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References
Abbas, D. D. F. (2020). Manipulating of audio-visual aids in the educational processes in Al-Hilla University College. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(3), 1248-1263. https://doi.org.db12.linccweb.org/10.37200/ijpr/v24i3/pr200875
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| Material Type | In-text Citation | Reference |
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General Format: Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (YEAR). Title of the book. Publishing Company. |
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| Book with 1 author | (MacDonald, 2007). |
MacDonald, R.G. (2007). Biochemistry. McGraw Hill. |
| Book with 2 authors | (McKee & McKee, 2009). |
McKee, T. & McKee, J.R. (2009). Business ethics: The moral basis of commerce (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. |
| Book with 3 or more authors |
All citations: |
James, C., Cameron, P. D., Smith, Y. N., Hawthorne, H., & Cushing, S., M. (2005). The sociological theory of people and places. Oxford University Press. |
| Book with up to 20 authors |
All citations: (Bowsher et al., 2008). |
Bowsher, C., Steer, M., Tobin, A, Cornelius, D. P., Rayburn, M., Auberry, K., Johnson, S., Neely-Sardon, A., Williams, B., Tignor, M., Carlson, A., Miranda, C., Brady, K., Finn, C., Cooper, T., Anderson, A., Collado, A., Saenz, D. A., Jimmerson, S. M. & Mantauk, B. B. (2008). Plant biochemistry. Garland Science. List all the authors' last names in the end references for up to 20 authors. |
| Book with 21 or more authors | (Ford et al., 2009). |
Ford, M. N., Fielding, D., Reed, P. L., Harmon, M., Ulrich, B. T., Wheeler, K., Tillman, B., DeSoto, P., Willems, B., Owens, G., Kirk, J. H., Derry, N., Ford, J. J., Smith, Z., Brice, D., Granger, H., Potter, H., Weasley, R.,...Peel, J. (2009). Who constructs the mind? Coleman Books. When you have more than 20 authors list the first 19 authors followed by ... and then put the last author's last name. |
| Electronic book (Internet, available to everyone) | (Gossett, 1963) |
Gossett, T.F. (1963). Race: The history of an idea in America. Retrieved from |