For instance, your citation would begin like this one: Ford, R. G. If the source has more than one author, separate them by commas and an ampersand. Ford, R. G. , Macintosh, J. P. , & Rose, P. M.

Your entry will be like this: Ford, R. G. (2015).

Your citation now is like this: Ford, R. G. (2015). The benefits of natural grass.

Now, your entry will look this way: Ford, R. G. (2015). The benefits of natural grass. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon. This citation is complete if you have no other information.

The citation would be like this: Ford, R. G. (2015). The benefits of natural grass (3rd ed. ). Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon.

Your citation will look like this: Ford, R. G. (2015). The benefits of natural grass. (Frank Roberts, Trans. ). Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon.

Your citation will look like this: As noted by Ford (2015, p. 124), AstroTurf isn’t a good alternative to grass. At the end of the sentence, it would look like this: AstroTurf is not a viable substitute for real grass (Ford, 2015, p. 124). If you need to add multiple authors, write it this way: As noted by Ford, Macintosh, & Rose (2015, p. 88), AstroTurf can be damaging to players. After the first citation with multiple authors, write it like this: As noted by Ford et al. (2015, p. 75), AstroTurf is detrimental.

The reference page entry will begin this way: Cole, B. R. If it has more than one author, include all of them, separated by commas and an ampersand, in the same order they are listed in the journal article. List the authors’ last name followed by a comma, then their first and middle initials, like this: Cole, B. R. , Jackson, G. H. , & Briar, J. P.

Your reference will look like this: Cole, B. R. (2010).

Now the entry will look this way: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields.

The reference will look like this: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields. Sports Field Journal,

So for a journal paginated by volume, it will look like this: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields. Sports Field Journal, 66, 859-863. For a journal paginated by issue, you’ll do it this way: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields. Sports Field Journal, 16(6), 20-16. If that’s all the information you have, the citation is complete.

Now your citation looks like this: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields. Sports Field Journal, 66, 859-863. doi:10. 1434234234

For an article that has its own publicly accessible URL, put that in: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields. Sports Field Journal, 66, 859-863. Retrieved from http://www. sportsfieldjournal. com/why_we_should_use_grass If it doesn’t have a publicly accessible URL, use the home page of the journal: Cole, B. R. (2010). Why we should use grass for playing fields. Sports Field Journal, 66, 859-863. Retrieved from http://www. sportsfieldjournal. com/home

If the author’s name is in the sentence, the citation will look this way: As noted by Cole (2013, p. 45), AstroTurf is a bad way to cover a field. At the end of the sentence, it takes this form: AstroTurf is not a viable substitute for real grass (Ford, 2015, p. 124). If you need to add multiple authors, use this form: As noted by Cole, Jackson, & Briar (2014, p. 58), AstroTurf is bad for scoring goals. After the first citation with multiple authors, add “et al. " instead: As noted by Cole et al. (2014, p. 66), AstroTurf is a problem when playing football.

So an essay entry would look like this: Braxton, N. K. (2011). Finding the right playing field. In J. L. Washington and M. P. Hicks (Eds. ), AstroTurf versus real grass: The dilemma (55-74). Miami, OK: Small Town Press. You need the “Eds. " in parentheses to tell the viewer that those are the editors. The numbers in the parentheses after the title (in italics) are the page numbers of the essay in the book.

So a basic entry would look like this: Harbor, L. R. (2010). Astroturf and the playing field (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. If it’s published, use “Doctoral dissertation,” a period, then “Retrieved from” and the database. You’ll also need the accession or order number in parentheses, like this: Price, H. F. (2012). Why AstroTurf should be outlawed (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Sports Central Database. (244412321)

Your citation might look like this: The Society for the Best Playing Fields. (2009). Data on injuries across different types of fields. Eugene, OR: G. H. Roberts. Do the same for a government document, but add any publication numbers after the title in parentheses, and use the publisher at the end: National Institute of Sports. (2001). Study of various types of turf for playing fields (DHHS Publication No. ADM 553234-131). Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.

For instance, you might write: Vicks, H. R. & Jackson, G. H. (2014). The advantages of AstroTurf. Retrieved from http://www. astroturfinformationfoundation. com/advantages_of_astroturf/Vicks_Jackson

If the author’s name is in the sentence, use this form: As noted by Ford (2015, p. 124), AstroTurf isn’t a good alternative to grass. At the end of the sentence, the citation will look this way: AstroTurf is not a viable substitute for real grass (Ford, 2015, p. 124). If you need to add multiple authors, list all of them: As noted by Ford, Macintosh, & Rose (2015, p. 88), AstroTurf can be damaging to players. After the first citation with multiple authors, put in “et al. " instead: As noted by Ford et al. (2015, p. 75), AstroTurf is detrimental.