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History: Citation Help

Why Cite?

  • Correct citation allows others to see where you have found your information. If you are trying to argue a point, it helps to show people what other information supports it.
  • It gives proper credit to the original creator of the information. They have worked hard for the material they provide, and it is important to recognize that by properly citing information and sources that you use.
  • Citation allows you to see where others have found their information. You can evaluate the credibility of an article by determining if they used reliable information.
  • Knowing how to cite correctly protects you from accidentally plagiarizing material. 

Print Book

Foot/Endnote:

1. [Author FIRST Name Author LAST Name], [Title of Book], [(Place of Publication: Publisher, Date)], [page number].

Example:

1. Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Empire: 1875-1914, (New York: Vintage, 1989), 114.

Bibliography/Works Cited Page: 

[Author LAST Name, Author FIRST Name]. [Title of Book]. [Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication].

Example:

Hobsbawm, Eric. The Age of Empire: 1875-1914. New York: Vintage, 1989.

Journal Article from an Online Database

Foot/Endnote:

2. [Author FIRST Name Author LAST Name], ["TITLE of Article,"] [TITLE of Journal] [VOLUME ], [ISSUE/NUMBER][(DATE)]: [PAGE NUMBER], accessed [date], [doi Number].

Example:

Matthew W. Lively, "Stonewall Jackson (1824-63) and 'The Old Man's Friend'," Journal of Medical Biography 19, Issue 3 (2011): 86, doi: 10.128/jmb.2010.010050.

Bibliography/Works Cited Page:

Lively, Matthew W. "Stonewall Jackson (1824-63) and 'The Old Man's Friend'." Journal of Medical Biography 19, Issue 3 (2011): 84-88. Accessed [Date].  doi: 10.128/jmb.2010.010050.

 

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