Citation and Bibliography Examples
and Writing Check List
Citation Point 1
Please use the Chicago manual of style. So, your citation should look like this –
“Quote here” (Diamond 1992: 76).
– Note that the date is before the page number, that there is a colon after the date, that the parenthesis follow the quotation mark, and that the period is after the parenthesis.
Citation Point 2
Remember that if you are quoting a chapter in an edited volume you should write the name of the author of the chapter in the citation, not the name of the editor.
Bibliography Style Examples:
For an edited book:
Barker, Judith C. 1997. “Between Humans and Ghosts: The Decrepit Elderly in a Polynesian Society.” In The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, ed. Jay Sokolovsky, 407-424. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin & Garvey.
– Don’t forget to get the full title in there. Do not just write “The Cultural Context of Aging.”
For a book that is written by one author:
Diamond, Timothy. 1992. Making Gray Gold: Narratives of Nursing Home Care. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
– Note that since he is the author of the whole book you do not need the chapter title or the page numbers. Nor do you need to write the letters “ed.” in there because “ed” means “editor” and he is not the editor but the author (you silly person you). Also, be sure to get the whole title in there, not just “Making Gray Gold.” Also, note that the first line should be along the left margin and everything following that should be indented three to five spaces.
Writing Check List
* Have you stapled your paper?
* If your paper is more than one page have you numbered the pages?
* When you use information that you got from the reading, do you cite your sources? Do you do so in the manner I have outlined above?
* Have you checked the grammar?
* Have you checked your punctuation?
* Have you checked your spelling?
* Have you checked the wording? – Do you use formal language? Does your wording convey what you want to say?
* Do you have a bibliography?
* Is the bibliography written in the style I outline above?
* Is there also a page number on the bibliography page?
* Do you have a central idea for the paper that is not merely a
summary
of what the book has already said?