How to format your references using the American Review of Canadian Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Review of Canadian Studies. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Sejnowski, Terrence J. 2003. “Perceptions of Science. Tap into Science 24-7.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 301 (5633): 601.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cifelli, Richard L., and Brian M. Davis. 2003. “Paleontology. Marsupial Origins.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 302 (5652): 1899–1900.

A journal article with 3 authors

Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H., Claudia Müller, and Andrew C. Oates. 2007. “Synchrony Dynamics during Initiation, Failure, and Rescue of the Segmentation Clock.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 317 (5846): 1911–1915.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Qiao, J. W., T. Zhang, F. Q. Yang, P. K. Liaw, S. Pauly, and B. S. Xu. 2013. “A Tensile Deformation Model for In-Situ Dendrite/Metallic Glass Matrix Composites.” Scientific Reports 3 (October 2013): 2816.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Guinebretière, René. 2010. X-Ray Diffraction by Polycrystalline Materials. London, UK: ISTE.

An edited book

Zhao, Jijun. 2015. Graphene Oxide: Physics and Applications. Edited by Lizhao Liu and Fen Li. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Proudler, Graeme, Liqun Chen, and Chris Dalton. 2014. “TPM2 Requirements.” In Trusted Computing Platforms: TPM2.0 in Context, edited by Liqun Chen and Chris Dalton, 131–150. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for American Review of Canadian Studies.

Blog post

Luntz, Stephen. 2017. “Scientists Create ‘BioClay’ In Groundbreaking Step Towards Pest-Free Crops.” IFLScience, IFLScience, January 11. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-create-bioclay-in-groundbreaking-step-towards-pestfree-crops/.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. 2012. Payment to Counties: More Clarity Could Help Ensure County Expenditures Are Consistent with Key Parts of the Secure Rural Schools Act. GAO-12-775. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Pei, Xiaoyin. 2008. “Acid Modification of Psyllium.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Shear, Michael D. 2017. “In Former F.B.I. Director, Investigation Gains a Leader Known for Independence.” New York Times, May 18, 2017.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Sejnowski 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Sejnowski 2003; Cifelli and Davis 2003).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Cifelli and Davis 2003)
Three authors: (Riedel-Kruse, Müller, and Oates 2007)
4 or more authors: (Qiao et al. 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	American Review of Canadian Studies
Abbreviation	Am. Rev. Can. Stud.
ISSN (print)	0272-2011
ISSN (online)	1943-9954
Scope	Earth-Surface Processes Geography, Planning and Development