I found a relevant reference - now what is it, and how do I find it?
This page has:
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name, and additional Authors First Name Last Name. "Title of Article with Title Caps and Quotes." Journal Title Volume.Issue (Publication Year): pages. Medium of publication.
EXAMPLE
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50. Print.
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name, and addtional authors First Name Last Name. Title of Book. Publication location: Publisher, Publication Year. Medium of Publication.
EXAMPLE - SINGLE-AUTHORED BOOK
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
EXAMPLE - EDITED VOLUME
Hill, Charles A., and Marguerite Helmers, eds. Defining Visual Rhetorics. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. Print.
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name, and additional Authors First Name Last Name. "Title of Essay with Title Caps." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Publication location: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.
EXAMPLE
Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2000. 24-34. Print.
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name, and additional Authors First Name Last Name. "Title of Article with Title Caps and Quotes." Magazine/Newspaper Title Publication Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
EXAMPLE - MAGAZINE
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
EXAMPLE - NEWSPAPER
Krugman, Andrew. "Fear of Eating." New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed.: A1. Print.
All examples on this page are from the OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab.
