Info-to-Go: Citation Guide

This guide is based on the widely used MLA style of citation.

Book by Single Author

Format:: Author's Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example: Drucker, Peter. Managing in a Time of Great Change. New York:: Dutton, 1995.

Book by Two or More Authors

Example: Gaut, Deborah and Eileen Perrigo. Business and Professional Communication for the 21st Century. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

Or: Gaut, Deborah, et al. Business and Professional Communication for the 21st Century. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

Book with Editor

Example: Smart, Barry, ed. Resisting McDonaldization. London: Sage, 1999.

Work in an Anthology

Format: Author. "Title of piece." Title of Anthology. Editor, if given. Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication. Inclusive page numbers.

Example: Bronte, Emily. "Hope." The Norton Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Alexander Allison, et al. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1975. 810.

Reference Books

Encyclopedia

Example: Iverson, Peter. "Navajo." Encyclopedia Americana. 1994 ed.

Specialized or Multivolume Books

Format: Author, if given. "Title of Article." Title of Book. Edition, if given. Volume number. Place of Publication: Publisher, date. Page numbers.

Example: Hall, Loretta. "Navajo." The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 217-226.

Periodicals (Print)

Journal Articles

Format: Author of Article. "Title of Article." Journal Name. Publication date: page numbers.

Example: Poswolsky, Melvyn. "Expensing Election Under section 179." The CPA Journal. June 2000: 34-38.

Newspaper Articles

Format: Author. "Title of Article." Name of Paper. [City if locally published]. Date, edition if given: page number as it appears in paper.

Example: Brinkley, Joel. "Microsoft Wins Year's reprieve from Penalties." New York Times. 21 June 2000: 1+.

Electronic and Online Resources

CD-Rom Database

Format: Author of Article. "Title of Article." Title of Publication. CD-ROM. Edition, release or version. Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example: Andersen, J.F. "Graduate Education Trends: Implications for the Communication Discipline." Communication Education. CommSearch. 3rd ed. Annandale, VA: National Communication Association, 1999.

Internet Web Page

Format: Author, if given. "Title of Page." Title of Larger Work. Date of posting or most recent update. Name of Sponsoring Group or Organization. Date accessed. <URL>.

Example: "Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web." MLA Style. 3 April 2000. Modern Language Association. 23 June 2000. <http://www.mla.org>.

Online Encyclopedia

Example: "Navajo." Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica.com. 1999. 23 June 2000. <http://wwwbritannica.com.>.

Subscription Databases

Format: Author. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Newspaper, Magazine, etc. Date of publication: page numbers. Name of Database. Date accessed. <URL of main page of database>.

Example: Nunes, Paul, et al. "The All-in-One Market." Harvard Business Review. May/June: 19-21. EBSCOhost. 23 June 2000. <http://ehostvgw9.epnet.com>.

 

More Information on How to Cite Sources

Citation Guides (Print)

These books may be found in the Reference Room by using call numbers in parentheses.

Li, Xia. Electronic Styles: a Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1996. (Ref PN171 .F56 L5 1996)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1995. (Ref LB 2369 .G53 1995)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1994. (Ref BF76.7 .P83 1994)

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (Ref LB 2369 .T8 1996)

Walker, Janice R. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. (Ref PN171 .F56 W35 1998)

Citation Guides (Online)

Electronic Formats Recommended by APA
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
http://www.mla.org/
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/