Popular WSSA style Citation Examples

How to cite a Book in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a book using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Page Pages Used. City: Publisher

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Goodreads.com, (2015) Sonny's Blues Quotes by James Baldwin. http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/370824-sonny-s-blues. Accessed April 28, 2015

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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“For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.”

“All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within, and the music enters, what we mainly hear, or hear corroborated, are personal, private, vanishing evocations. But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for that same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours.” (Goodreads.com 2015)


How to cite a Journal in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a journal using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Publication Title Volume number:Pages Used

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Broadway The American Musical (2004) . Michael Kantor

In-text citation

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“There was one area where we did break new ground and that was in the subject matter.” (Broadway The American Musical 2004)


How to cite Film or Movie in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a film or movie using the WSSA citation style.

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Title (Year Published) . City: Publisher

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Apha.org, (2014) Regulating Commercially Legalized Marijuana as a Public Health Priority. http://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2015/01/23/10/17/regulating-commercially-legalized-marijuana-as-a-public-health-priority. Accessed April 27, 2015

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(Title Year Published)

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As of 2014 four states, Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon, and the District of Columbia have legalized the sale and use of marijuana through a commercial market, and many other states are considering the option. So far the federal government has not challenged state laws legalizing commercial marijuana as long as states maintain strict rules involving sales and distribution. This policy statement calls for a public health approach to regulating and controlling commercially legalized marijuana and urges that regulation of legalized marijuana be viewed as a public health priority. Regulation will provide oversight of a market that is currently uncontrolled and can help address the unforeseen effects of marijuana legalization. If marijuana is legalized, federal, state, and local governments should develop, adopt, monitor, and evaluate strict regulatory mechanisms to control marijuana production, sales, and use while advancing the public health goals of preventing access by minors, protecting and informing consumers of legalized marijuana, and protecting third parties from unwanted consequences of legalized marijuana use. These mechanisms may include taxes, age limits, product labeling requirements, product quality testing, potency limits, labeling requirements, motor vehicle operation restrictions, and advertising restrictions. (Apha.org 2014)


How to cite an Online image or video in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite an online image or video using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title

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Legalized?, S (2015) Should Euthanasia Be Legalized? | Teen Essay About death/loss and euthanasia. http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/health/article/340731/Should-Euthanasia-Be-Legalized/. Accessed April 28, 2015

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Euthanasia simply gives a terminally ill individual a way to die peacefully on their own without having to endure endless pain and suffering. (Legalized? 2015)


How to cite a Website in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a website using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. http://Website-Url. Accessed October 10, 2013

Example:

Hill, E (2013) The Effects of the Mozart Effect. Student Scholars

In-text citation

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""Mozart’s music tends to be based on relatively simple repeated double 
phrases or three part forms with simple interval strucutre and non overlapping tempo."" (Hill 2013)


Additional WSSA style Citation Examples

How to cite a Blog in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a blog using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title

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Atlassociety.org, (2015) What is Objectivism? | Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and Individualism  | The Atlas Society. http://www.atlassociety.org/what_is_objectivism. Accessed April 28, 2015

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Objectivism holds that there is no greater moral goal than achieving happiness. (Atlassociety.org 2015)


How to cite a Court case in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a court case using the WSSA citation style.

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Title (Year Published) . Page Pages Used Document Title/Name

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Nestel, P, R Lyu, L LOW, W Sheu, W Nitiyanant, I SaitoC Tan (2015) Metabolic syndrome: recent prevalence in East and Southeast Asian populations.  - PubMed - NCBI. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17468095. Accessed April 15, 2015

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Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2007;16 (2):362-367 (Nestel et al. 2015)


How to cite a Dictionary entry in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a dictionary entry using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. City: Publisher

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Martin, A (2015) Australian Psychological Society : From will to skill:  The psychology of motivation, instruction and learning in today’s classroom. http://www.psychology.org.au/inpsych/2013/december/martin/. Accessed April 12, 2015

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Will precedes skill (Martin 2015)


How to cite an E-book or PDF in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite an e-book or pdf using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Page Pages Used. City: Publisher

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Bender, MG Seibel (2014) Sickle Cell Disease. University of Washington, Seattle

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The spleen is particularly subject to infarction and the majority of individuals with sickle cell disease are functionally asplenic in early childhood, increasing their risk for certain types of bacterial infections. (Bender and Seibel 2014)


How to cite an Edited book in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite an edited book using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Page Pages Used. City: Publisher

