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Sociology: ASA Citation & Plagiarism

This page contains the trade secrets of searching for library materials.

ASA Style Guide

ASA Style Guide
courtesy of OWL at Purdue

Plagiarism

Constructing a Citation

Now that you have the different elements of a citation written down, try to create citations for each of the following different kinds of materials. Here is the format:

Article

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. “Article Title in Title Caps and in Quotes.” Journal Title in Title Caps and Italicized Volume Number (Issue Number):page numbers of article. Retrieved September 20, 2016 (http://website.com/).

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Website

Author or Web Domain Owner (Date of publication). "Title of document." City, ST: Name of Publisher. Retrieved Month Day, Year (http://website.com).

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Book

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. Book Title in Title Caps and Italicized. Publishing City: Publisher.

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