ID 245 - Interior Design Studio 2

This class guide supports research for the Spring 2020 session of ID245.

Library Research Guide

American Psychological Association. 2010. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
There are 2 copies located in Hale Library at the Library Help Desk on second floor. You can check it out for 2 hours at a time and use it in the library. We also offer free scanners for your convenience.

How to cite web pages:

Reference List: Electronic Resources: Non-periodical Web Document, Web Page or Report

How to cite a PDF or Word document found online:

Reference List: Electronic Resources: Chapter/Section of a Web Document or Online Book Chapter

How to cite the Oxford Art Online database:

How to cite Kindle Books:

How to cite e-books (accessed via Search It Advanced)

This refers to books, magazine, or journal articles you utilized in a printed or paper format.

Author(s)
Date of publication (might be a specific day, the month and the year, or year only). No date listed? Use the phrase: n.d.
Page number(s): if you quote or reference text from a printed source, keep track of which page or pages that text can be found on.
Articles
- Article title
- Title of the magazine or journal that the article appears in
- Volume and/or issue number (depends on how often that publication is published)
Books
- Book title and book chapter title, if applicable (include the chapter title if the chapter author is different from the book author, as in an edited work)
- Book publisher & city of publication

This refers to books, magazine, or journal articles you utilized in an electronic format.

Unique to the electronic format
- In some cases, it may be important to note which database you accessed the item from.
- URL for the web page or link to the document in a database.
- DOI (digital object identifier): this is not always available, but it something to look for and included when it is provided.
Author(s)
Date of publication (might be a specific day, the month and the year, or year only). No date listed? Use the phrase: n.d.
Page number(s): when you utilize materials in the electronic format, page numbers may not be available. If you reference text from a PDF copy of an article, the page numbers will be important to include.
Articles
- Article title
- Title of the magazine or journal that the article appears in.
- Volume and/or issue number (depends on how often that publication is published)
E-Books
- Book title and book chapter title, if applicable (include the chapter title if the chapter author is different from the book author, as in an edited work)
- Book publisher & city of publication

This refers to images found in either printed or electronic formats.

Creator(s) of the work
Date that the work was created (might be a specific day, the month and the year, or year only). No date listed? Use the phrase: n.d.
A description of the medium or media used to create the work (such as: photograph, digital photograph, drawing, painting, mixed media, etc.).
Title of the work
If found in a printed book, magazine or journal:
- note the page number that the image was found on.
- include citation information for the book or periodical publication that the image appeared in.
Unique to the electronic format:
- the URL for the web page that the image was found on (Note: A Google image search result is not stable URL and therefore is not acceptable for citations. To get to the page where the image appears, click Visit Page.)