FINTEL LIBRARY CITATION GUIDE
These are examples of
basic citations in APA, CBE,
Also given here are
examples for fulltext books taken from NetLibrary, photos and visuals taken
from Accunet/AP MultiMedia Archive, and a graphic taken from the Web.
For a more complete
explanation and more examples see the links to the individual databases and the
major online guides following these examples.
FULLTEXT JOURNAL
ARTICLES
Auther
last name, initial. Year. Title.
Journal name, volume:page. Retrieval date from name database.
Examples:
Kuttner, R. 2005. Small investors, sitting ducks: It remains
too easy for insiders and middlemen to commit fraud. BusinessWeek,
3950: 110. Retrieved September 13, 2005 from LexisNexis database.
Barnes,
R. 2004. Kraft picks global boss in marketing overhaul. Marketing,
January 22: 5. Retrieved September 13, 2005 from eLibrary.
APA STYLE
Author last name, initials. (year). Title. Journal name
volume(issue):pp-pp. Retrieved from database name on the World Wide
Web: URL of database
Example:
Turner,
C W. (1946). The Virginia Central Railroad at War, 1861-1865.
The Journal of Southern History 12(4):510-533. Retrieved from the
JSTOR database on the World Wide Web: http://www.jstor.org/
CBE STYLE - BASED ON NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
MEDICINE FORMAT
Citation-Sequence
method
Author last name, first
initial. Title of article. Name of Journal year;vol:pages.
<URL> Date of access.
Example:
Drolet, A, Morris, M.
Rapport in conflict resolution: accounting for how face-to-face contact fosters
mutual cooperation in mixed-motive conflicts. Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology 2000;36:26-50. <http://www.idealibrary.com> Accessed 2002
October 10.
CBE STYLE
Name-Year method
Author last name, first
initial. Year. Title of article. Journal name
vol:pages. <URL> Date of access.
Example:
Drolet, A, Morris, M.
2000. Rapport in conflict resolution: accounting for how face-to-face contact
fosters mutual cooperation in mixed-motive conflicts. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology 36:26-50. <http://www.idealibrary.com> Accessed 2002
October 10.
Author last name, first name initial. month year. "title of
article." Journal name vol. number(issue), pp.
Available: database name. Address: URL of database
Example:
Turner,
Charles W. November 1946. "The Virginia Central Railroad at
War, 1861-1865." The Journal of Southern History Vol. 12(4), p.
510-533. Available: JSTOR database. ADDRESS: http://www.jstor.org/
MLA STYLE
Author's last name, first name initial. "Title of
article." Name of Journal vol.issue number (year):
pp-pp. Database name. Name of library, college name, city, state of
library. Date of access. <URL of database>
Example:
Turner,
Charles W. "The Virginia Central Railroad at War,
1861-1865." The Journal of Southern History 12.4 (1946):
510-533. JSTOR. Fintel Library,
FULLTEXT BOOKS -
NETLIBRARY
APA Style
Author. (Print
version publication date in parenthesis). Title in italics or
underlined. Publication Place (print): Publisher. Retrieved date,
from source: URL address
Example:
Kerr, Jessica.
(1997). Shakespeare's Flowers.
MLA STYLE
Author's last name, first
name. Title of book. Place of publication: publisher. Online
source. Name of library, institution, city, and state. Date of
access <URL>
Example:
Kerr, Jessica.
Shakespeare's Flowers.
ACCUNET/APMULTIMEDIA
ARCHIVE
The subject of the image is listed first, followed by the date it was taken or
created. The retrieval statement is then added.
Abraham Lincoln, General McClellan and his staff at
Graphic that shows the letter of regret from
GRAPHIC FROM THE WEB
Graphic
from a Web page taken from The Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R.
Walker and Todd Taylor, Columbia University Press 1998 which is on Permanent
Reserve in Fintel Library.
Humanities style
Pietro Vannucci, called il
Perugino. Madonna Enthroned with Child and the Saints John the Baptist
and Sebastian. 1493. Galleria degli Uffizi. http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/perugmad15.jpeg
(14 October 2002).
DATABASE HELP GUIDES
AccuNet/AP Multimedia
Archive
http://ap.accuweather.com/apphoto/userguide_reference.htm
InfoTrac OneFile
Select Help from the left
sidebar. Then select Help – Index.
LexisNexis
http://support.lexis-nexis.com/academic/Record.asp?ARTICLEID+Academic_citing_refs
Newsbank
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=help&f_helppage=howToCite
MAJOR ONLINE STYLE
GUIDES
http://aom.pace.edu/amjnew/style_guide.html
American Chemical Society
http://pubs.acs.org/books/references.shtml
American Psychology
Association
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
National Library of
Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation Supplement: Internet
Formats
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/formats/internet.pdf
Online! A reference guide
to using internet sources (Includes MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html
Comments/questions to rheller@roanoke.edu
1/2006 RAH