ASA Style for References: Books, Periodicals, Online Resources & Film

(text only version for printing)

American Sociological Association. 2007. American Sociological Association Style Guide. 3^rd ed.

   Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

(Rio Hondo College Library Call Number: Ref HM 569 .A54 2007)

Books:

Author(s) or Editor(s), if known, additional information such as editor, translator, compiler. Year published. Title.

   Edition number. Place of Publication: Publisher.

No Author:

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 1999. 10^th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 

Single Author:

Esquith, Rafe. 2003. There Are No Shortcuts. New York: Anchor Books.

------. 2007. Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56. New York: Viking.

Sweeney, Kathleen. 2008. Maiden USA: Girl Icons Come of Age. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Multiple Authors:

Brook, Timothy, Jerome Bourgon, and Gregory Blue. 2008. Death by a Thousand Cuts. Cambridge, MA: Harvard

   University Press.

Garson, Arthur, Jr. and Carolyn L. Engelhard. 2007. Health Care Half-Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality.

   Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Shaw, Kathleen M., Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo, and Jerry A. Jacobs. 2006. Putting Poor People to

   Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

 Corporate Author:

American Psychiatric Association. 2000. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. 4^th ed.,

   text revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

American Sociological Association. Task Force on Sociology and General Education. 2007. Sociology & General

   Education. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

 Edited Collections, Compilations, Translations:

Christie, John S. and Jose B. Gonzalez, comp. 2006. Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. New York:

   Pearson Longman.

Garcia, Nasario, trans. 2007. Brujerias: Stories of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest and

   Beyond. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University.

Territo, Leonard and James D. Sewell, eds. 2007. Stress Management in Law Enforcement. 2^nd ed. Durham, NC:

   Carolina Academic Press.

Twain, Mark. 1967. Mark Twain’s Satires & Burlesques. Edited by Franklin R. Rogers. Berkeley, CA: University of

   California Press.

Zollter, Jurgen and Willi Diez. 2008. Smart: Small Car, Big Deal. Translated by Peter L. Albrecht. Minneapolis:

   Motorbooks.

E-Books Retrieved from an Online Database:
Use book citation format.  Add in parentheses the name of the online database and the date retrieved.

Wexler, Barbara, ed. 2007. Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks. Detroit: Gale.

   (Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library on September 12, 2008.)

Chapters or Articles from a Book:

Author of Article or Chapter. Year published. “Title of Article or Chapter.” Page numbers in Title of

   Book. Volume number, Title of Volume (if applicable), edited by Editor(s). Place of Publication: Publisher.

Unsigned article:

“Swastika.” 1997. P. 2517 in Man, Myth and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion, and the

   Unknown. Vol. 18, edited by Richard Cavendish, C. A. Burland and Brian Innes. New York: Marshall Cavendish.

One or more authors:

Chesney-Lind, Meda. 1995. “Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice: Toward a Feminist Theory of Young Women’s

   Crime.” Pp. 71-88 in The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Victims, and Workers, edited and compiled

   by Barbara R. Price and Natalie J. Sokoloff. 2^nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Kanellos, Nicolas. 1992. “Luis Miguel Valdez.” Pp. 281-292 in Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 122, Chicano

   Writers: Second Series, edited by F. A. Lomeli and C.R. Shirley. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc.

Thackrah, John Richard. 2004. “Sept. 11, 2001.” Dictionary of Terrorism. London: Routledge.

Thompson, Robert L. and Reed Larson. 2000. “Social Context and the Subjective Experience of Different Types of

Rock Music.” Pp. 234-255 in Adolescent Development: The Essential Readings, edited by G. Adams. Malden,

MA: Blackwell.

Chapter or Article in an E-Book Retrieved from an Online Database:
Use the chapter/article citation format above.  Add in parentheses the name of the online database and the date retrieved.

Mukhopadhyay, Carol C. and Peter Chua. 2008. “Cultural Racism.” Pp. 377-383 in Encyclopedia of Race and

   Racism, edited by John Hartwell Moore. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. (Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference

   Library on June 30, 2009.)

