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Cite It Right

Citing a print encyclopedia Format: Author's name. "Article title." (enclosed in double quotation marks) publication title (in italics) Date of publication: page numbers. Publication medium.

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CITE IT RIGHT

Citing a print encyclopedia


Format: Authors name. Article title. (enclosed in double quotation marks) Publication title. (in italics) Edition (if stated). Year of publication (do not included if stated in edition information). Publication medium. Example: Beller, Steven. Vienna. The World Book Encyclopedia. 2009 ed. Print.

Citing a magazine article


Format: Authors name. Article title. (enclosed in double quotation marks) Publication title (in italics) Date of publication: page numbers. Publication medium. Example: Jackson, Thomas A. Power for a space Plane. Scientific American Aug. 2006: 5662. Print.

Citing a newspaper
Format: Authors name. Article title. (enclosed in double quotation marks) Publication title (in italics) Date of publication, edition (if given), section letter or number (if applicable): page numbers. Publication medium. Example: Wronski, Richard. Prairie Parkway Project on a Road to Nowhere? Chicago Tribune 4 May 2009, sec. 1:6. Print.

Citing a book with one author


Format: Authors name. Full book title. (in italics) Edition (if stated). Volume number(s) (if a multivolume work). City of publication: Publishers name, year of publication. Publication medium. Example: Eshleman, Clayton. Grindstone of Rapport: A Clayton Eshleman Reader. Boston: Black Window Press, 2008. Print.

Citing a book with two or more authors


Format: Authors name (last name first), next listed authors name(s) in normal form. Full book title. (in italics) Edition (if stated). Volume number(s) (if a multivolume work). City of publication: Publishers name, year of publication. Publication medium. Example: Gates, Henry L. Jr., and Evelyn B. Higginbotham, eds. African American National Biography. 8 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Print.

Citing a blog
Format: Authors name. Title of individual blog entry. (enclosed in double quotation marks) Title of blog. (in italics) Date posted. Publication medium. Date accessed. Example: West, Jessamyn. on the road. librarian.net. 27 February 2009. Web. 10 March 2009

Citing an ebook
Format: Authors name. Full book title. (in italics) Edition (if stated). Volume number(s) (if a multivolume work). City of publication: Publishers name, year of publication. Title of database or Web site. (in italics) Publication medium. Date of access. Example: Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1920. World Book Advanced. Web. 16 January 2009

Citing a website
Format: Authors name. Article or web page title (if a part of larger work). (enclosed in double quotation marks) Web site title. (in italics) Publisher or sponsor of the site, Date of publication Publication medium. Date of access. Example: Beasley, Maurine H. Foosevelt, Eleanor. World Book Student. World Book, 2009. Web. 20 Jan. 2009.

Citing a radio or television program


Format: Episode or segment title. (enclosed in double quotation marks) Program title. (in italics) Name of the network. Call letters, city of local station (if any), Broadcast date. Medium of reception (radio or television). Example: State of Denial. 60 minutes. CBS. WBBM, Chicago, 1 Oct 2006. Television.

Citing a podcast
Format: Description or title of individual podcast. (enclosed in double quotation marks) Title of podcast program or series. (in italics) Title of Web Site (if distinct from title of podcast program or series). (in italics) Publisher of podcast, Date of publication. Publication medium. Date of access. Example Iconic Images Emerge from Mideast Summits. All Things Considered. Natl. Public Radio, 27 Nov. 2007. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.

Citing a film or video recording


Format Title of film or video recording. (in italics) Director (if given). Original release date (if relevant). Distributor, year of release. Publication medium. Example Americas Endangered Species: Dont Say Good-Bye. Dir Robert Kenner. National Geographic Society, 2008. DVD.

Citing a government publication


Format Government name. Issuing agency name. Publication title. (in italics) City of publication: Publisher, year of publication. Publication medium. Example United States. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2002. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 2001. Print

Citing a pamphlet
Format Authors name. Pamphlet title. (in italics) City of publication: Publishers name, year of publication. Publication medium. Example Modern Language Association. Language Study in the Age of Globalization: The College-Level Experience. New York: MLA, n.d. Print.

Citing a personal interview


Format Interviewed persons name. Kind of interview. Date of interview. Example Meyers, Davin. Personal interview. 4 May 2009.

USE THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS FOR INFORMATION YOU CANNOT SUPPLY. n.p. No place of publication given. n.p. No publisher given. n.d. No date of publication given. n. pag. No pagination given.

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