information ethics

plagiarism

APA style

punctuation

Punctuation is used to designate the different parts of a reference.

• Periods are used between components of the reference:
  
  (ie) AUTHOR(S). (DATE). TITLE. PUBLICATION INFORMATION.
   
• Commas are used WITHIN a component :
  
  (ie) AUTHOR, AUTHOR, & AUTHOR.
  (ie) JOURNAL TITLE, ISSUE NUMBER, PAGE NUMBERS.
   
• Dates and page numbers for chapters are in parentheses ( ):
  
  (ie) (DATE)
  (ie) BOOK TITLE (pp. page numbers).