Music Research Guide: Citation Help

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Journal Article, One Author (Print)

Lastname, Firstinitial. (Year). Title of article: In lowercase. Title of Journal, Vol(issue#), page-numbers.

Mahlmann, J. (2000). Music education half a century hence. Arts Education Policy Review, 102(2), 23-24. 

Journal Article, Two or More Authors, with DOI

Lastname, Firstinitial., & Lastname, Firstinitial. (Year). Title of article in lowercase. Title of Journal, Vol(issue #), page-numbers. doi: ##.####/#########. 

Hargreaves, D., & Marshall, N. (2003). Developing identities in music education. Music Education Research, 5(3), 263-274. doi: 10.1080/1461380032000126355

Entire Book

Lastname, Firstinitial. (Year).  Title of Book. Publisher Location: Publisher Name

Barrett, M. (2011). A cultural psychology of music education. New York Oxford University Press. 

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book 

Lastname, Firstinitial. (Year). Title of article or chapter. In Firstinitial Lastname, &Firstinitial Lastname (Eds.), Title of book in lowercase (pp. ##-##). Publisher Location: Publisher Name. 

Hall, J. (2012). music therapy and the expression of anger and aggression: Working with aggressive behavior in children aged five to nine who risk mainstream school exclusion. In. J. Tomlinson, P. Derrington, A. Oldfield, & F. Williams (Eds.), Music therapy in school: Working with children of all ages in mainstream and special education (pp. 89-102). Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.