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II. FORMAT FOR REFERENCES (REFERENCES ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THE PAPER, WITH SINGLE LINE SPACE)
Components of references
Author
Single Author: Last Name, First Initials.
Example: Smith, A.
Two Authors: Last Name, First initials, and First initials, Last Name
Example: Gray P. and P. Ein-Dor
Three or more authors: Last Name, First initials, followed by First initials, Last Name
Example: Gray, P., P. Ein-Dor, and A. G. Smith.
Four or more authors: Last name, First initials followed by et al.
Example: Gray, P. et al.
[NOT: Gray,P., P. Ein-Dor, S. Neumann, and L. Olfman]
Note: When listing multiple authors, use “and”, not &
Year of Publication
Single publication in year: (year)
Example: (1996)
Multiple publications in year by same author(s): (year followed by sequence letter)
Example: (1997a)
Title
Book: Initial Capitals and italics
Example: Wealth of Nations
Journal Article: “Initial Capitals Enclosed in Quotes”
Example: “The Demand for Telecommuting”
Publisher
Book: Location: Name of Publisher
Example: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall
Journal: Name of Journal, volume, issue number, and pages
Journal name is in italics with initial capitals, followed by volume number in parenthesis, issue number or month, and then pages on which the article appears.
Example: IEEE Computer (25)3, pp. 256-267.
Edited Book
Entire book: Show name of editor followed by (ed.)
Example: Gray, P. (ed.)
Or (eds.) for multiple editors
Example: P. Gray and J. Jurison (eds.)
Article in Edited book: Show name of author and title as for journal article, followed by ‘in’, the name of the editor(ed.), and then the name of the book. Note the example is incomplete. See below for full specifications, which include publisher and pages:
Example: Bikson, T.K. “Groupware in the World Bank” in C.U. Ciborra (ed.) Groupware & Teamwork …
Electronic Publications
Author name and paper title as for journal articles, followed by the URL and date of referenced version. URL’s can be shown in 10 point type if they are long.
Example: Burka, L. P. (1995) “A Hypertext History of Multiuser Dimen-
sions”, MUD History, http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/home/lpb/mud-history.html
(current Dec. 5,1995).
Personal Communication
Name of Source (date), Personal Communication
Example: W.R. King (June 1997), Personal Communication
Full References
Full references are single spaced, with lines after the first one indented by 5 spaces.
To achieve this indented format, use the Paragraph format in Word. Select Special: Hanging

Book
The format is: Single Space, Hanging: Author(s) (date) Title in Italics, edition in italics (if appropriate), Place of Publication: Publisher, pages(if appropriate)
Example:

McNurlin, B.C. and R.H. Sprague (1998) Information Systems Management in Practice, 6th edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall pp. 133-170. (Note that this reference uses the reference style in the style sheet. In fact, all the full references below use the reference style in the style sheet.)
Journal or Magazine Article
The format is: Single Space, Hanging: Author(s) (date) “Title”, Journal Name in Italics, (Volume) Issue, pages
Examples:

Lee, O. and P. Gray (1998) “Knowledge Base Clustering in KBS Maintenance”, Journal of Software Maintenance, (10)2, pp. 395-414
Sambamurthy, V. and W. W. Chin (1994) “The Effects of Group Attitudes toward Alternative GDSS Designs on the Decision-making Performance of Computer-Supported Groups”, Decision Science (25)2, pp. 215-239.
Edited Book
The format is: Single Space, Hanging: Editors(s) (ed.) (date) Title in Italics, Publication: Publisher, pages (if appropriate)
Example:

Coleman, D. and R. Kanna (eds.) (1995) Groupware Technology and Applications, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR.
Article in Edited Book
The format is: Single Space, Hanging: Authors(s) (date) “Title of Article” in Editor name(ed.) Title in Italics, Place of Publication: Publisher, pages
Example:

Nunamaker, J.F., R.O. Briggs, D.D. Mittleman (1995) “Electronic Meeting Systems: Ten Years of Lessons Learned” in Coleman, D. and R. Kanna (eds.) Groupware Technology and Applications, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, pp. 146-193.
Newspaper or Magazine Article
Author(s) (year) “Title of Article”, Name of Newspaper or Magazine in Italics, date, pages.
For newspapers and magazines, the year should be put in parenthesis after the name of the author. The exact date (but not the year) should be given after the name of the publication.

Example:

Brown, J. (1997) “Who, When, Why?” The New York Times, April 15, p. B3
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For references, you may use my school online library to access information to help write it.(10 references)

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