Intellectual History Courses for Humanistic Studies

Here are some very basic examples of citing books in the three different styles.  This is by all means NOT comprehensive.  Please refer to the individual manuals for further assistance.

Examples used from PURDUE OWL

Where to find information for citing a book

from Rockhurst.edu

Our library catalog has a CITATION button. 

Click the CITATION button to get examples of how to cite the book.

CHICAGO/TURBIAN:

Lemon, Rebecca, Emma Mason, Johnathan Roberts, and Christopher Rowland, ed. The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. PDF e-book.

Thrall, Grant Ian. Land Use and Urban Form. New York: Methuen, 1987. http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Thrallbook/Land%20Use%20and%20Urban%20Form.pdf.

MLA:

Johnson, Thomas B., and Julia C. Marie. Swine Flu : Signs/Symptoms, Preventive Methods And Treatment Options. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2013. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 9 Feb. 2016.

APA:

De Huff, E. W. (n.d.). Taytay’s tales: Traditional Pueblo Indian tales. Retrieved from http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehuff/taytay/taytay.html

Davis, J. (n.d.). Familiar birdsongs of the Northwest. Available from http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio? inkey=1-9780931686108-0

Stoker, B. (1897). Dracula [Kindle DX version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

EXAMPLES:

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.

Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf, 2007.

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

EXAMPLES:

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

from Washington State University

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

EXAMPLES:

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.