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. Publication year. "Article Title with Title Caps and Quotes." Journal Title Journal Volume Number (Issue): article first page-last page.
EXAMPLE
Bondonski, Ilya. 1989. "Caring Among the Forgotten." Journal of Social Activism 14 (Fall): 112-34.
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name, and additional authors First Name Last Name. Publication Year. Title of Book with Title Caps. Publisher location: Publisher.
EXAMPLE - SINGLE AUTHOR
Nairn, Tom. 1997. Faces of Nationalism: Janus Revisited. London: Verso.
EXAMPLE - EDITED VOLUME
Sarat, Austin and Stuart Scheingold, eds. 1998. Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name, and additional authors First Name Last Name. Publication year. "Chapter Title with Title Caps and Quotes." In Book Title, ed. Editor's First Name Last Name, chapter first page-last page. Publisher location: Publisher.
EXAMPLE
Roell, Craig H. 1994. "The Piano in the American Home." In The Arts and the American Home, 1890 - 1930, ed. Jessica H. Foy and Karal Ann Marling, 193-204. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.
BASIC FORMAT
Author Last Name, First Name. Publication year. "Article Title with Title Caps and Quotes." Magazine/Newspaper Title, publication month and day, article page numbers and/or newspaper section.
EXAMPLE - MAGAZINE
Birnbaum, Jeffrey H. 1998. "How to Succeed at Damage Control." Fortune, March 30, 173-176.
EXAMPLE - NEWSPAPER
Erlanger, Steven. 1998. "Pact on Israeli Pullback Hinges on Defining Army's Role." New York Times, May 8, sec. A.
All examples on this page are from the Williams College Libraries.