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Journal citation with a digital object identifier (DOI) with up to six authors

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…elderly patients fear MRI tests (Armony & Dolan, 2002) and require follow-up …


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Armony, J. L., & Dolan, R. J. (2002). Modulation of spatial attention by fear-conditioned

stimuli: An event-related MRI study. Neuropsychologia, 40, 817–826.

doi:10.1016/S0028-3932%2801%2900178-6

Journal citation with a digital object identifier (DOI) with seven or more authors

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… meta-analysis shows the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, et al. 2008) to have validity…


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Beck, A. T., Epstein, N., Brown, G., Smith, P., Mittle, H., Steer, R. A., et al. (2008).

An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties. Journal of

Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 893–897.

doi: ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0014695

Journal citation without a DOI.

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…parental alcohol abuse often leads to child abuse (Wilson, 2001) which can further….


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Wilson, C. S. (2001). Alcohol abuse as risk factor for and consequence of child

abuse. Alcohol Research and Health, 25, 52-57. Retrieved from PsycInfo database.

ERIC document

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…Brewster and Railsback (2002) found that full-day kindergarten extended …

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Brewster, C., & Railsback, J. (2002). Full-day kindergarten: Exploring learning. (ERIC

Document Reproduction Service No. ED472733). Retrieved from ERIC database.

Internet document

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… in the United States birth defects occur in every ten out of one thousand births (Centers for Disease Control, 2005).

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Centers for Disease Control (2005). Monitoring birth defects in the United States. Retrieved

from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/monitoring.htm

Internet document, no author identified, no date

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To cite a work that has no author and no date, use the first few words from the title enclosed in quotation marks, followed by the abbreviation n.d. for no date.

…a study discovered ("Bibliography on Collaboration”, n.d.) knowledge of a subject..


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Bibliography on Collaboration & Learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.learnmaster.com/annotatedbiblio.html

Electronic book

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…Sigmund Freud, recognized as one of the most familiar figures (Davis, n. d.) in psychology…

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Davis, J. (n. d.). Familiar psychological figures.

   Retrieved from http://www.psychbooks.com/full/textsinpsychology/freud.html

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