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How to Cite a Collection of Stories

Students of literature spend much of their time writing research papers. They may study poetry, novels or collections of short stories. In addition to investigating secondary sources and deconstructing the texts, students will write academic papers. Post-secondary institutions expect their students to consistently and accurately cite their references. Incomplete citation leaves a student vulnerable to accusations of plagiarism. Some sources are easier to cite than others. Those that have more than one author such as a collection of short stories are more difficult. Fortunately, it is not difficult to learn the accepted, conventional form of citation.

Instructions

- 1
  List the author's last name first, followed by his first name. Put a comma in between the first and last names. Put a period at then end of the first name.
- 2
  Add the title of the short story. Capitalize the main words in the title. Do not put capital letters on prepositions such as "the," "or," "of" and "in." Add a period after the last word in the title. Enclose the title in quotation marks.
- 3
  Write the title of the whole collection in italics. Capitalize the main words in the title. Do not put capital letters on prepositions such as "the," "or," "of" and "in." Put a period at the end of the title.
- 4
  Write the name of the editor after writing the abbreviation for editor, Ed. Write the editor's first name first, followed by the surname and another period.
- 5
  Write the name of the city where the collection was published followed by a colon. Add the full name of the publisher followed by a comma and the year that the book was published. Put a period after the year.
- 6
  Add the page number where the story begins as the last item in your citation. Put a period at the end.

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