Jenny Wong

Social Sciences Librarian (Sociology)

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Will precision medicine move us beyond race/ethnicity-based medical treatments, why or why not?

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Will precision medicine move us beyond race/ethnicity-based medical treatments, why or why not?

tailoring treatment

precision medicine

personalized medicine

race

ethnicity

genetics

genomics

US

Canada

Asia

Will precision medicine move us beyond race/ethnicity-based medical treatments, why or why not?

medical treatment

medical therapy

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rock NOT music

rock music

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Division of Sociology uses ASA style

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003122412451728

If the author’s name is in the text

According to Saw (2005), suicide is linked to social isolation …

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Suicide has been linked to social isolation (Saw 2005).

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Suicide has been linked to social isolation (Saw and Wang 2005).

Direct quotations

According to Saw (2005), the phenomenon of suicide has “been positively shown to be linked to isolation” (p. 104).

The phenomenon of suicide has “been positively shown to be linked to isolation” according to Saw (2005:104).

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Content analysis is “the systematic, objective, quantitative analysis of message characteristics” (Neuendorf 2002:1).

As described by Berger (1993):

The sociologist, then, is someone concerned with understanding society in a disciplined ways. The nature of this discipline is scientific. This means that what the sociologist finds and says about the social phenomena he studies occurs within a certain rather strictly defined frame of reference. (P. 16)

Single author

Elliott, Anthony. 2009. Contemporary Social Theory: An Introduction. London: Routledge.

Two authors

Macionis, John J. and Ken Plummer. 2008. Sociology: A Global Introduction. 4th ed. Harlow, England: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Edited book

Seidman, Steven and Jeffrey C. Alexander, eds. 2008. The New Social Theory Reader: Contemporary Debates. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.

Chapter in edited book or collected works

Butler, Judith. 1993. “Imitation and Gender Insubordination.” Pp. 307-20 in The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, edited by H. Abelove, M. A. Barale, and D. M. Halperin. New York: Routledge.

Single author

Pekerti, Andre A. 2008. “The Interdependent Family-Centric Career: Career Perspective of the Overseas Chinese in Indonesia.” Career Development Quarterly 56(4):362-77.

Three authors

McLaughlin, Heather, Christopher Uggen, and Amy Blackstone. 2012. “Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power.” American Sociological Review 77(4):625-47.

Online newspaper article

Chavez, Amy. 2012. “Super Priority Seats – What Will They Do?” Japan Times, March 17. Retrieved March 20, 2013 (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/03/17/our-lives/super-priority-seats-what-will-they-do/).

Website

Center for Immigration Studies. N.d.“About the Center for Immigration Studies.” Retrieved April 1, 2013 (http://www.cis.org/About).

Purdue OWL: Formatting in Sociology (ASA Style)

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