Print Books

1. Book--one author 

Last name, First name.  Title of Book. Publisher, Year of publication.

Light, Richard. Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. Harvard UP, 2001.


2. Book—two authors


Last name, First name, and First name Last name.  Title of Book. Publisher, Year of publication.

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. St. Martin’s, 2000.


3. Book—three or more authors

Last name, First name, et.al. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of publication.

Booth, Wayne C., et al. The Craft of Research.  The University of Chicago Press, 2003.


4.  Book—Editor(s) but no author


Editor last name, Editor first name, editor. Title of Book.  Publisher, Year of publication.

Jackson, Kenneth, editor.  The Encyclopedia of New York City. Yale UP, 2005.

Lauter, Paul, et al., editors. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Houghton, 2006.   
(This example has more than 2 editors)


5. Republished Book (book other than the first edition)


Author last name, Author first name.  Title of Book. Year of original publication. Publisher of this edition, publication year.

Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble. 1990. Routledge, 1999.

Erdrich, Louise. Love Medicine. 1984. Perennial-Harper, 1993.


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