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How to Cite Print Sources 

This information is based on A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker (4th Edition, 1999)
Citations from print books should include (give as many of the following elements that apply and are available):
  • author's name
  • article title, in quotation marks
  • publication title, underlined
  • publication data
    •

You should type each element of your citation in the exact order as it is listed above.
 
Samples:
 
Book with one author

Kaufmann, William J. Black.  Black Holes and Warped Spacetime.  San Francisco:

          W. H. Freeman, 1979.
Book with two authors

Gribbin, John R. and Sarah Angliss.  Time & Space.  London; New York: Dorling

          Kindersley, 1994.
Book with an editor

Uche, Wesley, ed.  Zeno's Paradoxes.  Indianapolis: Hackett, 2001.
Encyclopedia article from World Book

Angel, Roger P.  "Telescope."  World Book.  2003 ed.  2003.
Citations from print periodical materials should include (give as many of the following elements that apply and are
available):
  • Author's name
  • Title of the article, in quotation marks
  • Title of the magazine, underlined
  • Date and page numbers, separated by a colon

You should type each element of your citation in the exact order as it is listed above.
 
Samples:
 
Magazine article from Time

"The View From Hubble."  Time  27 Jan. 2004: 2.
Newspaper article from The New York Times

Overbye, Dennis.  "NASA Cancels Trip to Supply Hubble, Sealing Early Doom." 

          New York Times 17 Jan. 2004: A1.

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