Note that date placement will vary depending on whether you are using the citation-sequence or citation-name format or the name-year format.

Author. List author(s) last name first, and use only initials for first and middle names.

Publication date. For name-year format, put publication date after author name(s). In citation-sequence or citation-name format, put it after periodical title. Use year only (for journals) or year month day (for other periodicals).

Article title. Capitalize first word and proper nouns/adjectives.

Periodical title. Capitalize major words. Abbreviate journal titles. Follow with [Internet] and a period.

Date of access. In brackets, write cited and year, month, and day. End with a semicolon.

Publication information for article. Give volume number, issue number (in parentheses), a colon, and page numbers. End with a period.

Name of database. End with a period.

Publication information for database. Include the city, the state abbreviation in parentheses, a colon, the publisher’s name, and a period.

Web address. Write Available from and the brief URL.

Document number. Write Document no. and identifying number.

A citation for the article below would look like this:

CITATION-SEQUENCE OR CITATION-NAME FORMAT

1. Miller AL. Epidemiology, etiology, and natural treatment of seasonal affective disorder. Altern Med Rev [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2010 25 May]; 10(1):5–13. Academic Search Premier. Ipswich (MA): EBSCO. Available from http://www.ebscohost.com Document No.: 16514813.

NAME-YEAR FORMAT

Miller AL. 2005. Epidemiology, etiology, and natural treatment of seasonal affective disorder. Altern Med Rev [Internet]. [cited 2010 25 May]; 10(1):5–13. Academic Search Premier. Ipswich (MA): EBSCO. Available from http://www.ebscohost.com Document No.: 16514813.