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Source Citations: Examples
Overview
14.1
Notes and bibliography as the default citation system for this chapter
Books
14.2
Elements to include when citing a book
14.3
Form of author’s name and title of book in source citations
14.4
Non-English bibliographic terms and abbreviations
Editors, Translators, Compilers, or Cowriters
14.5
Editor in place of author
14.6
Editor or translator in addition to author
14.7
Other contributors listed on the title page
Chapters or Other Parts of a Book
14.8
Chapter in a single-author book
14.9
Contribution to a multiauthor book
14.10
Several contributions to the same multiauthor book
14.11
Book-length work within a book
14.12
Introductions, prefaces, afterwords, and the like
14.13
Letters in published collections
14.14
Online-only supplement to a book
Edition
14.15
Editions other than the first
14.16
Reprint editions and modern editions
14.17
Microform editions
Multivolume Works
14.18
Volume numbers and page numbers
14.19
Citing a multivolume work as a whole
14.20
Citing a particular volume in a note
14.21
Citing a particular volume in a bibliography
14.22
Chapters and other parts of individual volumes
14.23
One volume in two or more books
14.24
Authors and editors of multivolume works
Series
14.25
Series titles, numbers, and editors
14.26
Series or multivolume work?
14.27
Multivolume work within a series
14.28
“Old series” and “new series”
Facts of Publication
14.29
Publisher and date
Place of Publication
14.30
Place of publication
14.31
Place and date only, for books published before 1900
Publisher’s Name
14.32
Preferred form of publisher’s name
14.33
Abbreviations and omissible parts of a publisher’s name
14.34
“And” or ampersand in publisher’s name
14.35
Non-English publishers’ names
14.36
Self-published or privately published books
14.37
Parent companies, imprints, and such
14.38
Special academic imprints and joint imprints
14.39
Copublication
14.40
Distributed books
Date of Publication
14.41
Publication date—general
14.42
New impressions and renewal of copyright
14.43
Multivolume works published over more than one year
14.44
No date of publication
14.45
Forthcoming publications
Page, Volume, and Other Locating Information
14.46
Arabic versus Roman numerals
14.47
Citing a range of page numbers or other specific locators
14.48
Page references with “ff.” and “passim”
14.49
Abbreviations for “page,” “volume,” and so on
14.50
When to omit “p.” and “pp.”
14.51
When to omit “vol.”
14.52
Page and chapter numbers
14.53
Signed signatures
14.54
Numbered leaves, or folios
14.55
Line numbers
14.56
Citing numbered notes
14.57
Citing illustrations and tables
Electronic Books
14.58
Downloadable ebook formats and audiobooks
14.59
Page numbers in ebooks
14.60
Books consulted online
14.61
Freely available electronic editions of older works
14.62
Books on CD-ROM and other fixed media
Periodicals
14.63
“Periodicals” defined
14.64
Information to be included
14.65
Journals versus magazines
14.66
Basic structure of a periodical citation
Journals
14.67
Journal article—author’s name
14.68
Journal article—title
14.69
Title of journal
14.70
Journal volume, issue, and date
14.71
Journal page references
14.72
URLs for journal articles
14.73
Access dates for journal articles
14.74
Article page numbers in relation to volume or issue numbers
14.75
Ahead-of-print and forthcoming articles
14.76
Journal article preprints
14.77
Journal special issues
14.78
Journal supplements
14.79
Articles published in installments
14.80
Article appearing in two publications
14.81
Place where journal is published
14.82
Translated or edited article
14.83
New series for journal volumes
14.84
Short titles for articles
14.85
Abstracts
14.86
Electronic supplements or enhancements to journal articles
Magazines
14.87
Basic citation format for magazine articles
14.88
Magazine departments
Newspapers and News Sites
14.89
Basic citation format for news articles
14.90
Newspaper headlines
14.91
Titles of newspapers
14.92
Non-English titles of newspapers
14.93
Regular columns or features
14.94
Letters to the editor and readers’ comments
14.95
Weekend supplements, magazines, and the like
14.96
Citing a newspaper article in text rather than in a bibliography
14.97
Unsigned newspaper articles
14.98
News services and news releases
Reviews
14.99
Basic citation format for reviews
14.100
Book reviews
14.101
Reviews of plays, movies, and the like
14.102
Unsigned reviews
Websites, Blogs, and Social Media
14.103
Titles for websites, blogs, and social media
14.104
Citing web pages and websites
