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RHS- Citation Formats - Quick Sheet 2005-2006

BOOKS – One or more authors or editors

Author Last name, First name.  Title of Book.  Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Author Last name, First name and Author first name, Last name.  Title of Book.  Place of publication:

  Publisher, date of publication.

Friel, John C.  The 7 Best Things Smart Teens Do. Deerfield Beach , FL : Health Communications, 2000.

Passman, Donald S. and Randy Glass.  All You Need to Know About the Music Business.  NY: Simon and      Schuster, 2002.      

Guinn, John, ed.  The St. James Opera Encyclopedia.  Mt. Kisco , NY : 1996.

 BOOKS – No author

Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

American environmentalism. San Diego , CA : Greenhaven Press, 2002.

BOOKS - Part of a book (such as an essay, poem, article or story from a collection (anthology).  

Author of selection Last name, First name. “Title of Selection.”  Title of Anthology.  Editor of anthology.  Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.  Page(s).

BOOKS –ENCYCLOPEDIA article

Author last name, first. “Title of article.”  Encyclopedia.  Year ed.

Brown, Norman. “ India .”  Encyclopedia Americana . 2002 ed.

• If there is no author, use “title of article” as the first piece of information.
• Encyclopedia articles are signed by a contributing author whose name may appear at the end of an article.

BOOKS –Multivolume work

Include the number of the volume you are using between the title and the publication information.

Johannsen, Robert. "Abraham Lincoln." The American Presidents.  Vol. 2. Danbury , CT : Grolier, 1989.

MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS  (periodicals)

Author Last name, First name.  “Title of Article.”  Name of Magazine day month year: page(s).          

Stone, Steve and Jenifer Lin.  “Spamming the World.”  Newsweek 19 August 2002 : 42-44.  (weekly)

Lemley, Brad.  “The Next Ice Age.” Discover September 2002: 34–40.                                   (monthly)

“Nuclear Safety Flaws are Found.”  New York Times 11 August 1999 : A14.                         (no author)

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

Author(s).  “Title of Article.”  Name of Journal Vol.issue (Year) : pages.

Applebee, Arthur. “Engaging Students in the Disciplines of English.” English Journal  91.6 (2002) : 23-29.

VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
Secrets of the Titanic.  Videocassette.  National Geographic, 1986.

PERSONAL INTERVIEWS (Interview by writer of research paper)

Suozzi, Tom.  Personal interview.  15 May 2002

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES – INTERNET Web Sites
Formats differ for e-mail; web pages; on-line books, subscription services, images, sounds, etc. Follow the links to home pages to locate information. The format below is for web pages from Internet web sites. Provide as much information as possible to identify the source. Web pages often do not provide all of the necessary information, so if items are missing they cannot be included. The entry should consist of the following items in this order, as available:

1. Author or editor. [last name, first name].
2. "Title of page or document." [exact page you are using in quotation marks].
3. Title of the site or homepage [underlined - site name where page came from].
4. Date posted (or last update). [format is - day Monty year].
5. Sponsoring organization. [government agency, university, business, organization].
6. Date accessed. [format is - day Month year[
7. Electronic address <URL>.

Author(s). “Name of Page.” Title of Site or Homepage. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of
 institution/organization affiliated with the site.  Date of Access <URL>

Johnson, Steven. "The Bill of Rights."  Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet. October 1999.
    Library Of Congress.  

12 January 2004 
< http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html>.

Parenthetical Documentation - Citing References in Your Text

When someone else's thoughts or words are used as a direct quote, paraphased, or discussed in your writing you MUST document the source. Unless stating one's own personal opinions, drawing conclusions, or writing creative material, ALL facts, background data and ideas come from some place else, and they must be acknowledged. This may be done in the following manner.

1.  The author’s name may be a part of the sentence, with a page number in parenthesis, as follows: 

Benton states “an alternative strategy is the use of groups that are trained to use their members as resources” (14). (refers to page 14 – punctuation for sentence is after the reference)

2.  The author’s name is not part of your sentence, but you wish to cite a given source in support of a point you are making or provide information, as follows:

Cooperative groups are an essential part of the education of students in the classroom, and a major component of educational practice. ( Benton 25).        (Refers to author and page, notice punctuation).

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