Reference List entry for a journal article with more than three authors.
Essential Information to include:
- Author(s) Family name, Initials - include all authors
- Year of publication
- ‘Title of article’ – note use of ‘single’ inverted commas, and minimum use of capital letters
- Title of Journal – in italics and use capital letters for all words except for words such as, on, and, in, for
- Month
- Volume vol.
- Number no.
- Issue issue
- Page(s) p. or pp. (for whole article)
Additional information to include if using electronic journals
- Viewed – day month year
- Database
Heath, RL, Pearce, WB, Shotter, J & Taylor, J 2006, 'The process of dialogue: participation and legitimation', Management Communication Quarterly, February, vol. 19, issue 3, p. 341.
Example of reference list entry if using electronic journals:
Heath, RL, Pearce, WB, Shotter, J & Taylor, J 2006, ‘The process of dialogue: participation and legitimation’, Management Communication Quarterly, February, vol. 19, issue 3, p. 341, viewed 28 August 2007, Proquest Database.
Reference list entry using a journal article with more than three authors.
Referencing information for a journal article needs to be written in this order:
Author(s)
Year of publication
‘Title of article’
Title of Journal
Month
vol.
no.
issue
page(s)
Additional information to include if using electronic journals
- Viewed – day month year
- Database
(a) The following example contains all the information needed for the reference list entry, but it is not written in the correct order or format required by your lecturers.
| Title of article: | Kuwaiti importers' evaluations of the business practices of the exporters from different regions of the world. |
|---|---|
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Authors: | C.P. Rao, Adel Al-Wugayan, Abdel Fatah. M. El-Sherbini and Mona R. Al-Ghais |
| Journal Name: | Global Competitiveness |
| Month: | December 15 |
| Number: | 14.2 |
| Page(s): | 55-75 |
Additional information to include if using electronic journals
- Viewed – day month year
- Database
From the information given above, write the reference list entry in the text area below:
(b) From the examples below, click on the correct reference list entry: