BOOKS
7. Book: Basic Format
Author. (Publication Year). Book title: Book subtitle. Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
O’Neil, S. K. (2013). Two nations indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the road ahead. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
8. Author and Editor
Author. (Publication Year). Book title: Book subtitle (Editor’s Initial(s). Editor’s Last Name, Ed.). Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
Faulkner, W. (2004). Essays, speeches, and public letters (J. B. Meriwether, Ed.). New York, NY: Modern Library.
9. Work in an Anthology or a Collection
Begin with the author and date of the short work and include the title as you would a periodical title (no quotations and minimal capitalization). Then list “In” and the editor’s first initial and last name followed by “Ed.” in parentheses. Next give the anthology title and page numbers in parentheses. End with the publication information. If an anthology has two editors, connect them with an ampersand (&) and use “Eds.”
Author. (Publication Year). Title of short work. In Editor’s initials. Editor’s Last Name (Ed.), Title of anthology (pp. Page Numbers). Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
Keller, H. (2008). I go adventuring. In P. Lopate (Ed.), Writing New York: A literary anthology (pp. 505-
For more than two editors, connect them with commas and an ampersand. For large editorial boards, give the name of the lead editor followed by “et al.”
J. Smith, L. Hoey, & R. Burns (Eds.)
N. Mallen et al. (Eds.)
10. Edited Collection
Editor. (Ed.). (Publication Year). Book title: Book subtitle. Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
McKibben, B. (Ed.). (2008). American Earth: Environmental writing since Thoreau. New York, NY: Library of America.
11. Multivolume Work
Author(s) or Editor(s) (Eds.). (Publication Year). Book title: Book subtitle (Vols. volume numbers). Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
Wright, W., Gardner, S., Graves, J., & Ruffin, P. (Eds.). (2011). The southern poetry anthology (Vols. 1-
12. Later Edition
In parentheses include the edition type (such as “Rev.” for “Revised” or “Abr.” for “Abridged”) or number (“2nd,” “3rd,” “4th,” etc.) as shown on the title page, along with the abbreviation “ed.” after the book title.
Author. (Publication Year). Book title (Edition Type or Number ed.). Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
Akmajian, A., Demers, R. A., Farmer, A. K., & Harnish, R. M. (2010). Linguistics: An introduction to language and communication (6th ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
13. Translation
List the translator’s initial, last name, and “Trans.” in parentheses after the title. After the publication information, list “Original work published” and year in parentheses. Note that the period is omitted after the final parenthesis.
Author. (Publication Year of Translation). Book title (Translator Initial(s). Last Name, Trans.). Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher. (Original work published Year)
Camus, A. (1988). The stranger (M. Ward, Trans.). New York, NY: Knopf. (Original work published 1942)
14. Article in a Reference Book
Article Author. (Publication Year). Article title. In Initial(s). Last Name of Editor (Ed.), Reference book title (pp. Page Numbers). Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
Stroud, S. (2013). Value theory. In H. LaFollette (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of ethics (pp. 789-
If a reference book entry has no author, begin with the title of the article.
Article title. (Publication Year). In Book title. Publication City, State (abbreviated) or Country of Publication: Publisher.
Top 10 news topics of 2012. (2012). In The world almanac and book of facts 2013. New York, NY: World Almanac Books.