Citing the Source Within a Source
These citations have two parts:
1. Original publication information: where was the essay, chapter, article
originally published? In a book? A journal?
EXAMPLES
Liston, William T. “John Proctor’s Playing in The Crucible.”
Midwest Quarterly 20.4 (1979): 27-41.
McNeil, Helen. Emily Dickinson. London: Virago Press, 1986.
2. Where you got it from: Into what book or database was the essay compiled?
Drama for Students? Modern Critical Interpretations? Literature Resource
Center? (If part 2. is a book, you must designated reprinting—Rpt. in.)
EXAMPLES
Rpt. in Readings on Emily Dickinson. Ed. Bruno Leone. Literary
Companion Series. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1997. 32-34.
Rpt. in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Ed. Harold Bloom. Modern Critical
Interpretations. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1999. 69-76.
Rpt. in Drama for Students. Eds. John Smith and Doris Lang. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale,
1999. 146-50.
Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Westlake High School Library Media
Center, Westlake Village, CA. 12 Oct. 2005 <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.
Literary Reference Center. EBSCOhost. Westlake High School Library, Westlake
Village, CA. 12 Sept. 2006 <http://web.ebscohost.com>.
Then, combine 1. +2. Double-space and alphabetize.
EXAMPLES
Brooks, Cleanth, and Robert Penn Warren. “Ernest Hemingway:
Interpretation.” Understanding Fiction. Ed. Edward Morgan.
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1959. 306-25. Literary Reference Center.
EBSCOhost. Westlake High School Library, Westlake Village, CA.
12 Sept. 2006 <http://web.ebscohost.com>.
Liston, William T. “John Proctor’s Plaing in The Crucible.” Midwest
Quarterly 20.4 (1979): 27-41. Rpt. in Drama for Students. Eds. John
Smith and Doris Lang. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1999. 146-50.
Liston, William T. “John Proctor’s Playing in The Crucible.” Midwest
Quarterly 20.4 (1979): 27-41. Literature Resource Center. Thomson
Gale. Westlake High School Library Media Center, Westlake Village,
CA. 12 Oct. 2005 <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.
McNeil, Helen. “A Difficult Poet to Know.” Emily Dickinson. London:
Virago Press, 1986. Rpt. in Readings on Emily Dickinson. Ed. Bruno
Leone. Literary Companion Series. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1997. 3234.