History Subject Guide: Background Sources

Encyclopedia Article

Components:

Author(s). Publication date. "Entry Title." In Encyclopedia Title, edited by Editor(s). Edition. Publisher's city: Publisher. Entry's URL or Database Title.

Example:

Kamalu, Ngozi Caleb. 2013. "Human Trafficking." In Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, edited by Patrick L. Mason. 2nd ed. Farmington Hills: Gale. https://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/galerace/human_trafficking/0?institutionId=248.

Encyclopedia Article - No author

Components:

Editor(s), ed(s). Publication date. "Entry Title." In Encyclopedia Title. Edition. Publisher's city: Publisher. Entry's URL or Database Title.

Example:

Mariani, John F., ed. 2014. "Pizza." In Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink. 2nd ed. New York: Bloomsbury. https://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/bloomfood/pizza/0?institutionId=248.