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Citation Explained

Introduction

Module 1
Background

Module 2
In-Text Citing

Module 3
The Reference List

Module 4
Making It Easier

    Module 3 - Reference List

Exercises Next

For each question below, choose the correct citation form from the list provided. You will receive immediate feedback.

1. Citation from an online subscription database

Title: Enhancing Quality in Online Learning: Scaffolding Planning and Design Through Proactive Evaluation.
Authors: Sims, Rod; Dobbs, Graeme; Hand, Tim
From: Distance Education Oct2002, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p135
Database: Academic Search Premier

a. Sims, R., Dobbs, G; and Hand, T. (2002, October).
  Enhancing quality in online learning: Scaffolding, planning and design through proactive evaluation. Distance Education, vol. 23 (2): 135. Retrieved August 25, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database.

b. Sims, Rod., Dobbs, Graeme; and Hand, Tim. (2002,
  October). "Enhancing quality in online learning: Scaffolding, planning and design through proactive evaluation." Distance Education, vol. 23(2), 135. Retrieved August 25, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database.
c. Sims, R., Dobbs, G., & Hand, T. (2002, October). Enhancing
  quality in online learning: Scaffolding, planning and design through proactive evaluation. Distance Education23(2), 135. Retrieved August 25, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database.
d. Sims, R., Dobbs, G; and Hand, T. (2002, October).
  Enhancing quality in online learning: scaffolding, planning and design through proactive evaluation. Distance Education, vol. 23, issue 2, p.135. Retrieved August 25, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database.

2. An article from The Washington Post Web site by William Booth, "America's Racial and Ethnic Divides: One Nation Indivisible: Is It History?" Sunday, February 22, 1998, A1. Accessed June 15, 2002 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0222.html

a. Booth, William (22 Feb.1998). America's racial and ethnic
  divides: One nation indivisible: Is it history? The Washington Post, p. A1. Retrieved 15 June 2002 from  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0222.html
b. Booth, W. (22 Feb. 1998). "America's racial and ethnic
  divides: One nation indivisible: Is it history?" The Washington Post, p. A1. Retrieved 15 June 2002, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0222.html
c. Booth, W. (1998, Feb. 22). America's Racial and Ethnic
  Divides: One Nation Indivisible: Is It History? The Washington Post, p. A1. Retrieved 15 June 2002 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0222.html
d. Booth, W. (1998, February 22). America's racial and ethnic
  divides: One nation indivisible: Is it history? The Washington Post, p. A1. Retrieved June 15, 2002, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0222.html

3. An online book, How the Other Half Lives by Jacob A. Riis, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York in 1890 and accessed at http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html

a. Riis, J.A. How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles
  Scribner's Sons, 1890. Retrieved  Oct. 29, 2002, http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
b. Riis, J. A. (1890). How the other half lives. New York:
  Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved October 29, 2002, from http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
c. Riis, J. A. (1890). How the other half lives. New York:
  Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved October 29, 2002 from http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html.
d. Riis, J. A. How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles
  Scribner's Sons, 1890. Retrieved Oct. 29, 2002, http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html

4. An article found in a print journal:

Title: The Determinants of Research Group Performance: Towards Mode 2?
Authors: Janet Harvey, Andrew Pettigrew, Ewan Perlie
Journal of Management Studies Sep2002, Vol. 39 Issue 6, pages 747-775

a. Harvey, J., Pettigrew, A., & Perlie, E. (2002, September).
  The determinants of research group performance: Towards mode 2? Journal of Management Studies, 39(6), 747-775.
b. Harvey, Janet, Pettigrew, Andrew, and Perlie, Ewan. (2002,
  September). The determinants of research group performance: Towards mode 2? Journal of Management Studies 39(6): 747-775.
c. Harvey, J., Pettigrew, A., & Perlie, E. (2002, September).
  The determinants of research group performance: towards mode 2? Journal of Management Studies 39(6): 747-775.
d. Harvey, J., Pettigrew, A., & Perlie, E. (September 2002).
  The determinants of research group performance: Towards mode 2? Journal of Management Studies 39(6): 747-775.

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