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Below are some examples of how to cite the different types of publications we publish.

Reports and Briefs (hardcopy)
Bouffard, S., & Little, P. M. D. (2004). Promoting quality through professional development: A framework for evaluation (Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation Brief No. 8). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

Reports and Briefs (online only)
Wimer, C., & Gunther, R. (2006). Summer success: Challenges and strategies in creating quality academically focused summer programs (Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation No. 9). Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/issuebrief9.html

Article in The Evaluation Exchange (hardcopy)
Bouffard, S., Little, P., & Weiss, H. (2006). Building and evaluating out-of-school time connections. The Evaluation Exchange, 12(1 & 2), 2–6.

Article in The Evaluation Exchange (online version)
Bouffard, S., Little, P., & Weiss, H. (2006). Building and evaluating out-of-school time connections. The Evaluation Exchange, 12(1 & 2), 2–6. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue33/theory.html

Article in FINE Newsletter (online only)
Allen, J. (2009). Effective home–school communication. Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) Newsletter, 1(1). Retrieved February 1, 2009, from http://www.hfrp.org/family-involvement/publications-resources/effective-home-school-communication

Teaching Case (online only)
Mayer, E. (2005). After school for Cindy: Family, school, and community roles in out-of-school time. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/teaching-case/cindy.html

Course Syllabus (online only)
Weiss, H., Lopez, M. E., & Kreider, H. (2003). Family–school partnerships. Retrieved January 1, 2007 from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/syllabus/weiss.html

Conference Publication (online only)
Harvard Family Research Project. (2005). Creating communities of practice to support quality after school programming. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/conference/symposium2005/summary.html

Conference Presentation (online only)
Reisner, E. (2005, September). Using new research findings to create effective after-school programs. Plenary presented at the Afterschool Evaluation Symposium, Washington, DC. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/conference/symposium2005/research.html

Research Digest
HFRP's Family Involvement Research Digests and Early Childhood Digests summarize research written and published by non-HFRP authors and/or written by HFRP authors but published by organizations other than HFRP. Whenever possible, we encourage you to seek out these original research publications and cite directly from them. To help you to do this, we provide citations for the original research publications within the digests.

If you are unable to find the original research publication, please make sure to mention the original source in your writing. Please include the secondary source (that is, the profile) in your parenthetical citation, following the words "as cited in," and in your reference list. For example:

In his meta-analysis of parental involvement and student achievement studies, William H. Jeynes sought to determine the overall effect of parental involvement on students' academic achievement (as cited in Jeynes, 2005).

The citation in your reference list would appear as follows:

Jeynes, W. H. (2005). Parental involvement and student achievement: A meta-analysis (Family Involvement Research Digest). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/publications_resources/publications_series/family_involvement_research_digests/parental_involvement_and_student_achievement_a_
meta_analysis.

Out-of-School Time Program Research and Evaluation Profile
The profiles in the OST Database summarize research studies and evaluations written by non-HFRP authors. Whenever possible, we encourage you to seek out these original research studies and evaluations and cite directly from them. To help you to do this, we provide citations for the research studies and evaluations within the profiles.

If you are unable to find the original research study or evaluation, please make sure to mention the original source in your writing. Please include the secondary source (that is, the profile) in your parenthetical citation, following the words "as cited in," and in your reference list. For example:

In their evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Mark Dynarski and Mary Moore found that nine out of ten centers provided homework help (as cited in Harvard Family Research Project, n.d.).

The citation in your reference list would appear as follows:

Harvard Family Research Project. (n.d.). A profile of the evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers—national. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/profile.