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What is AAA 2009 (current)?
The AAA style guide is required by the American Anthropological Association journals (American Anthropologist, Cultural Anthropology, etc.) and most anthropology programs. It is essentially Chicago author-date with anthropology-specific tweaks for ethnographic sources.
When to use AAA
- American Anthropological Association journals
- Most US/UK anthropology programs
- Cultural and linguistic anthropology research
AAA quick reference
In-text citation
Author–date: (Author Year:page) or (Author Year).
(Smith 2023:45)
References Cited (alphabetical, hanging indent)
Author, First. Year. Article Title. Journal Name Volume(Issue):pages.
Smith, Jane D. 2023. The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Research. Nature Machine Intelligence 5(3):234–245.
Key AAA formatting rules
- No quotation marks around article titles.
- Italicize books and journals.
- Year follows author with no period between when format is "Author Year".
Other citation styles
AAA FAQ
AAA is built on Chicago author-date but drops the quotation marks around article titles and uses colon-separated page references in-text.