One author
Format for in-text citation
In-text citation example
…was argued (Gorman 297). OR Gorman (297) argues that …
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Author (Surname, Forename). “Title of Article.” Journal Name, vol., no., Publication date, page(s).
Example - reference list
Gorman, G. E. “ The Plague of Plagiarism in an Online World.” Online Information Review, vol. 32, no. 4, 2008, pp. 297-301.
Style notes for this reference type
Elements of citation:
- Author.
- Title of the article (in quotation marks).
- Name of the periodical (italicised),
- Volume number (vol.),
- Issue number if available (no.),
- Publication date,
- Page number(s) (p., pp.).
See Handbook
- When a work is published without an author’s name, do not list the author as “Anonymous”. Instead, skip the author element and begin the entry with the title (5.3).
- Initials used within the names of persons include a full stop followed by a space and are capitalised e.g. J. R. R. Tolkien (2.85).
- The names of months that are longer than four letters are abbreviated to three letters (e.g. Jan.) except September (Sept.). See Abbreviations, Appendix One of the Handbook.
- Issues of scholarly journals are written as “vol. 64, no. 1” rather than “64.1” (5.77-5.79).
- If an issue of a scholarly journal is dated with a month or season, the month or season is cited along with the year (5.77).
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