Book – one to three authors

Insert note number in your text for footnote (at bottom of page) or end note (at end of chapter or whole paper.)¹

Note
     1. Robert Service, A History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century, 3^rd ed. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009), 54.

Short Note
       3. Service, A History, 75.

Bibliography
Service, Robert.  A History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century. 3^rd ed.
     Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013.

Book – more than three authors. Format to be used in the bibliography if more than 10 authors, list first seven and follow with “et al.”

 Note
     6. John Kenny et al., The American Irish: A History. (New York: Longmans imprint of Pearson Education, 2000) 22.

Short Note   
      8. Kenny et al., The American Irish, 130.

Bibliography
Kenny, John, Maureen Flynn, John Doherty, Michael Anderson and Mary Murphy. The
    American Irish: A History.  New York: Longman an imprint of Pearson Education, 2000.

Chapter in a Book

Note
      8. Richard Janko. “Socrates the Freethinker.” In A Companion to Socrates, ed. Sara Ahbel-Rappe (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006) 20-21.

Short Note
      12. Janko. “Socrates the Freethinker,” 40.

Bibliography
Janko, Richard. “Socrates the Freethinker.” In A Companion to Socrates, edited by Sara Ahbel-
    Rappe, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

E-Book - For a book found online, use the URL.  If it is in another format, supply the name: Kindle, Proquest EBooks.

Note
     20. Carla L. Peterson. Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2011. De Gruyter.

Short Note
     24. Peterson, Black Gotham, 53-58.

Bibliography
Peterson, Carla L. Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-
     Century New York City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011. De Gruyter.

Journal Articles – hard copy and online.
In the bibliography, include URL or database name.  If DOI (digital object identifier which is a permanent URL) is provided, use it rather than the URL that is shown in the browser.  Include the page range in your bibliography.

NOTE:  Cite specific page numbers.

Note
     5.  Daniel L. Dreisbach, “Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptists Revisited,” The William and Mary Quarterly, 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1999): 805-806 https://doi.org/10.2307/2674239

 Short Note
      7. Dreisbach, “Thomas Jefferson,” 807.

Bibliography
Dreisbach, Daniel L.  “Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptists Revisited.”
     The William and Mary Quarterly, 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1999): 805-816
     https://doi.org/10.2307/2674239

 
Reviews – Book, Play, Movie
Note
     9. Lucas E. Morel, “Abraham Lincoln: The Better Angel of Our Nature,” review of Lincoln Emancipated: The President and the Politics of Race, by Brian R. Dirck, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 29, No. 1 (Winter, 2008): 54, JStor.

Short Note
        10.  Morel, “Abraham Lincoln,” 56.

Bibliography
Morel, Lucas E. “Abraham Lincoln: The Better Angel of Our Nature,” review of Lincoln
      Emancipated: The President and the Politics of Race, by Brian R. Dirck, Journal of the
      Abraham Lincoln Association, 29, No. 1 (Winter, 2008): 51-62, JStor.

News, Blogs, Magazine Articles
Citations to these publications have the same format style. If there are page numbers, they can be included in a note, but do not use them in the bibliography.

Note
       3. Amy Howe, “Biden Proposes Supreme Court Reforms,” SCOTUSblog, July 29, 2024, Biden proposes Supreme Court reforms - SCOTUSblog.

Short Note
       5. Howe, “Biden Proposes.”

Bibliography
Howe, Amy. “Biden Proposes Supreme Court Reforms,” SCOTUSblog, July 29, 2024,
      Biden proposes Supreme Court reforms - SCOTUSblog.

AUTHOR-DATE STYLE
This is a basic review of the rules for this format. For more details and examples, consult Chapter 15 of the Manual of Style.   Cite sources throughout your paper in “in-text citation” format and list them at the end of the paper in a reference list.

Book

In-text citation

   The tsars were all powerful, ruling the people of Russia without regard for their welfare, especially under Nicholas. (Service 2013, 253)

Reference List

Service, Robert. 2013.  A History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century.
    3^rd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Chapter in a Book

 In-text: (Janko 2006, 95)

Reference List
Janko, Richard. 2006. “Socrates the Freethinker.” In A Companion to Socrates, edited by Sara
     Ahbel-Rappe, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.  

E-Book For a book found online, use the URL.  If it is in another format, supply the format name: Kindle,  Proquest EBooks.

In-text:  (Peterson 2011, 53-58)

Reference
Peterson, Carla L. 2011. Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-
     Century New York City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.  De Gruyter.

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