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BookBookMagazine and Magazine and NewspaperNewspaperWWW ResourcesWWW Resources

Book EntriesBook Entries

Author's last name, first nameAuthor's last name, first name.."Title of a part of the "Title of a part of the

bookbook..""Title of the bookTitle of the book..Name of the editor,  Name of the editor, 

translator, ortranslator, or    compilercompiler..Number of the edition Number of the edition

usedused..Number(s) of the volume(s) usedNumber(s) of the volume(s) used..Name of Name of

the seriesthe series..Place of publicationPlace of publication::name of name of

publisherpublisher,,date of publicationdate of publication.. Page numbersPage numbers..

Indent 5 spaces

Double spacing

Single AuthorSingle Author

Martin, Emily.Martin, Emily. The Woman in the Body: A Cultural The Woman in the Body: A Cultural

Analysis of ReproductionAnalysis of Reproduction. Boston: Beacon, . Boston: Beacon,

1992.1992.

Wilson, T. S. Civilizing the Machine: Technology and

Republican Values in America 1776-1900.

New York: Penguin, 1976.

Two or Three AuthorsTwo or Three Authors

Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade.Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. The Woman in The Woman in

the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproductithe Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproducti

onon. . Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.

Grossberg, Lawrence, Cary Nelson, and Paula A.

Treichler. Cultural Studies. New York: Rout

eledge, 1992.  

More than three AuthorsMore than three Authors

Hall, Stuart, et al. Policing the Crisis.

Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1979.

et al. -- and others

U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Boating Skills and

Seamanship. Washington: Coast Guard Auxiliary

National Board, 1997.

Corporate AuthorCorporate Author

Edited CollectionEdited Collection

Fee, Elizabeth, ed. AIDS: The Burdens of History.

Berkeley: U of California P, 1988.

Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant, eds. The Age of Vol

taira. New York: Simon, 1977.

ed. – editor

eds. -- editors

Book with an Editor and Book with an Editor and AuthorAuthor

Britton, James. Prospect and Retrospect. Ed. Go

rdon Pradl. Upper Montclair: Boynton, 1982.

Ed. -- edited by

Hayakawa, S. I. Hayakawa, S. I. Language in Thought Language in Thought

andand ActionAction. . 44thth ed. ed. New York: New York:

Harcourt, Harcourt, 1978.1978.

Revised edition of a bookRevised edition of a book

Waldrep, Tom, ed. Writers on Writing. 2 vols. New

York: Random, 1985-88.

Book in more than one Book in more than one volumevolume

One volume of a One volume of a multivolume bookmultivolume book

Waldrep, Tom, ed. Writers on Writing, Vol. 2. New

York: Random, 1988.

Article in a reference Article in a reference bookbook

Hendrickson, Harvey S. “Accounting.”

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance. New

York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.

Magazine and Newspaper Magazine and Newspaper articlesarticles

Author(s)Author(s)..““Article TitleArticle Title.”.”Publication Publication

TitleTitledate of publication:date of publication:inclusive inclusive

page numberspage numbers..

Indent 5 spaces

Double spacing

Article in a monthly or Article in a monthly or bimonthly magazinebimonthly magazine

Chandler, Clay. “Japan Back from the Dead?” Fortune

Dec. 2004: 67-69.

Monthly Monthly MagazineMagazine

Page number67-69

December 20, 2004/ No. 22

Article in a weekly Article in a weekly magazinemagazine

Weinberger, Caspar W. “Diplomatic Maneuvering

with Liars.” Forbes Global 3 March 2004: 9.

Biweekly Biweekly MagazineMagazine

March 3rd, 2004

Page number9

Article in a daily Article in a daily newspapernewspaper

Ooi Tee Ching. “Gamuda Expects RM1.5b

Projects.” New Street Times 13 Jan. 2005,

Business Times: B1+.

See B2, Col. 4

Article in a daily Article in a daily newspapernewspaper

Fernamdez, Johan. “M’sia Climbs Up Economic

Freedom Index.” Star 25 Jan. 2005, StarBiz: 6.

