ASA style guide. Reference page

Examples:

Denver, Bob. 2001. “Green Smoothies in a Food Island.” Journal of Shipwrecks and Lost at Sea 63(7):1961-9.

Ford, Nathan, Sophie Devereaux, Alec Hardison, and Eliot Spencer. 2005. “The Hate towards Green Smoothies: An Analysis of the New Health Plan.” Journal of Innovation 67(2):3345-59.

Monk, Adrian, and Sharona Fleming. 2016. “The Benefits of Green Smoothies: Good on You.” Journal of Food 12(3):123-56.

Spencer, Shawn, Burton Guster, and Juliet O’Hara. 2009. “Are Green Smoothies Really All That Good for You?” Journal of Paranormal Phenomenon 3(1):1389-402.

Key things to watch out for:

Only the first author is listed Last Name, First Name.

Use a comma after every author’s name except the last one.

Use the word “and” before the last author’s name. Do not use the ampersand.

Do not use initials of first names, unless published that way. If RefWorks gives you only the initials, go back to the published article to double check.

Two spaces after every period.

The title of the article is in quotations.

All the words, except articles, are capitalized in the title of the article.

The journal title is in italics.

No period after the journal title.

It is volume number(issue number):page numbers.

Do not repeat the beginning digits of the page numbers.

Refworks does not always spit out perfect citations. Be sure to go over them and double check them.

In-text citations

Examples:

One author:

Denver (2001) stated that green smoothies are too prevalent on deserted islands.

Green smoothies are too prevalent on deserted islands (Denver 2001).

Two authors:

Monk and Fleming (2016) are unaware of any downsides to green smoothies.

There are not any downsides to green smoothies (Monk and Fleming 2016).

Three authors:

Spencer, Guster, and O’Hara (2009) did not find anything criminal about green smoothies or their ingredients. …. Yada, yada, yada … Spencer et al. 2009 however did not get a good vibe from the kale and beet combinations.

There is not anything criminal about green smoothies or their ingredients (Spencer, Guster, and O’Hara 2009). …. Yada, yada, yada … Some authors did not get good vibes from the kale and beet combinations (Spencer et al. 2009).

More than three authors:

Ford et al. (2005) found it very difficult to steal the secret recipes for the best green smoothies.

The recipes for the best green smoothies are not easy to steal (Ford et al. 2005).

Direct quotes:

For any direct quotes (which should be used sparingly, if at all) you simply add the page number where the quote is found after the publication year with a colon.

“Green smoothies, brown smoothies, I’ve heard it both ways” (Spencer, Guster, and O’Hara 2009:22).

Multiple sources:

For multiple sources to the same statement separate the citations by a semi-colon.

Several authors confirm that green smoothies rock the Casbah (Denver 2001; Monk and Fleming 2016; Ford et al. 2005).

“Green smoothies rock the Casbah!” (Denver 2001:86; Monk and Fleming 2016:67; Ford et al. 2005:30).

According to several authors (Denver 2001; Monk and Fleming 2016; Ford et al. 2005) green smoothies rock the Casbah.

Several authors (Denver 2001:86; Monk and Fleming 2016:67; Ford et al. 2005:30) were emphatic is stating that “Green smoothies rock the Casbah!”

Key things to watch out for:

No comma after the first author’s name when there are only two authors. This is weird because it doesn’t match the reference page formatting.

When only one or two authors always use their names. When three authors, use all three names the first time it is cited in the text and then use the et al. format after that. When more than three authors always use the et al formatting.

There are two examples for each above to demonstrate the different ways to write up the information. The idea is that the review reads well.