14.105
Citing blog posts and blogs
14.106
Citing social media content
14.107
Electronic mailing lists and forums
Interviews and Personal Communications
14.108
Unpublished interviews
14.109
Unattributed interviews
14.110
Published or broadcast interviews
14.111
Personal communications
14.112
Citing AI-generated content
Papers, Contracts, and Reports
14.113
Theses and dissertations
14.114
Unpublished manuscripts
14.115
Papers or posters presented at meetings
14.116
Working papers and the like
14.117
Pamphlets, reports, and the like
14.118
Private contracts, wills, and such
Manuscript Collections
14.119
Overview and additional resources
14.120
Note forms versus bibliography entries
14.121
Specific versus generic titles for manuscript collections
14.122
Dates for manuscript collections
14.123
Folios, page numbers, and such for manuscript collections
14.124
“Papers” and “manuscripts”
14.125
Location of depositories
14.126
Collections of letters and the like
14.127
Examples of note forms for manuscript collections
14.128
Examples of bibliography entries for manuscript collections
14.129
Letters and the like in private collections
Special Types of References
Reference Works
14.130
Reference works consulted in physical formats
14.131
Reference works consulted online
14.132
Citing individual reference entries by author
Artwork and Illustrations
14.133
Citing paintings, photographs, and sculpture
14.134
Citing exhibition catalogs
14.135
Citing maps
Indigenous Sources
14.136
Citing secondary sources of Indigenous knowledge
14.137
Citing Indigenous sources of knowledge directly
Scriptural References
14.138
Biblical references—additional resource
14.139
Bible chapter and verse
14.140
Versions of the Bible
14.141
Other sacred works
Classical Greek and Latin References
14.142
Where to cite classical references
14.143
Identifying numbers in classical references
14.144
Abbreviations in classical references
14.145
Punctuation in classical references
14.146
Citing specific editions of classical references
14.147
Titles of classical works and collections
14.148
Superscripts in classical references
14.149
Collections of inscriptions
14.150
Fragments of classical texts
14.151
Modern editions of the classics
14.152
Medieval references
Classic English Poems and Plays
14.153
Citing editions of classic English poems and plays
14.154
Short forms for citing classic English poems and plays
Musical Scores
14.155
Published scores
14.156
Unpublished scores
Databases
14.157
Citing databases and datasets
Patents and Standards
14.158
Patents
14.159
Standards
Citations Taken from Secondary Sources
14.160
Citations taken from secondary sources
Multimedia
14.161
Multimedia—elements of the citation
14.162
Discographies, filmographies, and the like
Recordings and Live Performances
14.163
Musical recordings
14.164
Recorded readings, lectures, and the like
14.165
Video and film recordings
14.166
Live performances
Videos, Podcasts, and Apps
14.167
Online videos
14.168
Podcasts
14.169
Video games and other apps
Legal and Public Documents
14.170
Recommended stylebooks
14.171
Legal and public documents online
14.172
Note form for legal-style citations
14.173
Typefaces in legal-style citations
14.174
Page numbers and other locators in legal-style citations
14.175
Abbreviations in legal-style citations
14.176
Short forms for legal-style citations
Cases and Court Decisions
14.177
Cases and court decisions—basic elements
14.178
United States Supreme Court decisions
14.179
Lower federal-court decisions
14.180
State- and local-court decisions
Constitutions
14.181
Constitutions
Legislative and Executive Documents
14.182
Legislative documents—abbreviations
14.183
Laws and statutes
14.184
Bills and resolutions
14.185
Hearings
14.186
Congressional reports and documents
14.187
Congressional debates since 1873
14.188
Records of congressional debates before 1873
14.189
State laws and municipal ordinances
14.190
Presidential documents
14.191
Treaties
14.192
Secondary sources and freestanding publications
14.193
Unpublished documents in US archives
Canada
14.194
Canadian reference works
14.195
Canadian legal cases
14.196
Canadian statutes
14.197
Unpublished documents in Canadian archives
United Kingdom
14.198
UK reference works
14.199
Periods in UK legal citations
14.200
UK legal cases
14.201
UK parliamentary publications
14.202
UK statutes
14.203
Publication of UK parliamentary debates
14.204
UK command papers
14.205
Unpublished documents in UK archives
International Entities
14.206
Intergovernmental bodies
14.207
United Nations documents