There are many different citation styles and formats such as APA, CBE, Chicago, Harvard, Vancouver etc. At Arcada the APA format is recommended (also called the author-year system). The purpose with each style is to show what and who's ideas is presented and also give the reader a chance to find the source. Learn to indicate references accurately, carefully and logically from the start of your studies.
This example pictures how to refer to a book and to an article:
Here is an example of how to refer to a scientific article and a printed book using the APA reference style. When referring to a book, show the name of the author(s), the publication year, and the page numbers put in brackets. The page number can be left out when referring to the entire publication but necessary if referring to a specific part (Giampalmi, 2021, p. 75). When referring to an article use the same system. It is important that you consistently use the same format throughout your text and in your list of references (Godfrey, 2005, p. 544).
When writing the list of references the book and the article should be referred to as follows:
List of References
Giampalmi, J. (2021). APA Style & Citations For Dummies (1st ed.). Wiley. https://www.perlego.com/book/2514661/apa-style-citations-for-dummies-pdf
Godfrey, D. G. (2005). Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), 544–547. https://doi-org.ezproxy.arcada.fi:2443/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
The details included in the book reference are:
The details included in the article reference are:
For further details not mentioned in the Arcada Writing Guide we recommend having a look at these resources:
You can use the reference management software Mendeley to get your references in order. To use Mendeley, you must first download the program and create your own user account.