Math

Citation Format: APA or AMS

Citations are important for the following reasons:

They give credit to the original creator of the information

They organize your information

They solidify your research by making it more credible

They allow for other researchers to track back to other sources of related information and cite specific authors

What exactly is included in a citation? All the important details of the source! Depending on the citation format and source type, they will be organized uniquely. 

Information typically included in a citation: (Not in order)

Author, Title of source, Title of container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location

For online resources regarding citation formats, we recommend Purdue Owl

Remember - this to get started, you do not want to copy and paste! It is a tool to help you build the bones of your citation - always edit before turning in your work!

For Mathematics, your professor may require citation format to follow the American Mathematical Society (AMS) guide. 

American Mathematical Society Citation Guidelines

AMS Style refers to the citation format established by the American Mathematical Society. With AMS, the # sign in brackets represents the order that the citation is mentioned in the text of the paper. For example, [5] would indicate that this is the fifth citation found in the text.

AMS Author Handbook

Handbook is designed to help authors who are preparing books or articles for publication or co-publication by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

Example

Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)

Webpage

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site Name. URL

Article (Online)

Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Vol.(Issue), page numbers. DOI

*Be sure to add a hanging indent on citations!