Book

Book

For most books, arrange the information into three units, each followed by a period and one space:

1. The author's name
2. The title underlined
3. The city of publication, colon, the publisher, comma, and the date in which this edition was published. .

            Last, First. Title of Book. City: Publishing Company, Date

Take the information about the book from its title page and copyright page. If the copyright page lists more than one date, use the most recent one. 

 

1. Single author

For a work with one author, begin the entry with the author's last name, followed by a comma; then give the author's first name, followed by a period.

 

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Bantam Books, 1996.

2. Multiple authors

 

For works with two or three authors, name the authors in the order in which they are listed in the source. Reverse the name of only the first author.

           Kent, Clark, and Lois Lane. Metropolis Mysteries. Metropolis: Luther Press, 2001.

 

            Parker, Peter, Clark Kent, and Bruce Wayne. Life in Disguise. Somewhereville: DC Press, 2005.  

For a work with four or more authors, either name all of the authors or name the first author, followed by "et al." (Latin for "and others").    

          Lewis, C.S., J.R.R. Tolkein, John White, and Stephen Lawhead. Great Minds Think Alike. Happyville: Oxford    

                    Press, 1978.

                    or

          Lewis, C.S., et al. Great Minds Think Alike. Happyville: Oxford Press, 1978.

 3. Corporate author

When the author of a print document or Web site is a corporation, a government agency, or some other organization, begin your entry with the name of the group.

 

            Focus on the Family. Raising Teenagers in the 21st Century. Dallas: Chapel Hill Press.

            Government of Canada. Filing your Taxes: A Handbook. Ottawa: Government of  Canada Press, 1997.  

              Canadian Automobile Association. Taking Car of your Vehicle While Travelling. Oshawa: McAdams Spruce 

                          Ltd., 1986.

4. Unknown author

When the author of a work is unknown, begin with the work's title. Title of the piece is in "quotations'. Title of the whole work is underlined.

                   "Media Giants". A History of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Hamilton: Simon and Schuster, 2004. 
 

5. Two or more works by the same author

If your list of works cited includes two or more works by the same author, use the author's name only for the first entry. For other entries use three hyphens followed by a period. The three hyphens must stand for exactly the same name or names as in the first entry. List the titles in alphabetical order.

                  Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace: A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 1996. 

                  ---. The Robber Bride. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

8. Text with a translator

Begin with the name of the author. After the title, write "Trans." (for "Translated by") and the name of the translator.

                       Allende, Isabel. Daughter of Fortune. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden.
                              New York: Harper, 2000.

9. Editor as the author 

An entry for a work with an editor is similar to that for a work with an author except that the name is followed by a comma and the abbreviation "ed." for "editor" (or "eds." for "editors").    

                   Craig, Patricia, ed. The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Oxford:
                             Oxford UP, 1996.

10. Work in an anthology

An anthology is a book with a collection of short stories, poems, narratives, pictures or any other short texts that were created by different people. One person is usually responsible (the editor) for putting all of these works in one binding.

 In this example, Patricia Craig collected Anita Desai’s work “Scholar and Gypsy” and printed it in a new book titled “The Oxford Book of Travel Stories” Desai is the author of the story that was used in the paper.

 

                  Desai, Antia.  "Scholar and Gypsy". The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Patricia Craig, ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996.

11. Books with more than one edition

  If you are citing an edition other than the first, include the number of the edition after the title (or after the names of any translators or editors that appear after the title): 2nd ed., 3rd ed., and so on.    

                    Auletta, Ken. The Underclass. 2nd ed. Woodstock, NY: Overlook,
                              2000.

12. Multivolume work

 

Include the total number of volumes before the city and publisher, using the abbreviation "vols."

 

                      Hubbard, David A., ed. World Biblical Commentary. 51 vols. Dallas: Word, 1983.

If your paper cites only one of the volumes, give the volume number before the city and publisher and give the total number of volumes after the date.

 

                         Hubbard, David A., ed. World Biblical Commentary. Vol. 12 Dallas: Word, 1983. 51 vols. 

13. Encyclopaedia or dictionary entry

  
When an encyclopaedia or a dictionary is well known, simply list the author of the entry (if there is one), the title of the entry, the title of the reference work, the edition number (if any), and the date of the edition.

 

                        Posner, Rebecca. "Romance Languages." The New Encyclopaedia
                                     Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.

 

                          "Sonata." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
                                    4th ed. 2000.

Volume and page numbers are not necessary because the entries in the source are arranged alphabetically and therefore are easy to locate. 
 

 14. Bible

  
Give the title of the text “Holy Bible” and then the translation, underlined; the editor's name (if any); and publication information.

                   Holy Bible. New Living Translation. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1996.

 

For “The Message” the translator is Eugene Peterson. Title is The Message.

                      Peterson, Eugene. Trans. The Message.