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Format:
Author: Last name, first name. "Title of page in quotes." Title of website in italics, Publication date, URL.
Example:
Shiva, Vandana. "Bioethics: A Third World Issue." Native Web, 2 Dec. 2015, https://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/shiva.html.
In-text citation (author's last name):
(Shiva)
NO AUTHOR
Format:
"Title of page in quotes." Title of website in italics, Publication date, URL.
Example:
"Bioethics: A Third World Issue." Native Web, 2 Dec. 2015, https://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/shiva.html.
In-text citation (first words of title in quotes):
("Bioethics")
NO DATE
Format:
"Title of page in quotes." Title of website in italics, URL. Accessed date.
Example:
"Bioethics: A Third World Issue." Native Web, https://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/shiva.html. Accessed 24 Feb. 2018.
In-text citation (first words of title in quotes):
("Bioethics")
Format:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of article in quotes." Journal/Magazine/Newspaper/Source title in italics, volume if available, issue number if available, date published, pages if available. Database name in italics, URL.
Example:
Guarzano, Katherine. "The Power of One: Citizen Suits in the Fight Against Global Warming." Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, vol 4, issue 5, 14 Mar. 2015, Proquest, https://www.bcealr.com/powerofone.html.
In-text citation:
(Guarzano 146).
NOTE: If page numbers are not available for the in-text citation, do not include them. For example: (Guarzano).
Format:
Author's last name, first name. Book Title in italics. Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
Wood, James. How Fiction Works. Farrar, 2008.
In-text citation (Author's last name space page number):
(Wood 47)
2 AUTHORS
Format:
Author's last name, first name and second author's first name last name. Book Title in italics. Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
Wood, James and Patrick Swayze. How Fiction Works. Farrar, 2008.
In-text citation (Author's last name and Author's last name space page number):
(Wood and Swayze 47)
Format:
Author's last name, first name, et al. Book Title in italics. Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
Wood, James, et al. How Fiction Works. Farrar, 2008.
In-text citation: (Author's last name et al. space page number):
(Wood et al. 47)
Format:
Author's last name, first name. Book Title in italics. Edition Number, Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
Wood, James. How Fiction Works Native. 2nd Edition, Farrar, 2008.
In-text citation (Author's last name space page number):
(Wood 47)
ESSAY, STORY, OR POEM IN A COLLECTION OR ANTHOLOGY
Format:
Author: Last Name, First Name. "Title of Essay/Story/Poem in quotes." Book title in italics, edited by First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year Published, pages.
Example:
Dewar, James. "The Cultural Consequences of Printing and the Internet." Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies After Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, edited by Sabrina Alcorn, University of Massachusetts Press, 2017, pp 365-77.
In-text citation (author's last name space page number):
(Dewar 365)
VOLUME IN A SET
Format:
Author's last name, first name. Book title in italics. Edition number. Volume number. Publisher, Publication year. Number of volumes.
Example:
Gilman, Frank. Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. 15th edition, vol. 4, Ferguson's, 2013. 5 vols.
In-text example:
(Gilman)
NOTE: If the book only has an editor and not an author, add ", editor" to the author's first name. For example:
Gilman, Frank, editor. Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. 15th edition, vol. 4, Ferguson's, 2013. 5 vols.
EBOOK
Format:
Author's last name, first name. eBook Title (italicized), year of publication. Website or Database Name (italicized), URL.
Example:
Powell, Kerry. Women and Victorian Theatre, 1997. EBSCOHost. https://exproxy.cpcc.edu/login?url+http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlek&AN=3771
In-text citation (Author's last name space page number):
(Powell 73)
Format:
Twitter Handle + period, Entire Tweet (in quotations) + period, Title of Website (Italicized) + comma, Date posted (inverted) + comma, time posted + comma, URL.
Example:
@persiankiwi. "We have a report of large street battles in east & west of Teheran now - #iranelection." Twitter, 23 June 2009, 11:15 a.m., https://twitter.com/persiankiwi/status/2298106072.
In-text citation (Twitter handle):
(@persiankiwi)