Biblio help?

Question

Alright, I have never done a biblio like this, so I'm struggling. I have used two works from a Literature book. I need to cite the authors of the book, the book and the 2 works I used and thier authors. How the heck do I do this?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Usually from a lit book you'd have editors, not authors. But it would go like this:
Smith, John ed. et al American Literature
Prentice Hall/Boston 1999

et. al means "and all the rest"
The title of books are underlines
You would not need to indicate pages nor the story used. That's for the footnotes or end notes.

Answer 2

Be careful! The first thing to check is which citation style your professor prefers. This is probably on your course syllabus.

MLA and APA are the most common, but depending on what class this is for, you may be required to use Chicago or Turabian.

Check out the site below for help with your specific style and the exact referencing for the works within a literary compilation. It's nicely set up and user friendly. From what you've said, I'd use their reference style for "Book Article or Chapter."