Field Notes on Science & Nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 2011. Omics: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press 2012.Ħ. Place of Publication: Publisher Year of Publication.ĥ. Edition Number (do not indicate first edition). Note: The second line on these examples is not inline with the last name on the line above, but in your paper it should be.Įditor Last Name,First InitialMiddle Initial, ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education 2012. Example Book (New York: Scholastic, 2010), 65. Simply omit the unknown information and continue with the footnote as usual. Integrated Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology. 3rd ed. It may not be possible to find the author/contributor information some sources may not even have an author or contributor- for instance, when you cite some websites. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (9 th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page. Social Marketing for Public Health: Global Trends and Success Stories.Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett 2011.Ĥ. MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. Place of Publication: Publisher Year of Publication.ģ. Smith KM, Victor TE, Benson R, et al.)Īuthors' Last Name,First InitialMiddle Initial (each one separated by commas). If there are more than 6 authors, include the names of the first 3 authors followed by et al.Do not use "and" to separate any of the names.
If there are 6 or less authors, all authors are listed with commas seperating each one.Nursing Now: Today's Issues, Tomorrow's Trends. Place of Publication: Publisher Year of Publication.ġ. Marianne Moore: Imaginary Possessions. Harvard UP, 1981.Author's Last Name,First InitialMiddle Initial. In Louis Zukofsky’s “Sincerity and Objectification” ( qtd. For example: 'McGill, Ivan, John Kurt Glenn, and Alice Brockbank. For example, you will need to cite when: quoting someone else mentioning statistics that you didn’t conclude yourself using another person’s thoughts or ideas that aren’t your own reposting an image that you didn’t take inserting a visual or infographic that you didn. This information can be found on the title page of the book. There are many instances where you will need to cite your sources. If the book has a subtitle, follow the main title with a colon (unless the main title ends with a question mark or exclamation point).
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Put a comma after the publishers name, then provide the year the book was published. Italicize the full title of the book, including any subtitles, and follow it with a period. This resource, revised according to the 6 th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. The example above will be cited as below. Follow the format of the book with a comma, then include the name of the publisher of the book. Summary: APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. However, if it's impossible to access the original article, you may cite the secondary source. If Louis Zukofsky’s work was also relevant to your own assignment you might decide that you also need to refer to Zukofsky’s article in your writing. Where possible, you should try to obtain the original published work by Louis Zukofsky - in this case, a 1931 journal article - and read through the article to form your own opinions on his research. You may document the original source in a note if needed.įor example, Louis Zukofsky’s article from 1931 is being quoted in Bonnie Costello’s 1981 book on page 78. in ("quoted in") before the indirect source you cite in your parenthetical reference. To cite a source from a secondary source, mention both the original and secondary sources in the text, and list only the secondary source in the works-cited list entry. MLA requires you to use the abbreviation qtd.
However, it is not always possible to obtain the original publication - it may be published in another language, or in a book or journal which is out of print. This source within a source is known as a 'secondary source' or 'indirect source'.Ĭiting a source from a secondary source is generally discouraged since authors are expected to have examined the works they cite. In your research, you will often encounter resources where an author refers to another researcher's work. Citations taken from secondary sources (indirect sources)