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Identifying Sources in Works Cited Lists and Bibliographies

Works cited lists are very effective ways to find relevant sources for your research. In order to be able to make use of the information in works cited lists, you must be able to identify the kind of source it is: is it a book, a chapter in a book, a jour

Citations to Parts or Chapters of Books: What Do They Look Like?

Toschi, Luca. "Hypertext and Authorship." The Future of the Book. Ed. Geoffrey Nunberg. U. of  California P.,

1996,    pp. 169-208.

                                                                                                                                                             

CHAPTER AUTHOR  CHAPTER TITLE                BOOK TITLE                   BOOK EDITOR          PUBLISHER NAME  YEAR PAGE #s

DIAGNOSTICS

A citation to a part or chapter of a book always includes

1. The author of the chapter

2. The title of the part or chapter (in quotation marks). which always appears before the title of the book

3. The title of the entire book

4. The editor (or author) of the entire book

5. The name of the Publisher

6. Publication year

7. The page numbers of the part or chapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

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