A citation is a a written description of a source of information, and includes all the elements needed to identity and locate the source. The elements (author, title, etc.) follow the order and format of a particular manual of style. Citations can be found in a variety of places, including databases and indexes (such as PsycINFO) and bibliographies or endnotes of journal articles and books.
The following citations, formatted into APA format, represent the three most common types of citation: journal article; book; part of a book (e.g., chapter).
The parts of the citations are explained below.
NOTE: To locate the item in the library catalogue, search for the element marked with an asterisk (*).
- Journal citation
Author(s): Morris
Publication date: 1975
Title of article: Preconditioning of reinforcing...
*Title of journal: Learning and Motivation
Volume number: 6
Page numbers of article: 289 to 298
- Book citation
Author(s): Mowrer
Publication date: 1960
*Title of book: Learning theory and behavior
Place of publication: New York
Name of publisher: Wiley
- Part (chapter, essay, article) of a book
Author(s) of book part: Overmier
Publication date of book: 1979
Title of chapter, etc.: Avoidance learning
*Title of whole book: Animal learning
Name(s) of book editor(s): Bitterman, Lolordo, Overmier, Rashotte
Place of publication: New York
Name of publisher: Plenum Press
The library offers RefWorks software to help you with creating and saving your research citations.
