1. APA (American Psychological Association) – the standard in business and science

2. APA Style  General Guidelines Double-spaced text 1‖ margins on all four sides Header and page number flush top right on every page Four major sections: Title page, abstract, main body, references Use past tense when reporting on research already conducted. ―Drucker (2002) claimed in Managing the Next Society... ―Drucker (2002) has claimed...‖

3. General Formats In-Text Citations: A study by Hallows and Beach (2002) concluded that.... Parenthetical Citations: While most surveyed think Web 2.0 technologies offer ―opportunities‖ for businesses, most also considered some risks (―Social Networking and Associations,‖ 2008). References: Author. (Publication date). Title. Publisher. Publication Information.

4. One Author Reference Entry at End of Paper: Pollan, M. (2006). The omnivore’s dilemma: A natural history of four meals. New York, NY: Penguin. In-Text Citation in Body of Paper: …(Pollan, 2006, p. 256). According to Pollan (2006), … (p. 256).

5. Two Authors Reference Entry at End of Paper: Kwon, O., & Wen, Y. (2010). An empirical study of the factors affecting social network service use. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 254-263. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.04.011 In-Text Citation in Body of Paper: …(Kwon & Wen, 2010, p. 262). Kwon and Wen (2010) claim that…(p. 262).

6. More on DOIs Article From an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article.Title of Journal, volume number, page range.Doi: 0000000/000000000000 Article From an Online Periodical with no DOI Assigned Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article.Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved from http:// www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/

7. General Format for Web Documents Author/editor/director/performer/compiler/producer of work (if available). (Year, Month, Day of Posting). Title of web document, italicized. Retrieved from Name of website if different from author or title: URL of home page Barret, J. (2007, January 17). MySpace is a natural monopoly. Retrieved from Ecommerce Times website: http://www.ecommercetimes.com

8. Entire Web Site BlogPulse. (n.d.) Retrieved September 3, 2010, from the Intelliseek website: http:// intelliseek.com This is how you write it in the References. How would you do an in-text citation of this?

9. In-text Citation of Unknown Author Unknown Author: If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the signal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized or underlined; titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks. A similar study was done of students learning to format research papers (”Name of Article," 2001). If no date or no author: (“Name of Article, n.d.) One of your articles for Essay 2 doesn’t have an author. Can someone show me how to properly do an in-text citation?