Print
Book
with Single Author:
Format: Author.
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Example: Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray,
1999.
Book
with Multiple
Authors:
Format: Author. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of
Publication.
Example:
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide
to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.
Note: After the first author, list authors First Name
then Last Name.
More
than three authors
use et al.:
Format:
Author, et al. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of
Publication.
Example: Hall, Stuart, et al. Policing the Crisis. Basingstoke: Macmillan,
1979.
Book
with No Author:
Format:
Title.
Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Example:
Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993.
Article
in Encyclopedia
Format:
Author.
“Article Title.” Title. Edition. Date of Publication.
Example #1: Ostrum. John H. “Dinosaurs.”
The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropedia.
15th ed. 1997.
Example #2: Allen,
Anita L. “Privacy in Health Care.” Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T.
Reich.
Rev. ed. 5 vols. New York: MacmillanSimon, 1995.
Note:
Use Example #2 format for lesser known reference book, which includes place of
publishing and publisher.
Magazines:
Format:
Author.
"Article Title." Journal Title. *Date of Publication: Page
Numbers.
Example:
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20
Nov. 2000: 70-71.
Note:
When citing the date, list day before month; use a three-letter abbreviation of
the month (e.g. Aug.).
Journals:
Format:
Author.
“Article Title.” Journal Title. Volume. (Date of Publication): Page
Numbers.
Example: Allen, Emily. "Staging Identity: Frances Burney's Allegory of
Genre." Eighteenth-Century
Studies 31
(1998): 433-51.
Note:
If the journal uses continuous pagination, use only volume and year, e.g. Modern
Anthropology 37 (1992): 531-61.
If each issue
of the journal begins on page 1, however, put the issue number
after the volume, e.g. Mosaic 19.3 (1986): 33-49.
Newspapers:
Format:
Author. “Article Title.” Newspaper Title. (Date of
Publication), Edition: Section.
Example:
Trembacki, Paul. "Brees Hopes to Win Heisman for Team."
Purdue Exponent 5
Dec. 2000: 20.
Note:
For newspapers with more than one daily edition, identify the pertinent edition
after the date (e.g. 17 May 1987, late ed.).
Film
or Videotape:
Format:
Title. Authors. Distributor, Date of Publication.
Example:
The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey,Gabriel
Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen
Baldwin,
and Benecio del
Toro. Polygram, 1995.
Note:
Authors are main contributors to the film like director, lead actors and
screenwriters.
Internet
and Electronic Sources
Websites:
Format:
Author. Website Title. Copyright or Date Last Updated. Name of
institution/ Organization
affiliated with the site.
Date
site was visited.
<URL>.
Example: Felluga, Dino. Undergraduate
Guide to Literacy Theory. 17 Dec. 1999.
Purdue University.
15 Nov.2000.
<http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/efelluga/theory2.html>.
Online
Journal Article from an Online Service like Proquest:
(From ProQuest)
Format:
Author. "Article Title”. Title of Journal Volume
Number.Issue Number (Year):
Page Range. Name of Database. Name of
Online Service. Library Name, Name of City.
Day Month Year of Access <network address of online service>.
Example: Onwuemene,
Michael C. "Limits of Transliteration: Nigerian Writers' Endeavors toward
a National Literary Language." PMLA 114
(1999): 1055-66. ProQuest. New York
Public Lib. 3 Dec. 1999 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
Note:
Check with your instructor whether to use the persistent link or url for network
address.
Online Magazine
Article:
Format:
Author. “Magazine Article.” Magazine Title. Date of
Publication: Page Numbers. Date site was visited.
<URL>.
Example:
Chaplin, Heather. "Epidemic of Extravagance." Salon. 19
Feb. 1999: 146-149. 12
July 1999.
<http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/money/col/chap/1999/02/19chap.html>.
Online
Journal Article:
Format:
Author(s).
"Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue(Year):
Pages/Paragraphs. Date of
Access
<electronic address>.
Example: Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to
the Biological
and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases
6.6 (2000):
33 pars. 5 Dec. 2000 <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no6/wheelis.htm>.
Online
Newspaper Article:
Format:
Author.
“Newspaper Article.” Newspaper Title. Date of Publication: Page
Numbers. Date site was
visited. <URL>.
Example: Mendels, Pamela. "Librarian, Long an Internet Booster, Sees Clouds
on Web Horizon."
NewYork
Times on the Web. 19 April 2000: 21-22. 21 April 2000.
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/cyber/19education.html>.
Note:
If there are no page numbers, you may list the number of paragraphs.
E-mail to you:
Format:
Author.
"Title of the message (if any)" E-mail to the author. Date of the
message.
Example:
Kunka, Andrew. "Re: Modernist Literature." E-mail to the
author. 15 Nov. 2000.
Online Posting:
Format:
Author Login Name. “Subject of Message.” Online posting. Date
message sent.
Discussion List. Access Date. <URL>
Example:
Karper, Erin. "Welcome!" Online posting. 23 Oct. 2000.
Professional Writing Bulletin
Board. 12 Nov. 2000 <http://linnell.english.purdue.edu/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000001.html>.
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