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Citations for Books and References
How to Cite Book Sources
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How to Cite Reference Sources
You need to look for the following information to complete a citation for a book sources. Most of this information can be found on the title page.
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Author's name.
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Title of Book.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Note: Begin each entry flush with the left margin. If the entry runs more than one line, indent the following line or lines five spaces. This is called a hanging indent. Remember to double space the entire works cited list!
For example:
Author's Name.
Title of the Book.
City of Publication:
Publisher,
Copyright.
- Book by One Author
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Author's name.
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Title of Book.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Tatar, Maria.
Fairy Tails and the Culture of Childhood.
Princeton:
Princeton UP,
1992.
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- Book by Two Authors
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Authors' names.
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Title of Book.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Reverse only the name of the first author, add a comma, and give the other name or names in normal form. A period is placed after the last name.
Welsch, Roger L., and Linda K. Welsch.
Cather's Kitchens: Foodways in
Literature and Life.
Lincoln:
U of Nebraska P,
1987.
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- A Book by Three Authors
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Authors' names.
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Title of Book.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Reverse only the name of the first author, add a comma, and give the other name or names in normal form. A period is placed after the last name.
Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathon R. Sorensen.
The Robe, the Chair,
and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas,
1923-1990.
Austin:
U of Texas P,
1994.
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- Book by Four or more Authors
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Authors' names.
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Title of Book.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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You may either name only the first and follow it with "et al." which means "and others," or you may give all names in full in the order they appear on the title page.
Gilman, Sander, et al.
Hysteria Beyond Freud.
Berkley:
U of California P,
1993.
or
Gilman, Sander, Helen King, Roy Porter, George Rousseau,
and Elaine Showalter.
Hysteria Beyond Freud.
Berkley:
U of California P,
1993.
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- Book with an Editor(s) but no author
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Editor's name, ed.
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Title of Book.
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Begin your entry with the name of the editor followed by a comma and the abbreviation "ed."
Lopage, Phillip, ed.
The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology
from the Classical Era to the Present.
New York:
Anchor-Doubleday,
1994.
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- Work by a Corporate Author
A corporate author may be a commission, an association, a committee, or any other group whose individual members are not identified on the title page. Cite the book by the corporate author, even if the corporate author is the publisher.
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Corporate Author.
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Title of Book.
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Editor.
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Copyright.
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American Medical Association.
The American Medical Association
Encyclopedia of Medicine.
Ed. Charles B. Clayman.
New York:
Random,
1989.
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- A Work in an Anthology
Begin the entry with the author and title of the piece followed by the translator or editor.
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Author of Story.
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"Title of Story."
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Name of Translator.
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Title of the Anthology.
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Editor.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Page Numbers.
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Example:
Allende, Isabel.
"Toad's Mouth."
Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden.
A Hammock
Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America..
Ed. Thomas Colchie.
New York:
Plume,
1992.
83-88.
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Author of Poem.
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"Title of Poem."
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Title of the Anthology.
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Editor.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Page Numbers.
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Example:
More, Hannah.
"The Black Slave Trade: A Poem."
British Women Poets of
the Romantic Era.
Ed. Paula R. Feldman.
Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins UP,
1997.
472-82.
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- Familiar Reference Books / General Encyclopedias
When citing familiar reference books, do not give full publication information. For such works, list only the edition and the year of publication. You need to look for the following information:
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Author.
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"Title of Article."
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Title of Reference Book.
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Edition.
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Copyright.
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Examples:
- A General Encyclopedia Entry with an Author
Mohanty, Jitendra M.
"Indian Philosophy."
The New Encylopedia
Britannica: Macropaedia.
15th ed.
1987.
- An Article in a Reference Book
"Ginsburg, Ruth Bader."
Who's Who in America.
52nd ed.
1998.
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- Specialized Reference Books
When citing less familiar reference books, give full publication information. You need to look for the following information:
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Author.
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"Title of Article."
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Title of Reference Book.
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Editor.
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Number of Volumes in Collection.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Copyright.
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Example:
Le Patourel, John.
"Normans and Normandy."
Dictionary of the Middle Ages.
Ed. Joseph R. Strayer.
13 vols.
New York:
Scribner's,
1987.
Help Sheet for Specialized Reference Books
- Multi-Volume Reference Books
*List the number of volumes in the collection.
Example of a a Multi-Volume Work in Which You Use One Volume:
Doyle, Arthur Conan.
The Oxford Sherlock Holmes.
Ed. Owen Dudley
Edwards.
Vol. 2
New York:
Oxford UP,
1993.
Example of a Multi-Volume Work in Which you Use More Than One Volume:
Blanco, Richard L., ed.
The American Revolution. 1775-1783: An
Encyclopedia.
2 vols.
New York:
Garland,
1993.
Help Sheet for A Multi-Volume Work in Which You Use One Volume
Help Sheet for A Multi-Volume Work in Which you Use More Than One Volume
- Government Publication
You need to look for the following information:
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Author (if there is one) or Name of government followed by agency.
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Title.
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Number and Session in Congress.
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City of Publication:
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Publisher,
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Date.
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Example:
United States. Senate.
Our Capital.
89th Cong., 2nd sess.
Washington:
GPO,
1966.
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