The American Sociological Association Style Guide

juliamoran

So, I was going through the forums, and I found a lot of people still confused about citations. This is somewhat of a feature request, rather than a bug report. The American Sociological Association Style Guide is intended for authors who are preparing manuscripts for a newspaper in ASA journals. This contribution is future for students who are trained to use ASA style citation when writing research papers. Consult the ASA Style Guide for extra or fuller information.

 

 

Manuscript Format

1. All text (including footnotes & references) must be double spaced and in 12 point type.
2. Limits must be at least 1 inches on all four sides
3. A discrete title page including title of paper, name(s) of authors, word count for the manuscript (including footnotes and references), title footnote (includes names, addresses of authors, acknowledgments, credits, and grants)
4. If required, on a distinct page provide a short (150-300 word) abstract headed with the title.
5. Create the text of the paper on a distinct page headed with the title of the paper.

Citations in Text

The basic form for citations in the text includes the last name of the author(s) and year of publication. Include page number when you estimate directly from the work or refer to specific passages.

1. If author's name is in the text, follow it with the publication year in parentheses:

    When Chu (1977) studied...

1. If the author's name is not in the text, enclose the last name and year in parentheses:

    ...when the study was completed (Jones 1994).

1. If the page number is to be comprised, it follows the year of publication after a colon:

    John (1966:16)...

1. For three authors, give all last names in the first citation in the text; afterward, use the first name and for more than three names, use the first author's last name plus et al.:

    (Smith, John and Paul 1954); (Snow et al. 1989)

1. Citations in the text must begin and end with citation marks; the citation follows the end quote mark and precedes the period:

    "In 1999, however, the data were reported by more specific job types which showed that technologically oriented jobs paid better" (Hildebrand 1999:47).

I hope it clears out most of the confusion among you guys. 

Paul

Thank you for sharing about this style.  I notice that the American Sociological Association style is included as one of the style settings in the Logos program. While I don't live or work in the US, I think it very useful for knowledge of these styles to be shared in the forum. Keep well  Paul