Authors | Rule | Examples |
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No Author | If no author given, skip the author and start with the title of source. | |
1 Author | Last Name, First Name. | Smith, John. |
2 Authors | Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. | Smith, John, and Mary Fields. |
3+ Authors | Last Name, First Name of First Author, et al. | Smith, John, et al. |
Association or Company | Use the name of the association or company as the author. If a work is written and published by an organization, list the organization as publisher only. | American Cancer Society. |
Pseudonyms | Use pseudonyms and online usernames like regular author names. | @jsmith. |
Editor or other role | If the role of that person or group is something other than creating the work’s main content (as the author), follow the name with a label that describes the role. Only do this in the author field if it is important to highlight this person; otherwise use the Other Contributors field. | Nunberg, Geoffrey, editor. |
Source | Rule: Italics or "quotation marks" | Example |
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Entire Book | Italicize self-contained works | The Awakening. |
Collection of Essays | Italicize self-contained works | The Norton Introduction to Literature, |
Essay, story, or poem | Contained in a larger work (book, website, etc.); use "quotation marks" | "The Cultural Consequences of Printing." |
Play | Italicize plays even if they are in a larger work. | Romeo and Juliet. |
Article from Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper | Contained in a larger work (journal) use "quotation marks" | "Literary History and Sociology." |
Entire Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper | Italicize self-contained works | The Georgia Review. |
Entire Website | Italicize self-contained works | WebMD. |
Website Article | Contained in a larger work (website) use "quotation marks" | "Free Will." |
Song | Contained in a larger work (album) use "quotation marks" |
"Pretty Hurts." |
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