Citations - Statewide: Books

Books

 

Source In-Text Citation Works Cited Page Citation

Book - One Author

 

Format:

(Author last name page number).

Example:

(Henley 45).

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example:

Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999. 

E-book

Format:

(Author last name page number).

Example:

(Rowley 45)

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of eBook. Type of eBook, Publisher, Year of Publication. 

Example:

Rowley, Hazel. Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage. Kindle ed., Farrar, 2010. 

Example (if you don't know the type of eBook):

Rowley, Hazel. Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage. EBook, Farrar, 2010. 

Editor Only No Author

Format:

(Editor last name page number).

Example:

(Holland 145)

Format:

Editor Last Name, First Name, editor. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication. 

Example:

Holland, Merlin, editor. The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde. Holt, 2000. 

Chapter or Section in a Book or Anthology​

Format:

(Author last name page number).

Example:

(Harris 25)

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Essay/Chapter." Title of Collection, edited by Editor's Name. Publisher, Year, Page range of entry. 

Example:

Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben Rafoth, Heinemann, 2000, 24-34.