• all text & references are double spaced, 12 point font, and 1 ¼" margins on all four sides
• separate page with title of paper, name and institution of the author, word count (including footnotes and references), title footnote (name & address of author, acknowledgements, credits, grants)

• separate 150-200 word abstract headed by the title
• paper begins on a separate sheet headed by the title of the paper
• books and periodical titles are italicized (not underlined)

Citations within the paper (author, date, page)

• "When Chu (1977) studied...."
• "When the study was completed....(Jones 1984)
• "Smith (1999:23)" (no space between the colon and page number)

Three authors (last names and the year)
(Smith,  Garcia, and Jones 1955)

Three or more authors (name, et al, period, year)
(Smith et al. 1989)

Quotations in text (end quotes, parentheses, author, date, page, parentheses, period)

• "The data should have been included" (Smith 1999:47).
• joint authors: use both names (Smith and Jones 1988)
• when author and year are NOT in the citation, use lower-case "p" for page numbers

            i.e. Smith (1999) said that "blah, blah, blah" (p. 47).

Paraphrasing (author, year, parentheses, period)

• .....whatever the cost (Smith 2006).

Footnotes & Endnotes
if used, put them at bottom of page in superscript Arabic numbers

Journals (volumes & pages are sequential; show volume # and pages)

Smith, Joe. "History of Pueblo." Journal of Ethnography 19: 110-124.

            if specific volume and issue number are known
Smith, Joe. "History of Pueblo." Journal of Ethnography 19 (4): 110-124.

            if specific date is known
Smith, Joe. 2006. "History of Pueblo." Journal of Ethnography September 3, pp. 110-124.

Magazines (each issue paged only within that volume)
Smith, Joe. 2006. "History of Pueblo." Colorado History April 16, pp. 99-101.

Newspapers
Smith, Joe. 2006. "History of Pueblo." Pueblo Chieftain November 2, A12.

Online Sources
            commercial database (source, retrieval date, provider, period)
Smith, Joe. 2006. "History of Pueblo." Newsweek, 23: 1. Retrieved 2 Oct. 2006.
     Available: Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Host Web.

            Internet-based journal (retrieval date, no period, web site in parentheses)

Smith, Joe. 2006. "History of Pueblo." Electronic Journal of Psychology 6.2.
     Retrieved 7 November 2006 (http://www.ejournalpsychology.com).

            generic web site (source, retrieval date, period, web site in parentheses, period)

American Library Association. 2006. "Internet censorship." Washington, D.C.:
     American Library Association, Retrieved 2 October 2006. (http://www.ala.org).

Sources Page

• separate page with the word "References" (centered, no quotation marks)
• all references must be in your paper, and all in your paper must be listed
• city and state must appear (only exception is New York)
• italicize book and periodical titles

More Information
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Sociology+Depts&name=Quick+Style+Guide
    (ASA's home page)
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html (Cal State guide)

November 2006
Prepared by the PCC Library, 900 West Orman Avenue, Pueblo, CO 81004