When to use:

A bibliographic citation is the information which is used to identify materials in your bibliography or works cited (references) page. You will need this information when citing your sources in your paper. This guide shows you where to find the elements you need to properly cite a source. Please refer to the citation guides and style manuals page to determine how the citation should be written in your paper.

In addition, if you need to acquire a document or book through Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery, the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Service department will need this information to process your request.

Quick guides on citing your sources in the APA style

• Author(s) of book
• Date of publication (year)
• Title of book
• Edition
• Place of publication
• Publisher

In the Library Catalog, the record for this book will look like this:

Elements: Books that have an editor are often divided into chapters. Each chapter will have a different author. The elements you will need to cite your source are:

• Chapter author(s)
• Date of publication
• Chapter title
• Book title
• Editor(s) of book in which chapter appears
• Chapter pages (inclusive)
• Edition (if there is one)
• Place of publication
• Publisher

• Author(s) of article
• Date of publication (Month and year)
• Article title
• Magazine title
• Volume and issue
• Page numbers (inclusive)
• Date retrieved/accessed (if from an online source)
• URL or Database used (if from an online source)

In an online database, like EBSCOhost, the citation looks like this:

Online databases usually label each field (or component) of the citation; print indexes generally do not. The labels for these fields vary according to the database. Here are the elements and the field labels where you will generally find these elements

In an online database, like PsycINFO, the citation (short format) looks like this:

• Article author(s) (if known)
• Date of publication (Year or month and year)
• Article title
• Newspaper title
• Newsapper section and article pages (inclusive)
• Date retrieved/accessed (if from an online source)
• URL or Database used (if from an online source)

In an online database, like EBSCOhost, the citation looks similar to this:

Elements:

• Author(s) of web site (this could be an individual, organization or corportation)
• Date of publication (if avilable)
• Title of web site/page
• Date retrieved/accessed (depending on the style manual you use)
• URL or Database used (depending on the style manual you use)

• Document author(s) (could be an individual or an agency)
• Date of publication (Year or month and year)
• Document title
• Document number (if available)
• Publisher
• Place of publication
• Date retrieved/accessed (if from an online source)
• URL or Database used (if from an online source)

In the Library Catalog , the citation looks like this: