End of the sentence such as george mallery 2016 and

end of the sentence, such as (George & Mallery, 2016), and page numbers if you are using word-
for-word materials. For example, “The developments of the World War II years firmly
established the probability sample survey as a tool for describing population characteristics,
beliefs, and attitudes” (Heeringa, West, & Berglund, 2017, p. 3).
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The reference list should appear at the end of a paper (see the next page). It provides the
information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the
paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry
in the reference list must be cited in your text. A sample reference page is included below; this
page includes examples (George & Mallery, 2016; Heeringa et al., 2017; Smith et al., 2018;
“USA swimming,” 2018; Yu, Johnson, Deutsch, & Varga, 2018) of how to format different
reference types (e.g., books, journal articles, and a website). For additional examples, see the
GCU Style Guide.
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References
George, D., & Mallery, P. (2016). IBM SPSS statistics 23 step by step: A simple guide and
reference. New York, NY: Routledge.
Heeringa, S. G., West, B. T., & Berglund, P. A. (2017). Applied survey data analysis (2
nd
ed.).
New York, NY: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.
Smith, P. D., Martin, B., Chewning, B., Hafez, S., Leege, E., Renken, J., & Smedley Ramos, R.
(2018). Improving health care communication for caregivers: A pilot study. Gerontology &
Geriatrics Education, 39 (4), 433-444.
USA swimming. (2018). Retrieved from
Yu, M., Johnson, H., Deutsch, N., & Varga, S. (2018). “She calls me by my last name”:
Exploring adolescent perceptions of positive teacher-student relationships. Journal of
Adolescent Research , 33 (3), 332-362.
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