Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Publisher, Year of publication.
Hoover, John. Time Management: Set Priorities to Get the Right Things Done. Collins, 2007.
Author's Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title. Publisher, Year of publication.
Dorris, Michael, and Louise Erdrich. The Crown of Columbus. HarperCollins
Publishers, 1999.
Author's Last Name, First Name, et al. Title. Publisher, Year of publication
Charon, Rita, et al. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine. Oxford UP, 2017.
Title. Translated by or editor. Publisher, Year of publication.
Beowulf. Translated by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy, edited by Sarah
Anderson, Pearson, 2004.
Organization. Title of publication. Edition(if given). Publisher, Year of publication.
American Heart Association. American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook. 4th ed., Clarkson Potter, 2011.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Work." Title of Anthology, edited by
First and Last Names, Publisher, Year of publication, Pages.
Achebe, Chinua. "Uncle Ben's Choice." The Seagull Reader: Literature, edited by
Joseph Kelly, W.W. Norton, 2005, pp. 23-27.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Ebook ed., Publisher, Year of Publication.
Watson, Brad. Miss Jane. Ebook ed., W. W. Norton, 2016.
O'Connor, Patricia. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in
Plain English. E-book ed., Riverhead Books, 2009.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal,
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages.
Boggs, Colleen Glenney. "Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery."
American Periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp.149-66.
***Article accessed Through a Database
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Periodical,
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages. Name of Database, DOI or URL.
Stalter, Sunny. "Subway Ride and Subway System in Hart Crane's 'The Tunnel'."
Journal of Modern Literature, vol.33, no. 2, Jan. 2010, pp. 70-91. JSTOR,
https://doi.org/10.2979/jml.2010.33.2.70.
*** Article in an Online Magazine
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal,
Volume, Issue, Date, DOI or URL.
Schmidt, Desmond. "A Model of Versions and Layers." Digital
Humanities Quarterly, vol. 13, no.3, 2019, www.digital
humanities.org/dhq/vol/13/3/000430/000430.html.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine,
Volume (if any), issue (if any), Date, Pages.
Burt, Tequia. " Legacy of Activism: Concerned Black Students' 50-Year History
at Grinnell College." Grinnell Magazine, vol. 48, no. 4, summer 2016, pp.32-38.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Publication, Date, Pages.
Saulny, Susan, and Jacques Steinberg. "On College Forms, a Question of Race Can Perplex."
The New York Times, 14 June 2011, p. A1.
ONLINE
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Publication, Date, URL.
Banerjee, Neela. "Proposed Religion-Based Program for Federal Inmates is Canceled."
The New York Times, 28 Oct. 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/10/28us/28prison.html.
*NOTE: The date format should be day month year, and the month should always be abbreviated to three letters (ex: Apr.).
Entire Website:
Editor’s Last Name, First Name, role. Title of Site.
Publisher, Date, URL.
Proffitt, Michael, chief editor. The Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford UP, 2021,www.oed.com.
Personal Website:
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Site. Date, URL.
Park, Linda Sue. Linda Sue Park: Author and Educator. 2021,
lindasuepark.com
Work on a Website:
Author's Last Name, First Name (if any). "Title of Work." Title of
Site, Publisher (if any), Date, URL.
McIIwain, John, et al. "Housing in America: Integrating Housing,
Health, and Resilience in a Changing Environment."
Urban Land Institute, 28 Aug. 2014, uli.org/report/housing-in-america-
housing-health-resilience.
Author. "Title." Website. Date accessed
Beaton, Kate. “The Secret Garden.” Hark! A
Vagrant, www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=350. Accessed 17 Jan.2017
“Title of Work.” Title of Site, Publisher (if any), Date, URL.
"Housing in America: Integrating Housing, Health, and Resilience in a Changing Environment." Urban Land Institute, 28 Aug.
2014,uli.org/report/housing-in-america-housing-health-resilience.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Volume, Issue, Date, DOI or URL.
Schmidt, Desmond. "A Model of Versions and Layers." Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol.13, no.3, 2019
www.Digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/13/3/000430/000430.html.
