Citing Your Sources

In general, all source documentation should include author, title, and date of publication.

• Documentation of books must also include the location and name of the publisher.
• Documentation of periodicals (e.g., journals, newspapers) usually includes the name of the periodical and volume and issue numbers as applicable.
• For non-print sources, the medium is generally indicated (e.g., sound recording, television broadcast), and for online sources, retrieval information (i.e., Internet address) and date of access is also required

Spell out months that are five or fewer letters: March, April, May, June, and July. Use abbreviations for the rest; be sure to use a period at the end: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec.

Cited from Print Sources

Book Citations
Use the following format when citing books:

Biegelman, Martin T. and Bartow, Joel T. Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control: Creating a Culture of Compliance. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.

Author(s)

Title and subtitle (italics)

Biegelman, Martin T. and Bartow, Joel T. Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control: Creating a Culture of Compliance.

Location: Publisher, publication date

Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.

*When there are three or more authors, use a semicolon to separate them. 

Please note the correct punctuation as shown. 

Periodical Citations
Use the following format when citing magazines and journals:
Cassis, John. “Cash Flow or EBITDA? Can't We Have Both?” The RMA Journal, v85n4, 26–34, 9 pages, Dec. 2002. 

Author

Title (quotation marks)

Publication (italics)

Vol. No.

Page Nos.*

No. of Pages

Pub. date

Cassis, John. “Cash Flow or EBITDA? Can't We Have Both?” The RMA Journal, v85n4, 26–34, 9 pages, Dec. 2002. 

*Page ranges use an en dash, not a hyphen or an em dash.

Please note the correct punctuation. 

When there are multiple authors, the authors’ names are separated by semicolons as shown:
Tschirhart, John E.; Farley, Roseanne T.  “Issues in Accounting: Industry Sound Practices for Financial and Accounting Controls at Financial Institutions.” The RMA Journal, v88n8, 24–27, 4 pages, April 2006.

Legal Citations
Case citation examples:

• Meecorp Capital Markets, LLC v. Tex-Wave Industries, LP, 2006 WL 3813779 (S.D. Tex. 2006)
• J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Winget, 510 E3d 577 (6th Cir. 2007)

Case Name (italics)

Vol. No.

Reporter*

Cited page

Court

Year

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Winget,             510          E3d              577           (6th Cir. 2007)

*The title of the set of books containing the case.

Please note the correct punctuation as shown. 

Cited from Electronic Sources

Internet Citations 
To cite a file available for viewing and downloading via the World Wide Web, provide the following information: 

• Author's name (last name, first name)
• Title of article, in quotation marks
• Title of complete work, in italics
• Date of publication or last revision
• URL, in angle brackets
• Date of access, in parentheses

Example: