Books
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| Periodicals | Subscription Databases | Internet | Video
Production |
BOOKS - One or more authors.
Author Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.
Author Last name, First name and Author first name Last name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.
Editor Last name, First name, ed. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. |
Friel, John C. The 7 Best Things Smart Teens Do. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, 2000.
Passman, Donald S. and Randy Glass.All You Need to Know About the Music Business. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2002.
Guinn, John, ed. The St. James Opera Encyclopedia. Mt. Kisco, NY: 1996.
Books - No Author
Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. |
American environmentalism. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2002.
Books - Part of a Book
(essay, poem, article or story from a collection or anthology).
Author of selection Last name, First name. “Title of Selection.” Title of Anthology. Editor of anthology.
Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Page(s). |
Lippman, Matthew. “Hallelujah Terrible.” The Best American Poetry 1997. Ed. James Tate. NY: Scribner, 1997. 132.
Books - Multivolume Work
Include the number of the volume you are using between the title and the publication information. |
Johannsen, Robert. "Abraham Lincoln." The American Presidents. Vol. 2. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1989.
Encyclopedia article
Author last name, First name. “Title of article.” Encyclopedia. Year ed. |
Brown, Norman. “India.” Encyclopedia Americana. 2002 ed.
- If there is no author, use “title of article” as the first piece of information.
- Encyclopedia articles may be signed by a contributing author whose name may appear at the end of an article.
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS (periodicals)
| Author Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine day month year: page(s). |
Stone, Steve and Jenifer Lin. “Spamming the World.” Newsweek 19 August 2002: 42-44. (weekly)
Lemley, Brad. “The Next Ice Age.” Discover September 2002: 34–40. (monthly)
“Nuclear Safety Flaws are Found.” New York Times 11 August 1999: A14. (no author)
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Journal Volume.issue (Year) : pages. |
Applebee, Arthur. “Engaging Students in the Disciplines of English.” English Journal 91.6 (2002) : 23-29.
VIDEO Secrets of the Titanic. Videocassette. National Geographic, 1986.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW (by writer of paper) Scanlon, Kevin. Personal interview. 3 Jan 2007. |
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES - Model & Examples
Carefully evaluate electronic sources. Not all web sources are
legitimate for the purposes of research.
INTERNET WEB SITES
There are formats for web pages, ebooks, subscription services, images, sounds, etc. Follow links to home pages to find the information to correctly identify the source. Web pages often do not have all of the necessary information, so whatever is missing cannot be included. THE URL, ALONE IS NOT USED FOR AN INTERNET CITATION. The format below is for web pages from Internet web sites. The citation is prepared in the following order, including punctuation, :
1. Author or editor. ............................................................Last name, First name.
2. "Name of page or document." ........................................The exact page you are using, in "quotation marks."
3. Title of site or homepage. ...............................................The name of the site where the page came from.
4. Date posted or updated. ................................................Format is day Month year.
5. Sponsoring group. ........................................................When applicable (government agency, university, business or organization.
6. Date you accessed the site .............................................Format is day Month year (no period after this)
7. <URL Electronic address>. ...........................................If a URL is too long, just give the site's home page
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Author(s). “Name of Page.” Title of Site or Homepage. Day Month Year of posting.
Sponsoring Group affiliated with the site. Day Month Year of Access <URL> . |
Johnson, Steven. "The Bill of Rights." Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet. 10 October 2004.
Library of Congress. 12 January 2007 <http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html>.
SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES (articles are also in print)
1. Begin with format for magazine, newspaper, or scholarly journal (see p. 2 of this guide).
2. You are using a library (RHS Library or Bryant Library) to access a subscription service. Include:
The name of the database (underlined).
The name of the service or publisher of the database.
The name of the subscribing library.
Date you accessed the article or information.
<URL of the database>.
Author last name, First. “Title of Article.” Periodical Day Month Year of article: page.
Database name. Subscription service. Subscribing library. Day Month Year viewed
<URL of the database>. |
Parenthetical Documentation - Citing References in Your Text |
When someone else’s thoughts or words are used as a direct quote, paraphrased, or discussed in your writing, you MUST document the source. Unless stating one’s own personal opinions, drawing conclusions, or writing creative material, ALL facts, background data and ideas come from some place else, and they must be acknowledged. This may be done in the following manner:
1. The author’s name or title may be a part of the sentence. Put page number(s) in parenthesis:
Benton states that an alternative strategy is the use of cooperatively trained groups as resources (14).
2. The author’s name is not part of your sentence, but you are citing a source in support of your information.
Put the author’s last name and page number(s) in parenthesis:
Cooperative groups are an essential part of the education of students in the classroom, and a major component of educational practice (Benton 25).
Prepared 6/07, K. Leon
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