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Format: Author, year, page number

Eks.: (Graham, 2015)

Note: If no author is specified, put the title of the headword/entry in the author position.

In the reference list

Article with author:

Format: Author. (Year). Title of entry. In (Ed.), name of encyclopedia in italics. Retrieved from URL

Ex.: Graham, G. (2005). Behaviorism. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Fall 2007 ed.). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/behaviorism/

Article with no author:

Format: Tittel på artikkel: Undertittel. (publiseringstidspunkt). In name of encyclopedia in italics. Place published: Publisher (or Retrieved [access date] from URL)

Ex.: Heuristic. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (11. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/heuristic

Note: If you do not have an URL, replace this with place published: publisher. If the online version refers to a print edition, include the edition number after the title.

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Last modified on: October 11th, 2021