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N. Root III, G (2015) Advantages and Disadvantages of Goal Setting. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-disadvantages-goal-setting-1881.html. Accessed April 28, 2015

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n 1968 Dr. Edwin Locke released a study titled ""Toward a Theory of Task Motivation and Incentives"". In his theory Locke explains that setting goals that are too vague can lead to poor performance compared to specific and challenging goals. Goals that are not properly crafted can become demotivating (N. Root III 2015)


How to cite an Email in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite an email using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title

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Zoellner, J, Y Chen, B Davy, W You, V Hedrick, T CorsiP Estabrooks (2014) Talking Health, A pragmatic randomized-controlled health literacy trial targeting sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adults: Rationale, design & methods. Contemporary Clinical Trials 37:43-57

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Strategies involving planned behaviour to develop health behaviour interventions, with a view to long-term adoption through the use of organisational adoption of programmes. (Zoellner et al. 2014)


How to cite an Encyclopedia article in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite an encyclopedia article using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. City: Publisher

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Kossen, C, E KeirnanJ Lawrence (2015) Communicating For Success. Frenchs Forest: Pearson Australia

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A good leader is someone who is effective in influencing other people and using that influence to motivate others to pursue given purposes and goals (Kossen et al. 2015)


How to cite an Interview in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite an interview using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Location

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Crowle, JE Turner (2010) Childhood Obesity: An Economic Perspective. 1st ed.

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2007-08 around 8 per cent of children (5 to 17 year olds) were estimated to be obese, and 17 per cent overweight. Most of the growth in childhood obesity occurred up until the mid 1990s. (Crowle and Turner 2010)


How to cite a Magazine in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a magazine using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Publication Title:Pages Used

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john, j (2015) . http://reader.vlebooks.com/reader/open?accId=10402&cite=1&isbn=9781408185735&maxCopy=31&maxPrint=31&mmLimit=0&notes=1&pageLimit=0&shareLink=HTTP%3A%2F%2FWWW.VLEBOOKS.COM%2FVLEWEB%2FPRODUCT%2FINDEX%2F456400&startPage=0&timestamp=2015-04-30T17%3A45%3A02&userId=278378&watermark=++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++BEDSUNI%2FVY9IYKPPVJNZBKNVCLRROTKGCDGYWNH1BWDFPQ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++&token=JoaxIt3FowF1ULgcXE%2fpnqwH76c%3d. Accessed April 30, 2015

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. “He offers us means to discover the nature of real human experience and recreate life in performance” (john 2015)


How to cite a Newspaper in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a newspaper using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. Publication Title:Pages Used

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Moore, M (2014) What is China's one-child policy?. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11197594/What-is-Chinas-one-child-policy.html. Accessed April 29, 2015

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for example the one or two-child policies in countries like China and previously Vietnam (Moore 2014)


How to cite a Podcast in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a podcast using the WSSA citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Initial (Year Published) Title. http://Website-Url. Accessed October 10, 2013

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Wikipedia, (2015) In-flight entertainment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-flight_entertainment. Accessed May 1, 2015

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ONLY to be used on a brief view of how the entertainment systems can be improved. (Wikipedia 2015)


How to cite a Song in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a song using the WSSA citation style.

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Wikipedia, (2015) Littoral zone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_zone. Accessed April 29, 2015

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The adjacency of water gives a number of distinctive characteristics to littoral regions (Wikipedia 2015)


How to cite The Bible in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite The Bible using the WSSA citation style.

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Title, (Year Published) . Page Pages Used. City: Publisher

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(2015) . http://The Victoria Cross is the highest award for gallantry that a British and Commonwealth serviceman can achieve. The Victoria Cross is forever linked with acts of extreme bravery and the original document associated with the medal stated that it could only be awarded for “gallantry of the highest order”. Accessed April 28, 2015

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The Victoria Cross is the highest award for gallantry that a British and Commonwealth serviceman can achieve. The Victoria Cross is forever linked with acts of extreme bravery and the original document associated with the medal stated that it could only be awarded for “gallantry of the highest order”. (2015)


How to cite a TV Show in WSSA style


Use the following template to cite a TV Show using the WSSA citation style.

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Title (Year Published) . Channel number: Broadcaster

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masdgf, d (2015) Antonia Kidman's former husband Angus Hawley dies in New York. http://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/celebrity/antonia-kidmans-former-husband-angus-hawley-dies-in-new-york/ar-BBiGRDZ. Accessed April 30, 2015

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('Title' Year Published)

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asfasf  gdf (masdgf 2015)