Sims, Judith, Teresa G. Odle, A.M. Tish Davidson, and Jacqueline L. Longe. 2007. "Alzheimer's Disease.” In Gale

   Encyclopedia of Medicine. Detroit: Thomson Gale. (Retrieved from Health Reference Center Academic on June 18,

   2008.)

Magazine and Newspaper Articles:

Author or Institution, if known. Year published. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical, date, page numbers.

Becerra, Hector. 2009. “Going for Broke Over Pho.” Los Angeles Times, May 1, pp. A1, A12.

Meacham, Jon. 2009. “The End of Christian America.” Newsweek, April 13, pp. 34-38.

“School Readiness and Assessment.” 2002. Education Week, January 10, pp. 66-67.

Magazine or Newspaper Article from an Online Database:
Use the article citation format above.  Add in parentheses the name of the online database and the date retrieved.

Carpenter, Dave. 2008. “Making Room in Homes, Budgets for Raising Grandkids.” Houston Chronicle, September

   15, p. 1. (Retrieved from ProQuest on  March 30, 2009.)

“Major Depression in Adolescents.” 2008. CareNotes, November, pp. 1- . (Retrieved from Health Reference Center

   Academic on February 28, 2009.)

Article from the Web Version of a Magazine or Newspaper:
Use the article citation format above. Add the date retrieved and, in parentheses, the short URL for the Web site of the magazine or newspaper.

Bargar, Lesley. 2009. “Distress Test.” Los Angeles, March. Retrieved August 11, 2009 (http://www.lamag.com).

Holland, Kelley. 2008. “Waistlines Expand into a Workplace Issue.” New York Times, June 22. Retrieved October 28,

   2008 (http://www.nyt.com).

Journal Articles:

Author or Institution. Year published. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal  Volume number (issue

   number): page numbers of article.

Campos, Rodrigo. 2008. “Considerations for Studying Father Involvement in Early Childhood Among Latino

   Families.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences Vol. 30(2): 133-160.

Dellasega, Cheryl A. 2009. “Bullying Among Nurses.” American Journal of Nursing Vol. 109(1): 52-58.

Krumrei, Elizabeth J., Annette Mahoney, and Kenneth I. Pargament. 2009. “Divorce and the Divine: The Role of

   Spirituality in Adjustment to Divorce.” Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 71(2):373-383.

Roberts, J. Timmons, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, and Robert L. Hicks. 2009. “Has Foreign Aid Been

   Greened?” Environment Vol. 51(1): 8-19. 

Vaquera, Elizabeth and Grace Kao. 2005. “Private and Public Displays of Affection Among interracial and Intra-Racial

   Adolescent Couples.” Social Science Quarterly Vol. 86(2): 484-508.

Journal Article Retrieved from an Online Database:
Use the above citation format for a journal article.  Add in parentheses the name of the online database and the date retrieved.

Atkins, David C., Neil S. Jacobson, and Donald H. Baucom. 2001. “Understanding Infidelity: Correlates in a National

   Random Sample.” Journal of Family Psychology Vol. 15(4): 735-749. (Retrieved from PsycArticles on June 18,

   2009.)

Krumrei, Elizabeth J., Annette Mahoney, and Kenneth I. Pargament. 2009. “Divorce and the Divine: The Role of

   Spirituality in Adjustment to Divorce.” Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 71(2):373-383. (Retrieved from ProQuest

   on July 7, 2009.)

 Journal Article Retrieved from an Online-Only Journal:

Batt, Sarah. 2009. “Human Attitudes Towards Animals in Relation to Species Similarity to Humans: A Multivariate

   Approach.” Bioscience Horizons, Vol. 2(2): 180-190. Retrieved March 30, 2009

   (http://biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/2/2/180).

Fauchon, Christina. 2004. “Counterpoint: The Case Against Profiling.” International Social Science Review Fall-

   Winter. Retrieved November 2, 2007

   (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IMR/is_34_79/ai_n9532559/pg_4/?tag=content;col1).

Web Sites: Acceptable Formats:

Individual or Corporate Author(s). Year published or last updated/revised. “Title of Document or Web

   Page.” Date Retrieved (URL).

