How do you cite books?

Answer 1

There are two general formats, the MLA, and the APA. The MLA format seems to be the most popular, so here's a crash course.

To a cite a book in a works cited, or similar:

Author's last name, author's first name. Title of the book(underlined). City of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Ex: Grenadine, Rebecca. The Making of Lemonade (underlined). Ottowa: Brickerbrack
Books, 1984.

To cite a book in text.

Yourwords "quote" yourwords (Author Page#).

Ex:

Many critics agree that there is a "delicate and subtle art to the making of lemonade," and that it should not be attempted by amateurs (Grenadine 567).

For a more detailed explanation, with special cases (how to cite books with more than one author, how to cite encyclopedia articles, etc.) visit:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

It is an excellent site.

For information on citing in the APA format, which is used in the sciences, visit:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Answer 2

What, do you mean like footnoting where certain info came from? I usually see it as something like [1] or the number out of the brackets but in smaller font than the words it's beside. Then I turn back to the footnotes section of the book and look up the particular footnote. Often the foot notes section is divided into all the chapters of the book, so I have to look up both the chapter and the particular footnote. The footnote then lists the book it's from, the chapter of that book, and the page or pages used.

If you mean like quoting from a book, I do it very much like a footnote, although I do so in the text. I list the title of the book, the author, the chapter, the page or pages from which I'm quoting, then I quote in quotation marks. If it's at all possible, I indent the quote on both ends to really set it apart.

Answer 3

Hi, In citing, you mention the second reference following by th main reference. In bibliography however, you just address the book or article you've seen. For example if you're reading a book by Pedler that has reffered to Revans in his text you sould cit like: In text : Revans talk about fresh questions in action learning ( 1982 cited in Pedler, 2008) . ... .. Source: Pedler M. 2008, Action Learning for Managers, kindle Remember to address the page if you use the exact words of the second author. ( 1982 cited in Pedler, 2008: 122)

Answer 4

The Harvard reference system is one which is used generally but there are others that are perfectly acceptable, link below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_referencing

Answer 5

http://citationmachine.net/

to the left theres like MLA and ALA or something like that...click MLA and i you should figure out the rest..its pretty easy