BOOKS
Book with one author:
1. Author (Last
name, first name)
2. Title (Underlined)
3. Place of publication
4. Publisher
5. Date of publication
Example: Catton, Bruce.
America
Goes to War.
Hanover
: Wesleyan
University, 1986.
Book with two or three authors:
1. First author (Last
name, first name)
2. Other author(s) (In
the normal order)
3. Title (Underlined)
4. Place of publication
5. Publisher
6. Date of publication
Example
1: Smith, Brandon, and John Petersen. The Civil War Years.
San Francisco
: Hamilton and
Louis, 1999.
Example
2: Smith, Brandon, John Petersen, and Eric Johnson. Civil
War Arms.
San Francisco
: Hamilton and
Louis,
1999.
Book with more than three authors: If
there are more than three
authors, you may list just the first author given on the title page,
and then replace the others with the phrase et
al, which means “and others” in Latin. Another choice is to give all the names in the same order in
which they appear on the title page.
1. First author (Last
name, first name)
2. et al (To replace
other authors)
3. Title (Underlined)
4. Place of publication
5. Publisher
6. Date of publication
Example
1: Smith,
Brandon
, et al. The Civil War in History. San
Francisco: Hamilton
and Louis, 1999.
Example
2: Smith, Brandon, John Petersen, Eric Johnson, and John
Wyatt. The Civil War in History.
San Francisco
:
Hamilton
and Louis, 1999.
Book but with an editor, translator, or compiler on
the title page: If the book does not have an author given, list
the name(s) of the editor, translator,
or compiler as directed and then place a comma after the last name. Next use the listed abbreviation for the editor,
translator, or compiler followed by the period.
1. Editor, translator, or compiler (Last name, first name)
2. Abbreviation for editor, translator, or compiler.
3. Title (Underlined)
4. Place of publication
5. Publisher
6. Date of publication
Example: Tanner,
John, ed. The History of the
Liberty
Bell
.
Boston
:
Scholastic, 1987.
Book with two or three editors, translators, compilers on the title page: List the name(s)
as directed and then place a comma after the last name. Next use the listed abbreviation for the editor(s),
translator(s), or compiler(s) followed by the period.
1. First editor, translator, or compiler (Last
name, first name)
2. Second and third editors, translators, or compilers
3. Abbreviation for editors (eds.), translators
(trans.), or compilers
(comps).
4. Title (Underlined)
5. Place of publication
6. Publisher
7. Date of publication
Example: Tanner,
John, Blaze Houston, and Sue Hill, eds. The
History of the White House.
Boston
: Scholastic,
2004.
Books with more than three editors, translators, compilers
on the title page: Use the same form as a book with more than three
authors except be sure to add the abbreviation after the last editor
or after the et al.
Book with a Corporate Author: Sometimes, a
committee, company, or association will write a book. If an individual member is not listed as an
author, then replace the author with the corporate name.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND ANTHOLOGIES
Encyclopedia Article with Author Given:
1. Author of article (Last name, first name)
2. Title of article (In
quotation marks)
3. Name of encyclopedia (Underlined)
4. Date
Example: Boritt, Gabor S. “Civil War.” The World Book Encyclopedia.
2002.
Encyclopedia Article with No Author Given:
1. Title of article (In
quotation marks)
2. Name of encyclopedia (Underlined)
3. Date
Example: “American Civil War.”
Compton
’s Encyclopedia and Fact
Index. 2002.
Material in an Anthology: If
you are using a short story, a poem, a selection, or an article from
a collection, use the following list.
1. Author of the short story, poem, selection, etc. (Last name, first name)
2. Title of the short story, poem, selection, etc. (In quotation marks)
3. Title of book (Underlined)
4. Name(s) of compiler or editor preceded by ed. or comp.
5. Place of publication
6. Publisher
7. Date of publication
8. Page numbers
Example: Norworth, Jack. “Take
Me Out to the Ballgame.” American
Sports Poems. Comps. R. R.
Knudson and May
Swenson.
New York
: Orchard Books,
31.
PERIODICALS
Newspaper article with author given:
1. Author’s name (Last
name, first name)
2. Title of article (In
quotation marks)
3. Name of newspaper (Underlined)
4. Date (Day Month Year—no punctuation)
5. Edition, if given
6. Page number and section of article (If the article is continued from the
first page
on which it appears, use the “+” designation to indicate.
Example: Green, Nikki. “Librarian is anxious
to fill shelves.” The
Times
3 Oct. 2004
: A1+.)
Unsigned newspaper article:
1. Title of article (In quotation marks)
2. Name of newspaper (Underlined)
3. Date (Day Month
Year—no punctuation)
4. Edition, if given
5. Page number and section of article (If the article is continued from the
first page on which it appears, use the “+” designation to indicate.)
Example: “Program helps link volunteers, needs.” The Times 3 Oct.
2004: 5D.
Signed magazine article:
1. Author’s name (Last name, first name)
2. If more than one author, use the form under BOOKS.
3. Title of article (In quotation marks)
4. Date of magazine (Day
Month Year—no punctuation)
5. Page number (If pages are consecutive, use the first
and last page number. If the
article is not on consecutive pages, use the first page followed with
a “+.”)
Example: Nash, J.
Madeleine. “Into
the Eye of IVAN.” Time 27 Sept.
2004: 38-41.
Unsigned magazine article: If
the article is not signed, just begin with the title of the article
and continue as above.
INTERNET
Website on the Internet:
1. Author’s name—if given at the website (Last name, first name)
2. Title of website if given (Underlined), or if not given,
a description such as Personal home page (Not underlined, italicized,
quoted, or otherwise punctuated).
3. The name of any institution, organization, or group
responsible for the site.
4. The date the website was accessed (Day Month Year—no
punctuation)
5. URL or website address in angle brackets.
Example: Lowry, Lois. Lois Lowry.
4 Oct. 2004
.
<http://www.loislowry.com>.
Magazine or Encyclopedia Article from Galileo Database:
1. Author’s name (Last name, first name)
2. Title of article (In quotation marks)
3. Title of magazine/periodical (Underlined)
4. Date of magazine/periodical
5. Page numbers of article (see periodical page numbering)
6. Database name
7. GALILEO
8. Date of access
9. URL or website address in angle brackets
Example: Hatton,
Robert W. “Don’t have time to
vote? Read what
Private Jim Smith went through to exercise his democratic
right.”
America
’s Civil War Nov. 2004: 64+. EBSCOhost. GALILEO
3 Oct. 2004
. <http://www.galileo.usg.edu>.
Article from Online Reference Book such as an Encyclopedia:
1. Name of author of article (Last name, first name)
2. Title of article (In quotation marks)
3. Title of service/encyclopedia (Underlined)
4. Version of encyclopedia (if given)
5. Date of encyclopedia
6. Date accessed
7. URL or website address in angle brackets
Example: Guelzo, Allen C. “Civil
War, American.” World Book
Online
Reference
Center
, 2004.
4 Oct. 2004
. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar117060>. |