Individual or Corporate Author(s). Year published or last updated/revised. “Title of Document or Web

   Page.” Title of Report or Web Site. Place of Publication, if known: Publisher. Date Retrieved (URL).

Individual or Corporate Author(s). Year published or last updated/revised. Title of Report or Web Site.  Place

   of Publication, if known: Publisher. Date Retrieved (URL).

“Affirmative Action.” 2009. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University. Retrieved

   May 23, 2009 (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/affirmative-action/).

Amnesty International, USA. 2004. “Report: Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, National Security, and Human

   Rights in the United States.” Retrieved April 4, 2008

   (http://www.amnestyusa.org/us-human-rights/other/rp-report----threat-and-humiliation/page.do?id=1106664).

National Coalition for the Homeless. 2009. Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: The Forgotten Victims of the

   Subprime Crisis. Washington, DC: National Coalition for the Homeless. Retrieved September 16, 2009

   (http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/general/detail/2409).

Temke, Mary and Emily Douglas. 2006. “The Effects of Divorce on Children.” University of New Hampshire

   Cooperative Extension. Retrieved June 2, 2009 (http://extension.unh.edu/Family/Documents/divorce.pdf).

U.S. Department of State. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 2009. “Merida Initiative:

   Myth vs. Fact.” Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Retrieved August 10, 2009

   (http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/fs/122395.htm).

Government Publications:

Author, Editor, Compiler or Issuing Government Agency. Year published. Title of Publication. Name of Series or

   Collection. Volume or Report number. Place of Publication: Government Agency Publishing the Work.

   (Optional: Availability in electronic form.)

Berglas, Nancy, Claire Brindis, and Joel Cohen. 2003. Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing in California.

   CRB 03-007. Sacramento, CA: California State Library, California Research Bureau. (Also available at

   http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/03/07/03-007.pdf.)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006. State of World Aquaculture. FAO Fisheries Technical

   Paper 500. Rome: FAO. (Also available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0874e/a0874e00.pdf.)

State of California. Community Care Licensing Division. 2004. Manual of Policies and Procedures, Community Care Licensing

   Division, Child Care Center, Division 12, Chapter 1: Child Care Center General Licensing Requirements, Title 22, Division 12.

   Sacramento, CA: State of California, Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Social Services.

U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2004. Crime in the United States, 2003: Uniform Crime

   Reports. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. (Also available at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.)

U.S. Executive Office of the President. 2006. The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned.

   Washington, D.C.: White House. (Also available at: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67263.)

Acceptable Alternatives:

U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2009. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Government

   Printing Office.

United States. Bureau of the Census. 2009. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, DC:

   Government Printing Office.

U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 2009. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington,

   DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Video Recordings:
Note:  The ASA does not have a specific format for citing film or video recordings because video, audio and broadcast sources are generally cited only in the text or notes, not in the References list.  You may choose to include specific broadcast sources that are critical to your argument or are frequently cited in the text of your paper.

The format suggested below contains the elements which the ASA deems necessary to locate the source.

Director. Year of video’s release. Title of Video. [Format] Place of Publication: Publisher.

McPhee, Larkin. 2004. Dying to Be Thin. [DVD] Boston: WGBH Video.

Milgram, Stanley. 1969. Obedience. [VHS] University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University.

Spielberg, Steven. 1994. Schindler’s List. [VHS] Universal City, CA: MCA Universal Home Video.

Interviews and Personal Communications: Acceptable Formats
Note: The ASA does not have a specific format for citing interviews, e-mail messages, conversations and other personal communications because these sources are generally cited only in the text or notes, not in the References list.  You may choose to include specific communications that are critical to your argument or are frequently cited in the text of your paper.

The following format is suggested by The Chicago Manual of Style 15^th edition (2003), on which the ASA Style Guide (2007) is based:

Name of Interviewee. Year interviewed. Form of your (author’s) communication with the interviewee, place (if applicable), date

   interviewed.

Bennett, Carla. 2009. E-mail message to author, June 1.

Martinez, Ted. 2008. Interview by author, Whittier, CA, December 17.

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