Research papers generally build on the work of previous writers and researchers. When you write a paper and use the material of another author, you must document that source. Documentation credits the author and publisher of the original work and provides the necessary information for readers to consult the same sources. Documentation is generally in the form of a bibliography that is a list of works cited at the end of the paper.
This guide is based on the style rules outlined in the American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide (4th edition, 2010). The ASA Style Guide highlights and features guidelines for the most common situations encountered by authors and editors in the ASA journal publication process. It is designed to serve as the authoritative reference for writing, submitting, editing, and copy editing manuscripts for ASA journals.
American Sociological Association. 2010. American Sociological Association Style Guide. 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
Sources: OWL pages on formatting, in-text citations, and references.
Author's full name, inverted so that last name appears first. Year. Book Title in Title Caps and Italicized. Publishing City: Publisher.
First author's full name, inverted so that last name appears first, subsequent authors' names, not inverted. Year. Book Title in Title Caps and Italicized. Publishing City: Publisher.
Author's full name, inverted so that last name appears first. Year. Book Title in Title Caps and Italicized. Publishing City: Publisher. Retrieval date including month, day, and year (link to ebook).
Author's full name, inverted so that last name appears first. Year. “Article Title in Title Caps and in Quotes.” Journal Title in Title Caps and Italicized, Volume Number(Issue Number):page numbers of article.
Author's full name, inverted so that last name appears first. Year. “Article Title in Title Caps and in Quotes.” Journal Title in Title Caps and Italicized Volume Number(Issue Number), page numbers of article: doi information.
Author's full name, inverted so that last name appears first. Year. “Article Title in Title Caps and in Quotes,”Journal Title in Title Caps and Italicized, Date Month and day, page numbers of article.
Website author. Date. "Title of the Webpage Cited in Caps and Quotes." Retrieval date including month, day, and year (link to the page).
Sources taken from OWL's reference page.