

To learn more about APA, we recommend checking out the through the APA Style Overview at Purdue Owl, where you can find out the specific style and citation formats as well as see lots of example citations that can help you when you are citing your own sources. 

Sample Citations

We've put together a few sample citations in order to give you an idea of what the framework of APA citation is. If you are looking to cite a type of resource that is not given as an example below, you can head over to the Style and Grammar section of the APA Style Website, a companion to find more sample citations. 

Book

James, M. (2015). A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel. New York: Riverhead Books.

Article

A Brief History of Seven Killings. (2014). Kirkus Reviews, 82(12), 83.

Further APA Style Resources

Looking for more information on APA style? We've compiled the below list of resources that should be able to help answer any other citation or style questions you may have. Don't forget you can also always meet with a librarian whenever you have questions; we are more than happy to help you put together those citations. 

APA Data set references

Provide citations for data sets when you have either conducted secondary analyses of publicly archived data or archived your own data being presented for the first time in the current work.

To learn more and view examples, visit the APA Style Guide.