Examples of Citations
See actual style manual in your library Term Paper Assistance section for complete information. Basic citation information is also available online. There are numerous rules for very specific situations. These examples are for References, Bibliographies or Works Cited only - these are NOT how to credit in the body of the text or with notes.
Based on APA 6th ed.
MLA 7th ed.
Chicago (Turabian) 15th ed.
Some databases offer examples of citing their sources via Help button. Some of these are using the old editions of the style manuals.
Electronic Sources:
(Library Subscription Databases & Internet)
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Journal article in a subscription database (example pertains to database of one publication, such as Science Magazine or Chronicle of Higher Education) |
| Journal article in an aggregate database (aggregate refers to databases that have articles from many publications such as Academic Search Elite, Academic OneFile, JSTOR, OCLC FirstSearch, Nursing Resource Center, Nursing and Allied Health Collection, Classical Music Library, Oxford Music Online) |
| Newspaper article in a subscription database |
| Newspaper article from an INTERNET site |
| Document on the INTERNET |
Print Sources: |
| Book with one author |
| Book with more than one author |
| Book with an editor instead of author & part of a series |
| Newspaper article without an author |
| Newspaper article with one author |