Book citation edition

Formatting In the reference list entry, the edition number is placed in parentheses after the title but before the period at the end of the title element.

Related and recent. First Name. Last Name. Email Address. Something went wrong! Please try again! Thank you for subscribing. Then, for each individual essay from the collection, list the author's name in last name, first name format, the title of the essay, the editor's last name, and the page range:. L'Eplattenier, Barbara. Peeples, Tim. Please note: When cross-referencing items in the works cited list, alphabetical order should be maintained for the entire list.

Burns, Robert. Kincaid, Jamaica. If the specific literary work is part of the author's own collection all of the works have the same author , then there will be no editor to reference:. Whitman, Walt.

Carter, Angela. For entries in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works, cite the entry name as you would any other work in a collection but do not include the publisher information. Also, if the reference book is organized alphabetically, as most are, do not list the volume or the page number of the article or item. When citing only one volume of a multivolume work, include the volume number after the work's title, or after the work's editor or translator.

Institutio Oratoria. Translated by H. Butler, vol. When citing more than one volume of a multivolume work, cite the total number of volumes in the work. Also, be sure in your in-text citation to provide both the volume number and page number s see "Citing Multivolume Works" on our in-text citations resource. Butler, Loeb-Harvard UP, If the volume you are using has its own title, cite the book without referring to the other volumes as if it were an independent publication. When citing an introduction, a preface, a foreword, or an afterword, write the name of the author s of the piece you are citing.

Finish the citation with the details of publication and page range. Farrell, Thomas B. If the writer of the piece is different from the author of the complete work , then write the full name of the principal work's author after the word "By.

Duncan, Hugh Dalziel. Original copies of books published before are usually defined by their place of publication rather than the publisher. Unless you are using a newer edition, cite the city of publication where you would normally cite the publisher. Remember that your in-text parenthetical citation should include the name of the specific edition of the Bible, followed by an abbreviation of the book, the chapter and verse s. The Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Version , 3rd ed.

Cite the author of the publication if the author is identified. Otherwise, start with the name of the national government, followed by the agency including any subdivisions or agencies that serves as the organizational author. For congressional documents, be sure to include the number of the Congress and the session when the hearing was held or resolution passed as well as the report number. US government documents are typically published by the Government Printing Office.

Hearing on the Geopolitics of Oil. Government Printing Office, United States, Government Accountability Office. Cite the title and publication information for the pamphlet just as you would a book without an author. Pamphlets and promotional materials commonly feature corporate authors commissions, committees, or other groups that does not provide individual group member names.

If the pamphlet you are citing has no author, cite as directed below. If your pamphlet has an author or a corporate author, put the name of the author last name, first name format or corporate author in the place where the author name typically appears at the beginning of the entry.

See also Books by a Corporate Author or Organization above. Women's Health: Problems of the Digestive System. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, California Department of Social Services, Dissertations and master's theses may be used as sources whether published or not.

The main elements of a dissertation citation are the same as those for a book: author name s , title italicized , and publication date. Conclude with an indication of the document type e.

The degree-granting institution may be included before the document type though this is not required. If the dissertation was accessed through an online repository, include it as the second container after all the other elements.

Bishop, Karen Lynn. If it is not available there, it may be on the copyright page. This will distinguish the publisher from the university, which may publish independently of the publisher in question.

If you are citing a specific contribution to a book, such as an afterword, foreword, introduction, or preface, do the following:. Smith, John. BibMe, , pp. When a book has no edition number or name, it is generally a first edition and no indication is needed. You will usually find edition details, including the date, on the title page or the copyright page. You may include an edition number as discussed above.