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Books/Resources with one author: Author's last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Henly, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. Book with more than one author: Author's last name, first name, and Author's first name last name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. Peer Tutoring Guide. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Two books by the same author: Use three hyphens and a period for the second book by the same author. List books alphabetically. Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, 1997. ---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Book with more than three authors: 1st Author's last name, first name, et. al. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Gilman, Sandra, et al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. Book with corporate author: Name of Organization. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. New York: Random, 1998. |
Books or article with no author named: Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Encyclopedia of Virginia. New York: Somerset, 2002. Article from a reference book: "Title of article." Title of book. Edition. Publication Year. "Noon." Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. World Book Encyclopedia: Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Publication Year. Allen, Ty. "Nanotechnology." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2002. Book/Resource with an editor: Editor's Last name, first name, ed. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. McRae, Murdo William, ed. The Literature of Science: Perspectives on Popular Science Writing. Athens, GA: U of Georgia Press, 1993. Article in a periodical (magazine or newspaper): Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical. Day Month Year: pages. magazine example: Pontz, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time. 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. newspaper example: Hogue, Bob. "Losing a Toe, Leading a Team." Midweek. 11 Sept. 2002: 69+. |