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ASA Book CitationsLS225

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You can use citation managers to create citations, but knowing the basics will help you avoid user or machine error. Citations generated in a search engine are not always 100% correct.

This module will cover the basic of ASA book citations, but always check your ASA style manual if you have questions.

By the end of this module, you will be able to: Identify the components of a basic ASA book citation Correctly format a basic ASA citation Correctly capitalize and punctuate a basic ASA book citation

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What components make up a basic ASA Book Citation?

There are 5 basic components to an ASA book citation.

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Tacey, David. 2013. The Darkening Spirit: Jung, Spirituality, and Religion.

London: Routledge.

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Formatting Dates in ASA

True or False?

The date for the following ASA book citation is formatted correctly.

Hillar, Silvina P. (2012). Mind Mapping with FreeMind. Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing.

o True

o False

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Formatting authors in ASA

Select the best choice:

Which of the following is an example of correctly formatted author names for the beginning of an ASA book citation?

o Oelz, Martin, Olney, Shauna, & Tomei, Manuela.

o Oelz, Martin, Shauna Olney, & Manuela Tomei.

o Oelz, Martin, Shauna Olney, and Manuela Tomei.

o Oelz, M., Olney S., and Tomei, M.

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Which is the publisher?

Select the best choice:

You are almost done with your citation for the following book, but are missing the publisher information. Select the publisher you need for the citation.

Congratulations!

You now know the basic requirements to create a book citation in ASA format. Good luck with your research and make sure to consult your ASA style

manual for further questions!