Upper School Library: Citation Help

CITING A SOURCE MORE THAN ONCE

When you footnote a source more than once on a page, follow these examples:

 

1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 100.

2. Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, 144.

3. “Google Privacy Policy,” last modified March 11, 2009, accessed July 13, 2009, http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.

4. “Google Privacy Policy.”

5. Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Robert Pear, “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote,” New York Times, February 27, 2010, accessed February 28, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

6. Stolberg and Pear, “Wary Centrists.”

BOOKS

Books with one author
   Note:
1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100.
Author first name Author last name, Title of book (City: Publisher, year), page range.
Bibliography:

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.

 

Books with multiple authors

    Note:

1. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945 (New York: Knopf, 2007), 52.
Author first name Author last name, and Author first name Author last name, Title of book (City: Publisher, year), page range.

    Bibliography:

Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf, 2007.

When there are 4 or more authors, list the first author, followed by et al. (this means "and others") in the footnote.  When citing a bibliography entry, list all of the authors. 

   Note:

6. Derek King et al., Teaching Research to Kindergarteners (New York:  Oxford University Press, 2020), 58.
Author first name Author last name, et al., Title of Book (City: Publisher, year), page range.

   Bibliography:

King, Derek et al.  Teaching Research to Kindergarteners.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2020. 

 

Book that is an edition other than the first

Note:

2. Sue Phillips, Geeking Out on Research, 3rd ed. (Portland: Penguin, 2019), 23-25.
Author first name Author last name, Title of Book, edition. (City: Publisher, year), page range.

Bibliography:

Phillips, Sue. Geeking Out on Research. 3rd ed. Portland: Penguin, 2019.

 

Selection in an anthology, or a chapter in a book with an editor

    Note:

5. Peter Chilson, "The Border," in The Best American Travel Writing, ed. Noor Benn and Fritz Kaplan (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008), 46.

Chapter author first name Chapter author last name, "Title of chapter or selection," in Title of Book, ed. Editor first name Editor last name and Editor first name Editor last name (City: Publisher, year), page range.

    Bibliography:

Chilson, Peter. "The Border." In The Best American Travel Writing. Edited by Noor Benn and Fritz Kaplan, 44-51. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

Translation

    Note:

1. Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, trans. Edith Grossman (London: Classic Press, 1988), 242–55.
Author first name Author last name, Title of Book, trans. Translator first name Translator last name (City: Publisher, year), page range.

    Bibliography:

García Márquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera. Translated by Edith Grossman. London: Classic Press, 1988.

Book with an Editor

Note:

6. Miles Riderwave, Between the Flags: One Hundred Summers of Australian Surf Lifesaving, ed. Samantha Wavecatcher (Sydney: Surfboard Press, 2020), 119.
Author first name Author last name, Title of Book, ed. Editor first name Editor last name (City: Publisher, year), page range.

Bibliography:

Riderwave, Miles. Between the Flags: One Hundred Summers of Australian Surf Lifesaving. Edited by Samantha Wavecatcher. Sydney: Surfboard Press, 2020.

Online Book

   Note:

9. Elizabeth Arvidson, Emigration from Sweden: One Family's Tale (Portland: Anchor Press, 2019), 147, accessed November 1, 2019, http://www.textAnchor.com/Emigration/.
Author first name Author last name, Title of Book (City of Publication: Publisher, year), page range, access Month day, year, URL.

   Bibliography:

Arvidson, Elizabeth.  Emigration from Sweden: One Family's Tale.   Portland: Anchor Press, 2019. Accessed November 1, 2019.  http://www.textAnchor.com/Emigration/.

 

  Note:

2. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), accessed February 28, 2010, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.

If you'd like to cite a section or chapter of an ebook, enter the the section name following the publication info.; do not use page numbers as they might vary depending on the website you are using.

    Bibliography:

Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.

 

Reference book consulted online
NOTE:
4. Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Academic ed., s.v. "Civil War," accessed March 4, 2019, http://academic.eb.com/EBterms/topic/45687/Civil-War.
Title of Source, Edition, s.v. "Title of entry," accessed Month day, year, URL.
NOTE:  s.v. stands for "sub verbo," which means "under the word." In other words, the term or phrase you looked up.

 

7. Dictionary of American History, 3rd ed., s.v. "Freedom Riders," by Sheilah R. Keppen, accessed November 13, 2019, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3401801608/UHIC?u=catlin&sid=UHIC&xid=4c1b808c.

Title of Source, Edition, s.v. "Title of entry," by Author first name Author last name, accessed Month day, year, URL.