General Research Subject Guide: Books

Book (print)

Components:

Author(s). Publication date. Book Title. Publisher's city: Publisher.

Example:

Wald, Elijah. 2009. How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music. New York: Oxford University Press.

Book (print) Article or Chapter

Components:

Author(s). Publication date. "Article or Chapter Title." In Book Title, page numbers. Publisher's city: Publisher.

Example:

Wald, Elijah. 2009. "Sons of Whiteman." In How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music, 97-110. New York: Oxford University Press.

Ebook

Components:

Author(s). Publication date. Ebook Title. Publisher's city: Publisher. Ebook's URL or Database Title.

Example:

Shultz, Jackson Wright. 2015. Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities. Lebanon: Dartmouth College Press. https://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/howardcc-ebooks/reader.action?ppg=189&docID=4003876&tm=15023124945383.

Ebook Article or Chapter

Components:

Author(s). Publication date. "Article or Chapter Title." In Ebook Title, page numbers. Publisher's city: Publisher. Ebook's URL or Database Title.

Example:

Shultz, Jackson Wright. 2014. "Accidental Activists." In Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities. Lebanon: Dartmouth College Press, 165-194. https://libproxy.howardcc.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/howardcc-ebooks/reader.action?ppg=189&docID=4003876&tm=15023124945383.

Textbook or Lab Manual (print)

Components:

Author(s). Publication date. Textbook or Lab Manual Title. Edition, Publisher's city: Publisher.

Example:

Amon, Evelyne, Judith A. Muyskens, and Alice C. Omaggio Hadley. 2015. Vis-à-Vis: Beginning French. 6th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

Government Document

Components:

Author(s). (Publication year). Document Title. Publication month and day, publication year. Document's URL.

Example:

U.S. Department of Justice. 2016. Investigation of the Baltimore City Police Department. August 10, 2016. https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/883296/download.