Citation Resources

Book

In Text Citations

Reference List

No Author

(Title of the book page number)

Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

One Author

(Author’s Last Name page #)

Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

Two Authors

(Author 1 Last Name and Author 2 Last Name page #)

Author 1 (Surname, Forename), and Author 2 (Forename Surname). Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

Multiple Authors

(Last Name of 1^st Author et al. page #)

First Author, et al. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

Indirect Source (a book is citing someone else)

Last Name (qtd. In Book Author’s Last Name page #)

Freud (qtd. in Smith 102)

Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

Smith, P., et al. Introduction to Psychology: A reader. McGraw-Hill, 1998.

Journal

In Text Citations

Reference List

One Author

(Author’s Last Name page #) or Last Name (page #)….

Author. "Title of Article." Journal Name, vol., no., Publication Date, page(s).

Two Authors

(Author 1 Last Name and Author 2 Last Name page #)

Authors. "Title of Article." Journal Name, vol., no., Publication Date, page(s).

Multiple Authors

(Last Name of 1^st Author et al. page #)

First Author, et al. "Title of Article." Journal Name, vol., no., Publication Date, page(s).

Electronic Journal (from a database)

(Last Name page #)

Or

(Last Name of 1^st Author et al. page #)

Authors. "Title of Article." Journal Name, vol., no., Publication Date, page number(s). Name of Database, doi.

Magazine

(Author’s Last Name)

Or when there is no author

(“Article Title”)

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.

*for web magazines add the url and date accessed

Electronic Source  

In Text Citations

Reference List

Web page with author

(Author’s Last Name)

Author. "Title of Webpage." Title of Website, Date of Publication (if available), Publisher (if it is stated), URL.

Web page with no author

(“Webpage Title”)

Title of website, Publisher or sponsor of site, date of publication (if available), URL.

Blog post

(Author’s Last Name)

Author. "Title of Entry or Post." Title of Blog, date of post, URL.

Video Source  

In Text Citations

Reference List

Movies – Streaming service or YouTube

(Title shortened time stamp)

Title of Film or Video. Director, Film Studio or Distributor, Release Year. Name of Database or Streaming Platform, URL. Access Date

Movie/TV on a Physical DVD

(Title shortened time stamp)

Title of Movie. Contributor(s). Publisher/Production Company, Year of Release. 

Streaming Video/Movie from a Library Database

(Title shortened time stamp)

"Title of Video." Publisher/Production Company, Date. Title of Library Database. URL is recommended by MLA.