How to cite a full-text article through an online database (including World Book Online Info Finder)
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Article title." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Publication title. [in italics] Edition [if stated]. Year of publication [do not include if stated in edition information]. Publication medium.
Example:
Example: Beller, Steven. "Vienna." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2012 ed. Print.
How to cite a website
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Article or web page title." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Website title. [in italics] Publisher's name [if not available, use n.p.], Date of publication. [day, month, and year; if no date is available, use n.d.] Publication medium. Access date.
Example:
Beasley, Maurine H. "Roosevelt, Eleanor." World Book Online Info Finder. World Book, 2012. Web. 20 Jan. 2012.
How to cite an e-book
Format:
Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. edition. Place of Publication [if not available, use n.p.]: Publisher [if not available, use n.p.], Year [if not available, use n.d.]. Name of Database. [in italics] Publication medium. Date of access.
Example:
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. World Book Online Reference Center. Web. 16 January 2012.
How to cite an article from a print encyclopedia
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Article title." Publication title. Edition [if stated]. Year of publication.
Example:
McGrath, William J. "Vienna." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2012 ed. 2012.
How to cite a book with one author
Format:
Author's name, last name first. Full book title. [in italics] Edition [if stated]. Number of volumes [if a multivolume work]. City of publication: Publisher's name, year of publication. Publication medium.
Example:
Eshleman, Clayton. Grindstone of Rapport: A Clayton Eshleman Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2008. Print.
How to cite a book with two or more authors
Format:
Author's name, last name first, next listed author's name(s) in normal form. Full book title. [in italics] Edition [if stated]. Number of volumes [if a multivolume work]. City of publication: Publisher's 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.
How to cite an article from a magazine
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "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: 56-62. Print.
How to cite an article from a newspaper
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "Article title." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Publication title [in italics] complete 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.
How to cite a blog
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "Title of individual blog entry." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Title of blog. [in italics] Date posted. [if not available, use n.d.] Publication medium. Date accessed.
Example:
West, Jessamyn. "On the road." librarian.net. 27 February 2009. Web. 10 March 2009.
How to cite a podcast
If the podcast is accessed from the web:
Format:
"Description or title of individual podcast." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Title of main Web site [if applicable]. [in italics] Publisher or sponsor of site [if not available, use n.p.], Date of publication. [day, month, and year, as available. If not available, use n.d.]. Publication medium. Date of access.
Example:
"Iconic Images Emerge from Mideast Summits." NPR: All Things Considered. Natl. Public Radio, 27 Nov. 2007. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.
If the podcast is stored on a computer or digital device:
Format:
"Description or title of individual podcast." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Title of main Web site [if applicable]. [in italics] Publisher or sponsor of site [if not available, use n.p.], Date of publication. [day, month, and year, as available. If not available, use n.d.]. Description of digital file, if unknown use Digital File.
Example:
"Iconic Images Emerge from Mideast Summits." NPR: All Things Considered. Natl. Public Radio, 27 Nov. 2007. MP3 file.
How to cite a program on DVD
Format:
Program title. Program title. [in italics] Director [if given]. Producer. Original release date [if relevant]. Medium. Distributor, year of release.
Example:
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-Bye. Dir. Robert Kenner. National Geographic Video. DVD. National Geographic Society, 2008.
How to cite 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, Oct. 2006. Television.
How to cite a pamphlet
Format:
Pamphlet title. Author's name, last name first. Pamphlet title. [in italics]. City of publication: Publisher's 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.
How to cite a government publication
Format:
Government name. Issuing agency name. Publication title. [in italics] City of publication: Publisher, year of publication.
Example:
United States. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2002. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 2001.
How to cite a personal interview
Format:
Interviewed person's name, last name first. Kind of interview. Date of interview.
Example:
Meyers, Davin. Personal interview. 9 May 2012.