Full name of the CDC and publication date
List the full name of the CDC followed by a period and the date of publication in parenthesis. If two CDC sources were published in the same year, differentiate them with the letter “a” or “b” after the date.
Example:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018).
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018a).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018b).
Source title and URL
Provide the title of the article or study in sentence case capitalization (only capitalizing the first words or words that appear after colons or semicolons). Write “Retrieved from” before the URL and do not follow the URL by a period.
Example:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Preventing dog bites. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/features/dog-bite-prevention/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Preventing dog bites; How to interact with dogs. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/features/dog-bite-prevention/index.html
Use hanging indentation for subsequent lines
The first line of your citation should be situated to the left (with standard 1” page margins) and each subsequent line should be indented ½ inch (or one “tab”).
Example:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Preventing dog bites. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/features/dog-bite-prevention/index.html
Alphabetize your references
All entries on your reference page should be alphabetized according to the first letter of the first word of the entry (excluding “a,” “an,” or “the”). If you have two CDC sources from the CDC, refer to the first letter of the article. If the two CDC sources share the same publication year, list “a” before “b” in your reference list.
Example:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). Depression rates among teens. Retrieved
from https://www.cdc.gov/features/teen-depression/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Preventing dog bites. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/features/dog-bite-prevention/index.html
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016a). Depression rates among teens. Retrieved
from https://www.cdc.gov/features/teen-depression/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016b). Young adults and suicide. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/features/young-adult-suicide/index.html