Author. Title of the website. Publisher, Year of Publication, URL. Accessed Date of access.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. HHS. www.hhs.gov/.
Accessed 20 Apr. 2019.
United States, Department of Education. Tips for Helping Students Recovering from Traumatic Events. Sept. 2005. www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/recovering/part.html.
"Title of Video." Title of Site, uploaded by Uploader's Name, Day
Month Year, URL.
"Everything Wrong with National Treasure in 13 Minutes or Less."
YouTube, uploaded by CinemaSins, 21 Aug. 2014, www.
youtube.com.watch?v=1ul-_ZWvXTs.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of book. Narrator of book, audiobook ed.,
Publisher, Date.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Narrated by Sissy Spacek, audiobook ed.,
unabridged ed., HarperAudio, 8 July 2014.
ORIGINAL
Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created, Location.
Van Gogh, Vincent. The Potato Easters. 1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
IN A BOOK
Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created, Location.
Title of Book, by First and Last Names, Publisher, Year of publication,
Page.
Van Gogh, Vincent. The Potato Eaters. 1885, Scottish National
Gallery. History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from
the Dawn of History to the Present Day, by H.W. Janson, Prentice
Hall/ Harry N. Abrams, 1969, p. 508.
ONLINE
Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created. Title of
Site, URL.
Warhol, Andy. Self-portrait. 1979. J. Paul Getty Museum, www.getty
.edu/art/collection/objects/106971/andy-warhol-self-portrait-
american-1979.
PUBLISHED
Subject's Last Name, First Name. " Title of Interview" Interview by
First Name Last Name(if given). Name of Publication, Date,
Pages or URL.
Whitehead, Colson. "Colson Whitehead: By the Book." The New
York Times, 15 May 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/books
/review/colson-whitehead-by-thebook.html. Interview.
PERSONAL
Subject's Last Name, First Name. Concise description. Day Month Year.
Bazelon, L.S.. Telephone interview with the author. 4 Oct. 2020.
***Note: If you accessed a podcast on the web, give the URL; if you accessed it through an app, indicate that instead.
"Title of Episode." Title of Podcast, hosted by First Name
Last Name, season, episode, Production Company, Date, URL.
"DUSTWUN." Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig, season 2, episode 1,
WBEZ / Serial Productions, 10 Dec. 2015, serialpodcast.org/
season-two/1/dustwun.
Speaker last name, First name. “Talk Title.” TED, Month Year, URL.
Jacobs, A. J. “The Life Cycle of a Cup of Coffee.” TED, Jan. 2021,
www.ted.com/talks/a_j_jacobs_the_life_cycle_of_a_cup_of_coffee.
TED Talk from YouTube:
Speaker last name, First name. “Video Title.” YouTube, uploaded by TED or TEDx Talks, Day Month Year, URL.
Bailey, Chris. “How to Get Your Brain to Focus | Chris Bailey | TEDx
Manchester.” YouTube, uploaded by TEDx Talks, 5 Apr. 2019,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y.
Title of Film. Role by First and Last Names, Production Company, Date of Release.
Breakfast at Tiffany's. Directed by Blake Edwards, Paramount, 1961.
ONLINE
Title of Film. Role by First and Last Names, Production Company,
Date of Release. Title of Site, URL.
Interstellar. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Paramount, 2014.
Amazon Prime Video, www.amazon.com/Interstellar-Matthew
-McConaughey/dp/B00TU9UFTS.
FROM A DATABASE
Title of Film. Directed by Director, Production Company, Date of Release.
Database Name in Italics, URL/DOI.
Viewed as a Television Broadcast
"Title of Episode." Title of Program, role by First and Last Names, season,
episode, Production Company, Date.
"Hush." Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, season 4,
episode 10, Mutant Enemy/ WB Television Network, 14 Dec. 1999.
Viewed on a Website
"I, Borg." Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 5, episode 23, Paramount
Pictures, 1992. Netflix, www.netflix.com.
Format
"Prompt used in AI service" prompt. Title of AI Service, version, publisher, date, location.
Example:
"Describe the controversy surrounding generative ai in the academic setting" prompt.
ChatGPT, 3 Aug. version, OpenAI, 16 Aug.
2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
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