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Begin your bibliography on a new page. Title the page "References" centered at the top of the page.

  • References are arranged in alphabetical order by last name.
  • Begin each citation at the left margin but indent all other lines.
Book--One Author

Bernstein, R. M. (1965). The careful writer: A modern guide to English usage . New York: Atheneum.

Book--Edited, 3rd edition

Letheridge, S., & Cannon, C. R. (Eds.). (1980). Bilingual education:Teaching English as a second language (3rd ed.). New York: Praeger.

Article--One author, continuous pagination

Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind's eye. Memory & Cognition , 3 , 635-647.

Article--Two or more authors, journal paginated by issue

Becker, L. J., & Seligman, C. (1981). Welcome to the energy crisis. Journal of Social Issues , 37 (2), 1-7.

Unpublished Interview

Smith, H. P. (1992, February). [Interview with Henry P. Smith, Director of Centre for Psychology].

Published Interview (in a newspaper)

Jones, E. (1992, February). [Interview with Henry P. Smith, Director of Centre for Psychology]. Center News , p. 9.

Article or chapter in an edited book

Hartley, J. T., Haker, J. O., & Walsh, D. A. (1980). Contemporary issues and new directions in adult development of learning and memory. In L. W.
Poon (Ed.), Aging in the 1980s: Psychological issues (pp. 239-252). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

English translation of an article or chapter in an edited book, reprinted from another source

Piaget, J. (1988). Extracts from Piaget's theory (G. Gellerier & J. Langer, Trans.). In K. Richardson & S. Sheldon (Eds.), Cognitive development to adolescence: A reader (pp. 3-18). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (Reprinted from Manual of child psychology, pp. 703-732, by P. H. Mussen, Ed., 1970, New York: Wiley).

Article in encyclopedia (multi volume, signed article)

Rachman, S. (1972). Aversion therapy. In H. J. Eysenck, W. Arnold, R. Meili (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 108-109). New York: Herder and Herder.

Proceedings of Meetings and Symposia

Chaddock, T. E., Carlson, G. M., & Hamilton, C. L. (1974). Gastric emptying of a nutritionally balanced liquid diet in the rhesus monkey. In E. E. Daniel (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility (pp. 83-92). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Mitchell Press.

ERIC document/Report

Gottfredson, L. S. (1980). How valid are occupational reinforcer pattern scores ? (Report No.CSOS- R-292). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 182 465).

Book Review

Carmody, T. P. (1982). A new look at medicine from the social perspective [Review of Social context of health, illness, and patient care ]. Contemporary Psychology , 27 , 208-209.

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