It is a good idea to log all of your sources while you are finding and using them.
Listed below is the information you will need for the most common research sources.
BOOK
Author (last name, first)
Title (underlined)
City of publication (first one listed)
Publisher (full name of company)
Copyright date (if more than one indicated, use the most recent one)
PERIODICALS
Author
Title of article (within quotation marks) Title of periodical (underlined)
Volume
Date of publication
Page(s)
INTERNET
Author/Editor (last name, first)
Title of article (within quotation marks)
Title of work (book, journal, other – underlined) City of publication (books)
Publisher (books)
Copyright date (books)
Volume (periodicals)
Date (periodicals)
Name of organization or institution
Date of access (followed by a comma or period) URL <within brackets>
REFERENCE BOOK
Author
Title of article (within quotation marks) Title of reference book (underlined) Editor (ed. first name, last name) Edition
Volume
City of publication (first one listed) Publisher
Copyright date
Page(s)
Listed below is the information you will need for the most common research sources.
BOOK
Author (last name, first)
Title (underlined)
City of publication (first one listed)
Publisher (full name of company)
Copyright date (if more than one indicated, use the most recent one)
PERIODICALS
Author
Title of article (within quotation marks) Title of periodical (underlined)
Volume
Date of publication
Page(s)
INTERNET
Author/Editor (last name, first)
Title of article (within quotation marks)
Title of work (book, journal, other – underlined) City of publication (books)
Publisher (books)
Copyright date (books)
Volume (periodicals)
Date (periodicals)
Name of organization or institution
Date of access (followed by a comma or period) URL <within brackets>
REFERENCE BOOK
Author
Title of article (within quotation marks) Title of reference book (underlined) Editor (ed. first name, last name) Edition
Volume
City of publication (first one listed) Publisher
Copyright date
Page(s)