When citing the preface to a book, does one cite it as (Author xi) or do I have to make an entire new citation for the preface, as it's by a different writer?
2006-08-27 04:42:06 · 3 answers · asked by SG22 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You'll need to make an additional citation for the preface because those ideas were not written by the author.
For a great source in documentation (either MLA or APA), bookmark http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
2006-08-27 05:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since citing prefaces is sometimes unusual, doing it the way you have is correct. If you're citing more from the book (from the text itself), you can have it be (Author 27) and on the work's cited page (which I'm assuming you are having to do, too) list the all of the pages (x-ixx, 27,29-85).
Good luck!!
2006-08-27 11:49:51 · answer #2 · answered by california_gurl16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can never remember how to cite properly. Do you have to site in APA or MLA format. Here is a great site were you just type in the info and it shows you how to site it. http://citationmachine.net/index.php?new_style=2#here
2006-08-27 11:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