Saving Citations for "References" and "Works Cited"
Cite Sources
As you search, take care to record full citations and the name of the database in which each was found. Once you end a browser session, search results are not easy to retrieve! You may wonder whether a citation refers to a book, article, book review, book chapter, or something else, like a video. Following are elements of basic document types you will encounter:
Book
Note:
Author(s) or editor(s)
Book title
Publisher and Place of Publication
Year of publication
Chapter in a Book
Note:
Chapter author(s)
Book author(s) or editor(s)
Chapter title
Book title
Publisher and Place of Publication
Year of publication
Page numbers for the chapter cited
Journal Article
Note:
Article author(s)
Article title
Journal or Source title
Journal volume and issue numbers
Date of publication
Page numbers for the article
Also note the name of the database in which you found the article, and the DOI (document object identifier) of the article, if available.
Video
Note:
Video title
Director
Producer
Distributor
Year
Format (Film, Television)
TV Show
Note:
Producer
Date aired
Show title
Place (broadcast studio location)
TV network