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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
One Author Block, Bruce A. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. Focal P/Elsevier, 2008. ebrary.
Jamsa, Kris, and Andy Anderson. HTML and Web Design: Tips and Techniques. McGraw- Hill/Osborne, 2002. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection.
Ziarek, Ewa Plonowska, et al. A Time for the Humanities: Futurity and the Limits of Autonomy. Fordham UP, 2008. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection. |
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Parenthetical style examples (Block 25) (Jamsa and Anderson 37) (Ziarek et al. ch. 5)
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Use this template if you are citing an eBook that you viewed directly from a website.
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of eBook: Subtitle if Any. Website, Sponsoring Organization if given, Year of Publication, URL.
Examples One Author Anderson, Catherine. Essentials of Linguistics. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2018, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=890fb2bb-f721-422e-88a8-121e045a19c3.
Miller, Michele, and Anne Greenhoe. Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2018, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=32d44c9a-9a65-413a-af20-5cb6b5d9a176.
Illowsky, Barbara et al. Introductory Statistics. OpenStax, Rice University, 2021, openstax.org/details/books/introductory-statistics.
Martin, Ann Smart, editor. Creators, Collectors & Communities: Making Ethnic Identity Through Objects. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2017, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=27d7a65b-a1e6-4b8f-9c4d-dc5d24feae12. |
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Parenthetical style examples (Anderson ch. 2) (Miller and Greenhoe 76) (Illowsky et al. ch. 5) (Martin ch. 4)
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Use this template if you are citing an eBook that you have downloaded from a website such as the PDF version of the book.
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of eBook: Subtitle if Any. Website, Sponsoring Organization if given, Year of Publication, URL. PDF download.
Schneider, Jenifer Jasinski. The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2016, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=b542c130-899c-4178-a5b0-43204d4b9f28. PDF download. |
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Parenthetical style example (Schneider 24)
Narrative style example Schneider states that "insert quote here" (24). |
Use this template if you are citing an eBook that doesn't have a URL and that you have accessed using an app such as Kindle eBooks.
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, e-book ed., Publisher, Year of Publication.
Haig, Matt. The Midnight Library. e-book ed., Harper Avenue, 2020. |
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of Publication. Examples One Author Sun, Jonny. Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations. Harper Perennial, 2021.
Burke, Tarana, and Brené Brown. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience. Random House, 2021.
Pomeroy, Sarah B. et al. A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture. 4th ed., Oxford UP, 2019.
Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Edited by M. Thomas Inge, Oxford UP, 2008.
Glazebrook, Allison, and Christina Vester, editors. Themes in Greek Society and Culture: An Introduction to Ancient Greece. Oxford UP, 2017. |
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Parenthetical style examples (Sun 27) (Burke and Brown 39) (Pomeroy et al. 42) (Twain 64) (Glazebrook 56)
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Author's Last Name, First Name or Group Name. "Title of Reading." Course pack for Course Code: Course Name, compiled by Instructor's First Name Last Name, semester, Seneca Polytechnic.
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Tell-Tale Heart." Course pack for FIC200: The Short Story, compiled by Mary Smith, fall 2020, Seneca Polytechnic. |
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Use this template if you are citing a short story, essay, poem, or article from a book. You may also use this template if you are citing a chapter from a book where chapters have different authors.
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Last Name of Author of short story/article/chapter/poem, First Name. "Title of Short Story: Subtitle if Given." Title of Book: Subtitle if Given, edited by First Name Last Name if given, Publisher, Year of Publication, pp. PageNumbers.
Murakami, Haruki. "Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova." First Person Singular, Bond Street Books, 2021, pp. 50-74. |
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Parenthetical style example (Murakami 52)
Narrative style example Murakami states that "insert quote here" (52). |
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