Memorial University Libraries

If the city of publication might be unfamiliar or easily confused with another city, add the abbreviation for the province/state. Where two or more cities are given, include only the first. For publisher names you can leave out “Inc.”, “Ltd.”, “Co.” or “Company.”

Book, 1-3 authors

Note:
       1. Steven K. Katona, Valerie Rough, and David T. Richardson, A Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Seals from Cape Cod to Newfoundland, 4th ed. (Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1993), 182.

Bibliography:
Katona, Steven K., Valerie Rough, and David T.

Richardson. A Field Guide to Whales,

Porpoises, and Seals from Cape Code to

Newfoundland. 4th ed. Washington:

Smithsonian Institute Press, 1993.

Book, 4 or more authors

In the note list only the first author's name followed by "et al." In the Bibliography, include all authors, no matter how many.

Note:
       2. Kathryn Rose et al., Newfoundland and War (St. John’s, NL: Memorial University of Newfoundland Press, 2012), 4.

Bibliography:
Rose, Kathryn, Crystal Rose, Lisa Goddard,

and Erin Alcock. Newfoundland and War.

St. John’s, NL: Memorial University of

Newfoundland Press, 2012.

E-Book (Downloaded)

If you downloaded it to your computer or ebook reader, indicate the format (e.g. iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, Adobe Digital Editions PDF, etc). Avoid app or device specific page numbers, and cite by chapter or section number in the note.

Note:
       3. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2007), chap. 4, Kobo.

Bibliography:
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York:

Penguin Classics, 2007. Kobo.

E-Book (Library Database)

If you accessed it through the library, give the DOI or “Digital Object Identifier” (preferred) or the name of the database (e.g Proquest Ebook Central, EBSCOHost, SpringerLink, Sage, etc.).

Note:
       4. Jennifer Mary Hubbard, A Science on the Scales: The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006), 276-77, https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442670464.

Bibliography:
Hubbard, Jennifer Mary. A Science on the Scales:

The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries

Biology, 1898-1939. Toronto: University

of Toronto Press, 2006. https://doi.org/

10.3138/9781442670464.   

E-Book (Internet)

Give the DOI or “Digital Object Identifier” (preferred) or the URL.

Note:
       5. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1918), 121, http://books.google.ca/books/about/Pride_and_Prejudice.html?id=s1gVAAAAYAAJ.

Bibliography:
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York:

Charles Schribner's Sons, 1918.

http://books.google.ca/books/about/

Pride_and_Prejudice.html?id=

s1gVAAAAYAAJ.

Edited Book (Editor instead of an author)

Add the abbreviation "ed." (or "eds." for multiple editors).

Note:
       6. Francis Robinson, ed., Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1996), 34.

Bibliography:
Robinson, Francis, ed. Cambridge Illustrated

History of the Islamic World. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Edited Book (editor in addition to an author)

When editors' names follow the title, only use "ed." in the note (never "eds.") as it refers to "edited by."

Note:
       7. Yves Bonnefoy, New and Selected Poems, ed. John Naughton and Anthony Rudolf (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), 35-36.

Bibliography:
Bonnefoy, Yves. New and Selected Poems.

Edited by John Naughton and Anthony

Rudolf. Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 1996.

Article/Chapter in an Edited Book

Note:
       8. Noel Vietmeyer, "Forgotten Roots of the Incas," in Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas Gave the World, ed. Nelson Foster and Linda S. Cordell (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992), 104.

Bibliography:
Vietmeyer, Noel. "Forgotten Roots of the Incas."

In Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas

Gave the World, edited by Nelson Foster

and Linda S. Cordell, 95-117. Tucson:

University of Arizona Press, 1992.

Edition of a Book (other than the first):

Note:
       9. Roger Daniels, Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life, 2nd ed. (New York: Harper Perenial, 2002), 84.

Bibliography:
Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History

of Immigration and Ethnicity in American

Life. 2nd ed. New York: Harper Perenial,

2002.

 

For more examples of books, please see pp. 171-187 of A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 9th ed. available at the library: LB 2369 T8 2018.