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Formatting
Mary Hanlin
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In the first footnote include the complete citation.
1. Zadie Smith, Swing Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2016), 315–16.
But if you cite the same source thereafter, use a shortened note : simply the author and the title.
11. Smith, Swing Time, 325.
When you use a source and then you the same source right after, then use the word Ibid.
Ibid is Latin for ibidem, “in the same place” and it means immediately proceeding.
1. Author Firstname Lastname, Book Title (Publication City: Publisher, Publication date), page(s) used.
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by Adam Hoschild
1999
Putnam and Sons
Pages 150-151
New York
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by Adam Hoschild
1999
Putnam and Sons
New York
Citing an Online Journal
Full Note:
1. Author First Name Surname, "Article Title," Journal Title Volume, no. Issue (Year): page #, DOI OR URL of journal article web page OR Name of database.
Bibliography
Author Surname, First Name. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume, no. Issue (Year): Page range of article. DOI OR URL of journal article web page OR Name of database.
"Rethinking Democracy: Lessons from Post Communist Experience."
Published by the Journal World Politics, volume 55 issue 3 year 2003
Author: Valerie Bunce
Web address www.jstor.org/2564
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume, no. Issue (Year): Page range of article. DOI OR URL of journal article web page OR Name of database
Full Note:
1. Author First Name Surname, "Article Title," Journal Title Volume, no. Issue (Year): page #, DOI OR URL of journal article web page OR Name of database.
"Rethinking Democracy: Lessons from Post Communist Experience."
Published by the journal World Politics, volume 55 issue 3 year 2003
Author: Valerie Bunce
Web address www.jstor.org/2564
Last name, First name Middle initial. Title of Site. City: Publishing Company, copyright date. Sponsoring source. http://...(accessed date)
Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov (accessed January 5, 2006).
But, don't cite an entire website if you are citing something more specific.
Last name, First name Middle initial. Title of Work. Format. City: Publishing Company, copyright date. Source, Collection. Medium, http://...(accessed date).
Example:
“Proceedings December 17, 1792”. Annals of Congress. House of Representatives, 2nd Congress, 2nd Session. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1849, pg. 747-748. From Library of Congress, A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/
ampage?collId=llac&fileName=llac003.db&recNum=370 (accessed January 9, 2006)
Notes:
Note Number. Authors First Name, Authors Last Name (if available), Title of document. Format. City: Publishing Company (if available), copyright date (if available), Document number (if available), page number(s) or folio number(s) (if available), Source, Collection.
1. Helen Keller. Helen Keller to John Hitz, August 29, 1893. Letter. Series MSS51268, p.2, Library of Congress, The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1862-1939.
Authors Last Name and First Name. Authors First Name and Last Name 'to' Recipiennts First Name and Last Name. Date of Letter. 'In' Title of collection. Edited by First and Last name of editor (if available), last modified/revised/accessed date. URL.
Frederick I. Frederick I to Leopold of Austria. 1189. In Hanover Historical Texts Collection: The Middle Ages Letters of Cruisaders, last modified March, 2001. http://history.hanover.edu/texts/frederic.html.