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Book
Citations:
Bibliographic citations for books vary. These examples can help
you write your bibliography for many types of book citations.
Book
with one author:
Higham, Cindy. Snowflakes for All Seasons. Salt Lake City: Gibbs
Smith, 2004.
The author is listed, last name first. The title is underlined.
The city where the book is published is listed followed by a colon
and the name of the publisher. The year the book is published
is then listed followed by a period.
Book
with two authors:
Rhatigan, Joe and Newcomb, Rain. Prize Winning Science Fair Projects
for Curious Kids.
New York: Lark Books, 2004.
A
book that has an editor:
Dickins, Rosie, ed. The Usborne Introduction to Art. Tulsa: EDC
Publications, 2004.
A
book without an author:
Fodor’s ’05 Costa Rica. New York: Fodor’s Travel
Publication, 2005.
An
article in a book without an author:
“Afghanistan.” Time Almanac. Needham, MA: Pearson Education
Inc., 2005.
The title of the article is listed before the title of the book.
If the city of publication is unfamiliar, the name of the state
or country is listed as well.
Encyclopedia
and Other Reference Books:
An encyclopedia article may or may not have an author. The author’s
name can be found at the end of the article. An article that has
an author is called a “signed article.”
Signed
articles:
Dundes, Alan. “Magic.” World Book Encyclopedia. Volume
13. Chicago: World
Book Inc., 2005.
The name of the encyclopedia article is placed after the author’s
name and put in quotation marks.
Unsigned
articles:
“Human Spaceflight.” Compton’s Encyclopedia. Volume
22. Chicago, Encyclopedia,
Britannica, 2004.
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