Using and Citing Sources
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Print and electronic journals
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Books and book chapters
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Essay from a webpage
MLA and Works Cited
Pages:
Journals, Books, and
Webpages
Citing a journal article
Last name, First name. “Essay Name.”
Name of Journal Vol.Issue (Year):
Page Numbers.
See The Bedford Handbook page 544
Citing a journal article
Belkin, First name. “Essay Name.”
Name of Journal Vol.Issue (Year):
Page Numbers.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Essay Name.” Name of Journal
Vol.Issue (Year): Page Numbers.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a
World Beyond the Cold War.” Name
of Journal Vol.Issue (Year): Page
Numbers.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology Vol.Issue
(Year): Page Numbers.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(Year): Page Numbers.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(1991): Page Numbers.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(1991): 727-45.
This is the correct citation for a print scholarly journal
if I am looking at the print version in front of me.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(1991): 727-45. Database. Medium. Date
of access.
See the Bedford Handbook pages 553-4 (#40).
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(1991): 727-45. JSTOR. Medium. Date of
access.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(1991): 727-45. JSTOR. Web. Date of
access.
Citing a journal article
Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .
“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the
Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World
Beyond the Cold War.” International
Society of Political Psychology 12.4
(1991): 727-45. JSTOR. Web. 21 Oct.
2010.
This is the correct citation for a
scholarly journal from an online database.
Citing Books
Citing a book
Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place
of publication: publisher, year. Medium.
See The Bedford Handbook page 535.
Citing a book
Allison, First name. Title of Book. Place
of publication: publisher, year. Medium.
Citing a book
Allison, Graham. Title of Book. Place
of publication: publisher, year. Medium.
Citing a book
Allison, Graham. Essence of Decision:
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Place of publication: publisher, year.
Medium.
Citing a book
Allison, Graham. Essence of Decision:
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Boston: publisher, year. Medium.
Citing a book
Allison, Graham. Essence of Decision:
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Boston: Little & Brown, year. Medium.
Citing a book
Allison, Graham. Essence of Decision:
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Boston: Little & Brown, 1971. Medium.
Citing a book
Allison, Graham. Essence of Decision:
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Boston: Little & Brown, 1971. Print.
Citing a chapter in a book
See The Bedford Handbook page 538 (“#15. Work in an Anthology”)
Citing a Chapter in a Book
Divine, Robert A. The Cuban Missile Crisis.
New York: M. Wiener, 1988. Print.
This is the correct citation for a complete book by one author—except that
Robert A. Divine is the editor of this collection of essays.
Citing a Chapter in a Book
The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed. Robert A.
Divine. New York: M. Wiener, 1988.
Print.
Citing a Chapter in a Book
Last name, First name. Chapter. The Cuban
Missile Crisis. Ed. Robert A. Divine.
New York: M. Wiener, 1988. Inclusive
page numbers. Print.
Citing a Chapter in a Book
Alsop, Stewart and Charles Bartlett.
Chapter. The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed.
Robert A. Divine. New York: M. Wiener,
1988. Inclusive page numbers. Print.
Citing a Chapter in a Book
Alsop, Stewart and Charles Bartlett. “Eyeball
to Eyeball.” The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed.
Robert A. Divine. New York: M.
Wiener,1988. Inclusive page numbers.
Print.
Citing a Chapter in a Book
Alsop, Stewart and Charles Bartlett. “Eyeball
to Eyeball.” The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed.
Robert A. Divine. New York: M.
Wiener,1988. 36-55. Print.
Essay from a Web Site
Last name, First name. “Title.” Title of the
Site. Sponsor of the site. Date of
publication or last update. Medium. Date
you accessed the site.
See The Bedford Handbook page 550-1.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, First name. “Title.” Title of the Site.
Sponsor of the site. Date of publication or
last update. Medium. Date you accessed
the site.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, Vandana. “Title.” Title of the Site.
Date of publication or last update. Sponsor
of the site. Sponsor of the site. Date of
publication or last update. Medium. Date
you accessed the site.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third
World Issue.” Title of the Site. Sponsor
of the site. Date of publication or last
update. Medium. Date you accessed the
site.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third
World Issue.” NativeWeb. Date of
publication or last update. Medium. Date
you accessed the site.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World
Issue.” NativeWeb. 17 Oct. 2007.
Medium. Date you accessed the site.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World
Issue.” NativeWeb. Web. Date you
accessed the site.
Essay from a Web Site
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World
Issue.” NativeWeb. Web. 21 Oct. 2010.
Formatting the Works Cited Page
See The Bedford Handbook page 588.
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