Book
Author’s name. Title of the book. Publication information.
Lastname, FirstName M. Book Title. City Published: Publisher, 1996.
or if in an edited book:
Lastname, FirstName M. Book Title. Ed. Editor's Name . 2nd. Ed. City
Published: Publisher, 1996.
Example:
Kaku, Michio. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and
the Tenth Dimension. New York: Oxford UP, 1994.
Interview
To cite an interview that you conducted, give the name of the person interviewed, the kind of
interview (Personal interview, Telephone interview, Email interview), and the date.
Lastname, FirstName. "e-mail subject." Electronic mail interview. 12 Feb. 2002.
or
Lastname, FirstName. Personal interview. 12 Feb. 2002.
Example:
Pei, I.M. Personal interview. 22 July 1993.
Website
Author’s name (if available). Title of the page. Date of latest update or revision. Institution.
Date of access. Web address (URL).
Lastname, Firstname M. Web Site Title. 12 Jan. 1997. Institution (U.S. Census Bureau,
University of Florida). 23 Feb. 2002 .
Example:
Smitkins, Obediah. Smoking Statistics. 1 Sept. 1998. American Lung Association. 10 Oct.
2001. http://www.americanlungassociationsite.org/smokingstatistics.html.
If no author:
Smoking Statistics. 1 Sept. 1998. American Lung Association. 10 Oct. 2001.
http://www.americanlungassociationsite.org/smokingstatistics.html.
Journal
Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of the article.” The title of the magazine (journal) or
newspaper in which the article was first published. Volume. Issue. (Year): page or pages.
Lastname, Firstname M. "Article Title." Journal Name 2.23 (1997): 1-12.
Example:
Peterson, Conrad. “Ralph Mouth: Portrait of insanity” Journal of Psychiatry. 14.3 (1999):
45-73.
Or for an electronic journal (Ebscohost, Eric, etc.)
Lastname, Firstname M. "Online Article Title." Publication Name Date published: Page or
Page numbers. How you accessed article. Your Location (if home leave blank), City accessed
from (if home leave blank). Date accessed.
Example:
Phillips, B.P. “The war of the century.” Journal of History 20 Jan. 1997: 1-12. Ebscohost.
IUPUI Library, Indianapolis. 20 Feb. 2002.
Reference
Author Last Name, First Name (if given). “Name of article or citation.” Title of Encyclopedia
or Dictionary. Edition, Volume or version, Date of publication.
Example (dictionary):
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 3rd ed., version 1.5, New York: Cambridge Press,
1999.
Example (encyclopedia):
Strauss, Levi. “Pants.” An Encyclopedia of Clothing. 1st Ed., 4 vols. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2002.
In-Text & Parenthetical Citation
Cite All sources verbally, parenthetically and on a Works Cited page.
William Treadland, Director of the Wildlife Preservation council
of Indiana, says that all Conifer trees indigenous to the state should be
protected from foreign insect infestation (Treadland 10).
Treadland, W. Trees of Indiana. 2nd ed. Boston. Cambridge Press. 2003.