ASA style was "designed to serve as the authoritative reference for writing, submitting, editing, and copy editing manuscripts for ASA Journals. In practice, however, the ASA Style Guide also serves a wider community of researchers, writers, and publishers who use it to prepare and present scholarly papers in other sociological and social science venues" (American Sociological Association, 2014, p. xi).
ASA is utilized most by those in the field of sociology to cite sources, however, always confirm with your professor which style is required even if the course is in this discipline.
Key Words - on the same page as the abstract, include a list of three to five words that help identify main themes
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ASA In-Text Citations:
ASA In-Text (Citation) References
ASA Reference List:
ASA References Page Formatting
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Rule:
At the end of a direct quotation, you will need to include the last name of the author, year of publication, and the page number for the reference, in parenthesis with a semicolon between the year and page number.
Example:
"Quotation" (Bailey 2015:25).
Rule:
At the end of a section you have paraphrased or summarized include the last name of the author and the year of publication for the reference in parenthesis.
Example:
Paraphrase (Bailey 2015).
Formula:
Lastname, Firstname. Year. Title of Book. Publishing City: Publisher.
Example:
Bailey, Ronald. 2015 The End Of Doom: Environmental Renewal In The Twenty-First Century. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Formula:
Lastname, Firstname. Year. Title of Book. Publishing City: Publisher. Retrieved Date (URL).
Example:
Gombatz, Erika. 2008. Global Warming Series: Global Warming Big Book. San Diego: Classroom Complete Press. Retrieved May 27, 2016 (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/charlesouth/detail.action?docID=10561793).
Formula:
Lastname, Firstname, & Firstname Lastname. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical volume number(issue number):pages.
Example:
Sejrup, Hans Petter, Chris D. Clark, and Berit O. Hjelstuen. 2016. "Rapid Ice Sheet Retreat Triggered By Ice Stream Debuttressing: Evidence From The North Sea." Geology 44(5):355-358.
Formula for Online Journal with doi:
Lastname, Firstname, & Firstname Lastname. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical volume number(issue number):pages. doi:0000000/000000000000.
Example for Online Journal with doi:
Qu, Xia, and Gang Huang. 2016. "The Global Warming-Induced South Asian High Change And Its Uncertainty." Journal Of Climate 29(6):2259-2273. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0638.1.
Formula for Online Journal with no doi:
Lastname, Firstname, & Firstname Lastname. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical volume number(issue number). Retrieved date (URL).
Example for Online Journal with no doi:
Qu, Xia, and Gang Huang. 2016. "The Global Warming-Induced South Asian High Change And Its Uncertainty." Journal Of Climate 29(6). Retrieved May 27, 2016 (http://mendel.csuniv.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=gft&AN=113944337&site=eds-live&scope=site).
American Sociological Association. (2014). Style Guide. Washington DC: American Sociological Association.
Paiz, J. M., Coe, D. L., & Driscoll, D. L. (2015, July 21). In-Text (Citation) references. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/02/
Paiz, J. M., Coe, D. L., & Driscoll, D. L. (2014, Nov. 21). Manuscript formatting. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/01/
Paiz, J. M., Coe, D. L., & Driscoll, D. L. (2015, Feb. 3). References page formatting. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/03/
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