Journal ArticlesJournal Articles

Author(s)Author(s).. ““Article TitlesArticle Titles.”.”Journal TitleJournal Title

volume numbervolume number(year of (year of

publication)publication)::

inclusive page numbersinclusive page numbers..

Bol, Peter K. “The Rise of Local History: History,

Geography, and Culture in Southern Song and

Yuan Wuzhuo.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic

Studies 61 (2001): 37-76.

Article in a journal with Article in a journal with Continuous PaginationContinuous Pagination

Identify only the volume number.

Volume 61 Number

1

June 2001

Volume 61 Number

2

December 2001

Damon, Frederick H. “What Good are Eelections?

An Anthropological Analysis of American

Elections.” Taiwan Journal of Anthropology

1.2 (2003): 39-80.

Article in a journal with Article in a journal with Separate paginationSeparate pagination

E.g., volume 14, issue 2 14.2

volume 10, no. 1 10.1

Volume 1 Number 1

June 2003

Volume 1 Number 2

June 2003

Magazine articles retrieved Magazine articles retrieved from databasefrom database

Bremmer, Ian. “Are the U.S. and China on a Collision Cours

e?”

Fortune Jan. 2005: 50. Expanded Academic ASAP.

Thomson Gale. Southern College Lib. 1 Feb. 2005.

<http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/southern>.

Journal articles retrieved from Journal articles retrieved from databasedatabase

Sutter, Roberts. “U.S.-China Relations After the SixteeU.S.-China Relations After the Sixtee

nthnth

Party Congress: Prospects and ChallengesParty Congress: Prospects and Challenges.” JournJourn

alal

of Asian and African Studiesof Asian and African Studies 38.4-5 (2003): 447-65.

Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Souther

n

College Lib. 1 Feb. 2005.

<http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/

southern>.

Articles in a Reference Articles in a Reference databasedatabase

““Tsunami.” Tsunami.” Encyclopedia Britannica OnlineEncyclopedia Britannica Online. 2004. . 2004.

Encyclopedia Britannica. 1 Feb. 2005Encyclopedia Britannica. 1 Feb. 2005

<http://www.search.eb.com/eb/<http://www.search.eb.com/eb/

article?tocId=9073633>. article?tocId=9073633>.

WWW site (Home page)WWW site (Home page)

Name of author or creater (if given).Name of author or creater (if given). Yellow Wall-Paper SiYellow Wall-Paper Si

tete. 1995. U of Taxe. 12 Dec. 1999 <http://. 1995. U of Taxe. 12 Dec. 1999 <http://

www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wallpaper.html>.www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wallpaper.html>.

ReferencesReferences

Bayramov, Kamal. “Taking on the US Market.” Business Today

4. 9 (2004): 24-25.

Campbell, Joseph. Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand FacesThe Hero With a Thousand Faces. Cleveland: . Cleveland:

Meridian, 1956.Meridian, 1956.

---. ---. The Masks of GodThe Masks of God. New York: Viking, 1970.. New York: Viking, 1970.

““SARS.” SARS.” Encyclopedia Britannica OnlineEncyclopedia Britannica Online. 2004. Encyclopedia B. 2004. Encyclopedia B

ritannica. 7 Feb. 2004 <http://www.search.eb.com/ritannica. 7 Feb. 2004 <http://www.search.eb.com/

eb/article?eu=421637>.eb/article?eu=421637>.

Author

●Single AuthorSingle Author（ Last name,First name ）

●Two AuthorsTwo Authors（ Last name,First name,and First nameLast name ）

●Three AuthorsThree Authors（ Last name,First name,First nameLast name,and First nameLast name ）

●More than three AuthorsMore than three Authors（ Last name, First name,etal. ）

2. Ever first alphabet in the article title must write in capital letter, except a, an, the, preposition (in, on, of, etc.), conjunctions (and, so, yet, etc.).

Eg. “The Degrees of Knowledge”

3. Date accessed Day Month Year, e.g., 9 Feb. 2004

4. URL <http://www.infotrac.apla.galegroup.com/itweb/ southern>.