BOOKS

 

Basic citation and punctuation format:

(Include as many items as are relevant and available.)

 

1.     Author’s last name, first. (or editor or compiler, if no author.)

2.     Title of book.

3.     Name of editor or compiler if not cited earlier.

4.     Edition used.

5.     Volume number used.

6.     Place of publication: name of publisher, date of pub.

 

Author’s last name, first name. Title of Book. Ed. Name of editor. Edition. Vol. no. City of publication: Publisher, date published.

 

Tips: 

·         If book has a subtitle, put colon directly after main title and add subtitle, all underlined.

·         If several cities listed, cite only the first.

·         Include state or country only if city is unfamiliar, i.e. Guilford, CT.

·         Publisher’s name may be shortened, i.e. Harper Row Publishers to just Harper.

·         If year of publication not on title page, use the most recent copyright date on copyright page.

 

Examples:

 

Book with one author:

 

Burchard, Peter. Robert Gould Shaw and the Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment. New York: Facts on File, 1993.

 

Two authors:

 

Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. Analysing Casual Conversation. London: Cassell, 1997.

 

Three authors:

 

Marquart, James W., Sheldo Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen. The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990. Austin: U of Texas P, 1994.

 

More than three authors:

 

Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.

 

 

 

 

 

Editor, but no author:

 

Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

 

 

PARTS WITHIN BOOKS

 

If using only a part of a book,

 or part(s) of a book with articles

or pieces written by different authors,

use formats below.

 

Basic citation format and punctuation for an article, poem, short story, essay or criticism,

etc. within a book:

 

1.     Author’s last name, first.

2.     “Title of article.”

3.     Title of book.

4.     Name of editor or compiler.

5.     Edition used.

6.     Volume number used.

7.     Place of publication: name of publisher,

      date of pub.

8.     Page numbers of article.

 

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Ed. Name of editor. Edition.

Vol. no. City of publication: Publisher, date published. Page numbers of article.

 

Tips:

·         Look for author’s name at beginning and end of article.  If no author is given, begin with title of article.

·         If no editor given on title page, leave Ed.out of citation.

 

Examples:

 

Poem, short story, essay or chapter from a collection of works by one author:

 

Angelou, Maya. “Remembering.” Maya Angelou’s Early Poems. New York: Bantam, 1986.

11-12.

 

 

Additional examples on back.

Poem, short story, essay, criticism or article from a collection of works by several authors:

 

Welty, Eudora.  “The Corner Store.”  Prose Models. Ed. Gerald Levin. New York: Harcourt, 1984. 20-22.

 

 

Signed article in a reference book:

 

Santino, Jack. “Popular Culture.” Folklore: an Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Ed. Thomas A. Green. Vol. 2. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. 649-653.

 

 

Article or criticism in a collection with a volume number:  (Use for TCLC, NCLC, WLC, PC and

                Gale’s …for Students series)

 

Burns, Bonnie. “Criticism.”  Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 2000.

236-240.

 

 

Often an article or criticism has been published previously. 

If so, the source info will be given at the beginning or end of the article. To cite these, first give complete data for the earlier publication.  Then add Rpt. in (for reprinted in) the title of the collection you are using, and the new publication facts. 

Example:

Miller, R. Baxter. “The ‘Crystal Stair’ within the Apocalyptic Imagination.” The Art and Imagination of Langston Hughes. UP of Kentucky, 1989. 33-37. Rpt. in Poetry for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski and Mary K. Ruby. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 187-189.

 

 

General encyclopedias and dictionaries:

Examples:(World Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica or Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary)

·         Do not cite the editor.

·         If no author given for article, begin with title of article.

·         If a book regularly appears in new editions, do not give full publication info, only edition number (if stated) and year of publication.

·         If encyclopedia or dictionary arranges articles alphabetically, you may omit volume and page nos.

 

 

Examples:

Rosand, David. “Renaissance Art and Architecture.”  Encyclopedia Americana. 2001.

 

 

“Carcinomatosis.” American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. 2000.

 

 

Magazine article:

 

Author of article last name, first. “Title of Article.” Magazine title day Month year: page nos.

 

·         If a monthly magazine, give only month and year for date.

 

Examples:

Raloff, Janet. “Coming to Terms with Death.” Science News 16 June 2001: 378-380.

 

Weed, William Speed. “Can We Go to Mars without Going Crazy?” Discover May 2001: 36-43.

 

·         If article continues on pages that are not consecutive, state the first page number and a plus (+) sign.

 

Newspaper article:

 

Author of article. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper day Month year: page nos.

Example:

Schlachter, Barry. “Ford Offers to Replace More Firestone Tires.” Fort Worth Star Telegram 23 May 2001:C1+.

 

·         If article continues on pages that are not consecutive, state the first page number and a plus (+) sign.

 

 

 

These examples are for

print sources only!

If you found your article, poem, criticism, etc. on the computer, you must use the electronic

source citation form. 

Guidelines for citing electronic sources are available in this library

on another handout.