Political Science Template for Citations and References in Adapted APSA Style

Political Science Template for Citations and References in adapted APSA Style

To add this to your paper as a new page, copy everything below these instructions (select and Ctrl-C) go to the end of your own paper (Ctrl-End), press Ctrl-Enter for a new page, then paste in (Ctrl-V) the part you copied.

Citations in text (overtype with actual data, and paste in to your paper if preferred)

Note that we use the authors’ last name, NOT the editors’ names.

Last1 argues (Year, page#) that the earth is round. However, new research (Last2 and Last3, Year, page#) finds that it may be flat. A third school of thought (Last4, Year, page#; Last5 and Last6, Year, page#; Last7, Year, page#) argues that it may be conical. A recent, postmodernist review article reconsiders all this (Last5 and Last6, Year, short URL Newsweek.com) and wonders why we even raise this question.

References

(in APSA style; you can overtype these with the actual data):

Last1, First. Year. “Title of ARTICLE in quotes: subtitle if any.” Magazine, or journal title, in italics. Date of publication, such as 27 October 2010.

Last2, First and Coauthor Last3. Year. “Title of ARTICLE in quotes: subtitle if any.” Magazine, or journal title, in italics. Date of publication, such as 27 October 2010.

Last4, First. Year. Title of BOOK, in italics: subtitle if any. City: Publisher.

Last5, First and Coauthor Last6. Year. Title of BOOK, in italics: subtitle if any. City: Publisher.

Last7, First. Year. “Title of CHAPTER OF A READER in quotes.” In First1 Editor1Last and First2 Editor2Last (eds), Title of anthology (reader book), in italics. City: Publisher.

Last8, First. Year. “Title of online article in quotes.” Magazine or organization publishing the web site (if known). Accessed on date (e.g. 27 October 2010) at full URL (e.g. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/article.htm).

Anonymous Thinktank. Year. Title of anonymous, thinktank report: subtitle if any. City, state: Anonymous Thinktank. [If online], Accessed on date (e.g. 27 October 2010) at [full URL].

US Congress. House/Senate. Committee on jurisdiction. Subcommittee on jurisdiction. Year. “Title of report or hearings”. H/S-Rept 89-1234. Washington DC: USGPO. [If online, ]Accessed on date (e.g. 27 October 2010) at [full URL].

US General Accounting Office. Year. “Title of report”. GAO Rept 89-1234. Washington DC: USGPO. [If online], Accessed on date (e.g. 27 October 2010) at [full URL].