History: Citing Sources

Find examples of citations for the following

PRINT BOOK (One Author)

(For sample citations, visit CMOS Notes and Bibliography or OWL Purdue for additional information on citing multiple authors or book chapters)

FOOTNOTE OR ENDNOTE 

N:

1. Author First M. Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Example:

1.  Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (New York: Viking Press, 1958), 128.  

CORRESPONDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY

B:

Author Last Name M., First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: Viking Press, 1958.

PRINT BOOK (Multiple authors)

FOOTNOTE OR ENDNOTE 

N:

1. Author First M. Last Name and Author First M. Last Name, Book Title:

Subtitle of the Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.

Example: 

1.  Scott Lash and John Urry, Economies of Signs & Space (London: Sage Publications, 1994), 241-51.

CORRESPONDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY

B:

Author Last Name, First M., and Author First M. Last Name. Book Title: 

Subtitle of the Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example:  

Lash, Scott, and John Urry. Economies of Signs & Space. London: Sage Publications, 1994.

E-BOOK (One author)

Electronic books (e-books) are cited exactly as their print counterparts with the addition of a media marker at the end of the citation: EBSCO eBook, Kindle, PDF, EPUB, etc. Books consulted online are also cited exactly as their print counterparts with the addition of a DOI (or URL) at the end of the citation (OWL Purdue). For McKillop Library, use the permalink (in "share" option in the record). 

FOOTNOTE OR ENDNOTE

N:

1. Donald Davidson, Essays on Actions and Events (Oxford: Clarendon, 2001), https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/essays-on-actions-and-events.pdf.

CORRESPONDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY

B:

Davidson, Donald. Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/essays-on-actions-and-events.pdf.

CHAPTER or other part of an edited book

FOOTNOTE or ENDNOTE

N:

Author First M. Last Name, "Chapter or Essay Title," in Book Title, ed. First M. Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, date), page cited.

Example:
1. Henry David Thoreau, “Walking,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D’Agata (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 177–78.

CORRESPONDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY

B:

Author Last Name, First M. "Chapter or Essay Title." In Book Title, edited by First M. Last Name, page range. Place of Publication: Publisher, date.
Example:

Thoreau, Henry David. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 167–95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE 

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N:

1. Susan Peck MacDonald, “The Erasure of Language,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 619, https://doi.org/10.1086/684559.

B:

MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625, https://doi.org/10.1086/684559.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (usually do not include volume and issue information and instead emphasize the date)

N:

1. Nisha Deo, “Visiting Professor Lectures on Photographer,” Exponent (West Lafayette, IN), Feb. 13, 2009.

B:

Deo, Nisha. “Visiting Professor Lectures on Photographer.” Exponent (West Lafayette, IN), Feb. 13, 2009.

Source: Online Writing Lab at Purdue University 

WEBSITES (Example below: Website, no author)

N: 

1. "Privacy Policy," Privacy & Terms, Google, last modified March 25, 2016, http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

B:

Google. "Privacy Policy." Privacy & Terms. Last modified March 25, 2016. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.

CITING SCRIPTURE FROM THE BIBLE

FOOTNOTE OR ENDNOTE 

N:

First Note:

1. 1 Thess. 4:11 (version of the bible)

Example: 1. 1 Thess. 4:11 (The King James Version) OR 1. 1 Thess. 4:11 (KJV)

Shortened Note: 1. 1 Thess. 4:11

CORRESPONDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY

B:

You do not need to include the Bible in your bibliography.

For a name using Jr., Sr., or III 

Surname, Given Name, III

Example:
Deer, Jim G., Sr.

Deer, Jason, III