What Type of Source Is It?
Because naming the author is the core of a citation, the basic form applies to any type of source. Even so, a few types of sources may present complications.
Multivolume Work
Add both volume and page numbers, with a colon between.
Indirect Source
If possible, find the original source. If you can’t access it, add “qtd. in” to show that the material was “quoted in” the source you cite.
Visual Material
See B1 in the Quick Format Guide for advice about permission to use visuals.
When you include a visual, help your reader connect it to your text. In your discussion, identify the artist or the artwork, and refer to its figure number.
Johnson’s 1870 painting Life in the South is a sentimental depiction of African Americans after the Civil War (see fig. 1).
Below the visual, supply a figure number and title, including the source.
Fig. 1. Eastman Johnson, Life in the South, High Museum of Art, Atlanta.