Info:

Author (Last name, First name). Title of Book. Place of Publication (use first US city): Publisher, Publication date (if unknown, use latest copyright date).

Example:

Morgan, Lewis H. League of the Iroquois. New York: Corinth Books, 1962.

Special Notes:

- If the title page of the publication also includes the name of a State, your citation should do the same (using the proper State abbreviation). If no State is listed on the title page, only use the name in your citation. If your city is outisde the United States and may be ambiguous to your reader, use the country. Otherwise only the city is needed.

Example: Torrance, CA or Cambridge, England

- Note the required punctuation—use a colon between the city of publication and the publisher and a comma between the publisher and the publication date.
- End the citation with a period.

Book by Two Authors:

Info:

Author (Last name, First name) and Second author (First name first). Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication date.

Example:

Portes, Alejandro and Ruben G. Rumbaut. Immigrant America: A Portrait. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.

Special Notes:

-The first author’s name is written last name first for purposes of alphabetizing.
-The second author’s name is written out first name first.

Book by Three Authors:

Info:

First Author Listed on Title Page (Last name, First name), Second Author (first name first), and Third Author (first name first). Title of Book.  Place of publication: Publisher, Publication date.

Example:

Brigsby, Daniel, Lisa Killingsworth, and Winston Wong. Women of the Middle Ages. Chicago: Swingworth Press, 1990.

 

Book by Four or More Authors:

Info:

First Author Listed on Title Page (Last name, First name), et al. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication date.

Example:

Wintersmith, Samantha, et al. The Ultimate Survival Handbook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.

Special Notes:

- et al is from Latin and means “and others.” Note that it is not capitalized and that a period follows only “al.”

Article in a Reference Book, Anthology, or Compilation of Sources (Specialized Encyclopedia):

Info:

Author of Article or Chapter (Last name, First name). “Title of Chapter or Article.” Title of Book. Name of Editor (First name first), ed. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication date.

Example:

Sanabria, Harry. "Bolivia." Countries and Their Cultures. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.

Special Notes:

- Use “ed.” or "eds." (for more than one editor) after the editor’s name to indicate that s/he is an editor.
- If the entire Reference source is written by one or more author(s) start the citation with the article and do not put "ed(s)." after the name(s).

 

Non-Reference Book with an Editor (No Author):

Info:

Name of Editor (Last name, First name), ed. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication date.

Example:

Dublin, Thomas, ed. Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America. Urbana:
University of Illinois Press, 1993.

Special Notes:

- Use “ed.” after the editor’s name to indicate that s/he is an editor.

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