Format your citation in the following manner if you are citing a book:
Author's last name, first name. Title of Work. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
For example:
Fogler, Jason. Understanding Aliens. Chicago: University Press, 1990. Print.
Be sure to italicize the title of the book.
If a book has been compiled by an editor or translated, this information should be listed after the title. For example:
Fogler, Jason. Understanding Aliens. Ed. Jack Smith. Chicago: University Press, 1990. Print.
Fogler, Jason. Understanding Aliens. Trans. Jack Smith. Chicago: University Press, 1990. Print.
Format your citation in the following manner if you are citing a reference book such as a dictionary or encyclopedia:
Title of Article or Entry. Title of Reference Work. Number of Edition. Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
For example:
"Communism." The Oxford Encyclopedia. 5th ed. 2006. Print.
Be sure to italicize the title of the encyclopedia or dictionary.
Format your citation in the following manner if you are citing an article from a newspaper:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper Date of Publication: Page Number. Medium of Publication.
For example:
Johnson, James. "Yugoslavia Seeks Aid." The New York Times 27 May 1999: A3. Print.
Be sure to italicize the name of the newspaper.
If the newspaper does not have a wide readership, include the city where it is published in brackets after the title of the newspaper. For example:
Johnson, James. "Yugoslavia Seeks Aid." The Bangor Daily News [ Bangor, ME] 27 May 1999: A3. Print.
Format your citation in the following manner if you are citing an article from a journal:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume Number.Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Number(s). Medium of Publication.
Both the journal title and the volume number should be italicized. The issue number should not be italicized.
For example:
Johnson, James. "A History of Yugoslavian Appeals for Aid." Political Science Quarterly 16.20 (1999): 19-24. Print.