Citing Your Sources

Remember:

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Citing a Book

One Author:

Author's Name (last name, first name). Title of book. Publisher, Copyright date. 

Example

Currie, Stephen. The Renaissance. ReferencePoint Press, 2013. 

Two Authors:

Author's Name (last name, first name) and Author's Name. Title of book. Publisher, Copyright date. 

Example

Nye, Bill and Mone, Gregory. Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020. 

No Author Listed:

Title of book. Publisher, Copyright date.

Encyclopedia Article

*Remember, most encyclopedia websites have a citation button that will cite the article for you. Copy the citation information you need and add it to your Works Cited slide.

Author's Name (last name, first name--if available). "Title of article". Title of Encyclopedia, date published, web address.

Example 

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopedia . "Renaissance art". Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Jun. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/art/Renaissance-art. Accessed 8 October 2023. 

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Internet/Website

Name of the author (if available). "Title of the Work". Title of the Overall Website. Publisher of the website (if not available, use N.p.), date published or last updated (if available). Complete web address. 


Examples

Castelow, Ellen. "Torture in the Tower of London". Historic UK. N.p., 16, March, 2015.  

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Torture-in-the-Tower-of-

London/ 

"Heinrich Hertz". Magnet Academy. National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity- magnetism/pioneers/heinrich-hertz/.

Photograph/Image

Creator's name (last name, first name). "Image title." Website name, date created (day, month, year), complete web address. 

Example

Jappalang. "Edward IV and Lancastrian Fugitives at Tewkesbury Abbey." World History 

Encyclopedia, 07, Feb 2020, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11847/edward-iv-of-england--lancastrian-fugitives-at-tew/.  

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