A print book means it's printed on paper. If you checked the book out of a library or bought it from a bookstore, it's print.
An eBook is a book you can read entirely online.
Access Date
For all content found on the Web, you must list the date you first viewed the resource. This comes last in a citation. The exception to this rule is that you do not list access dates for content found in library databases.
Authors/Editors
An author can be a person but can also be an organization, or company. These are called group or corporate authors.
If you are citing a chapter from a book that has an editor, the author of the chapter is listed first, and is the name listed in the in-text citation.
Dates
The format of all dates is: Date Month (shortened) Year. E.g. 5 Sept. 2012.
Whether to give the year alone or include a month and day depends on your source: write the full date as you find it there.
If no date is listed, omit it unless you can find that information available in a reliable source. In that case the date is cited in square brackets. E.g. [2008]
Page Numbers
Page number on your Works Cited page (but not for in-text citations) are now proceeded by p. for a single page number and pp. for a range of page numbers. E.g. p. 156 or pp. 79-92.
Publishers
You have the option to use the shortened name of the publisher by using UP instead of University Press (e.g. Oxford UP, not Oxford University Press).
You also have the option to remove articles (A, An, The), business abbreviations (e.g. Co., Inc.) and descriptive words (e.g. Books, House, Press, Publishers).
Titles
Capitalize the first letter of every important word in the title. You do not need to capitalize words such as: in, of, or an.
If there is a colon (:) in the title, include what comes after the colon (also known as the subtitle).
Note: For your Works Cited list, all citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
| Works Cited List Example |
Kirsh, Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. 2nd ed., Sage, 2006. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Kirsh 70) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
| Works Cited List Example |
Block, Bruce A. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. Focal P/Elsevier, 2008. EBSCO. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Block 132) |
Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
Note:Only the first author listed appears in "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma. Before the last author to be listed, add the word "and."
| Works Cited List Example |
Wykes, Maggie, and Barrie Gunter. The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. Sage, 2005. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Wykes and Gunter 53) |
Last Name, First Name of First Author, et al. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
Note: If you have three or more authors list only the first author's name followed by et al. instead of listing all authors names. For example Smith, John, et al. The first author is the first name listed on the work you are citing, not the first name alphabetically.
| Works Cited List Example |
Nickels, William, et al. Understanding Canadian Business. 9th ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Nickels et al. 5) |
Name of Corporate Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of Publication.
Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.
| Works Cited List Example |
Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation. Employability Skills: Creating My Future, Nelson, 1996. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Name of Corporate Author Page Number) Example: (Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation 14) |
Editor's Last Name, First Name, editor. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
| Works Cited List Example |
Kirsh, Steven J., editor. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. 2nd ed., Sage, 2006. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Editor's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Kirsh 70) |
Note: This citation format should only be used if you are citing the entire book. Typically, you will only use one or two chapters from an edited collection. In this case, you should cite the chapter used, as shown in the Chapter From a Book with Editors (Anthology or Collection) example.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story, Essay, or Article." Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, edited by Editor's First Name and Last Name, Edition if given and is not first, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, Page numbers of the essay, article, or short story.
| Works Cited List Example |
Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent, 2nd ed., Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333. Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter/essay/short story. Note: If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Ross 332 ) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, Website Name, URL. Accessed Access Date.
| Works Cited List Example |
Henty, George Alfred. The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt. Blackie and Son, 1889. HathiTrust Digital Library, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073478847. Accessed 6 July 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Henty 132) |
Last Name of First Author, First Name, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
Note: Only the first author listed appears in "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma. Before the last author to be listed, add the word "and."
| Works Cited List Example |
Jamsa, Kris, and Andy Anderson. HTML and Web Design: Tips and Techniques, McGraw- Hill/Osborne, 2002. EBSCO eBook Collection. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Jamsa and Anderson 22) |
Last Name of First Author, First Name, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
Note: If you have three or more authors you may choose to list only the first author's name followed by et al. instead of listing all authors names. For example Smith, John, et al. The first author is the first name listed on the work you are citing, not the first name alphabetically.
| Works Cited List Example |
Ziarek, Ewa Plonowska, et al. A Time for the Humanities: Futurity and the Limits of Autonomy, Fordham UP, 2008. EBSCO eBook Collection. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Ziarek et al. 75) |
Name of Corporate Author. Title of Pamphlet: Subtitle if Any. Publisher Name, Year of Publication. Pamphlet.
Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.
| Works Cited List Example |
Bait and Switch Selling. Competition Bureau of Canada, 2014. Pamphlet. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Title) Example: (Bait and Switch Selling) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Year, pp. Page Number. Title of Course Package, compiled by Instructor's First Name Last Name, Seneca College, pp. page numbers in course package. Course Package.
| Works Cited List Example |
Marlow, Susan. "Gender and Entrepreneurship." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, vol.19, no.1, 2013, pp. 114-124. BUS101: Cultural Entrepreneurship: A Reader, compiled by Estelle Williams, Orange Coast College, 2015, pp. 32-42. Course Package. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Marlow 34) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story." Title of Course Package, compiled by Instructor's First Name Last Name, Seneca College, Year of Publication, pp. page numbers in course package. Course Package.
| Works Cited List Example |
Enberg, Susan. "Wednesday Rain." 2014. EAC150: College English, compiled by Walter Dey, Orange Coast College, 2015, pp. 5-32. Course Package. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Enberg 7) |