Research in the Disciplines Supplementary Research Guide 01:355:201

Notes:

1. Typically films, television episodes, and other performances have many contributors. After the title, list the contributors most relevant to your project. Most common contributors listed include directors, creators, and performers.

Films and television series are generally produced by many different contributors performing different roles. If you are focusing on a particular contribution of an individual, begin the entry with that person's name:

If you are writing about a film or television series without focusing on the particular contributions of individuals, start with the title. You can include information about key participants in the position of other contributors:

Album without Medium

Album with Medium

Song without Mode of Listening

Song Listened Through an App

Original Work of Art

Artwork from a Book

Note:

1. When you refer to a photographic reproduction of an artwork, the citation is made up of two parts. Part a: Lists the original artist's name, the name of the work, and the date the work was created. Part b: Cites where you found the reproduction of the work such as a book.

Artwork from an Online Source

Books by one author

Books by two authors

Books by three or more authors

Note:

For e-books, include a persistent link to the work. DOIs are preferred over URLs when available. 

An edited book is made up of chapters written by different authors. If you are citing only a single chapter from an edited work, follow the citation format for a book chapter.

Edited book with a DOI

Notes:

1. When citing a particular work that forms part of a collection of distinct essays, stories, poems, chapters, etc., the book is treated as the container for the work.
2. Include the inclusive page numbers for the work within the book.

To emphasize the original author

To emphasize the translator(s)

Notes:

1. Consider whose work - the author's or the translator's - you are primarily referring to.
2. If your citations are mostly to the work itself, state the author's name first, then give the translator's name after the title.
3. If you are primarily referring to the translator's comments or choice of wording, start your citation with the translator's name, and then give the author's name after the title.

Newspaper articles will follow the basic form for periodicals, but the date will include the month and day (the date of publication), and the page number may include the section letter

Newspaper article from an online newspaper

Newspaper article from a print version

Newspaper article from an academic research database

Webpage on a News Website

Refer to above "newspaper" section, or click HERE.

Webpage on a Government Agency Website

Notes:

1. Cite the author of the publication if the author is identified. Otherwise, start with the name of the national government, followed by the agency (including any subdivisions or agencies) that serves as the organizational author.
2. For congressional documents, be sure to include the number of the Congress and the session when the hearing was held or resolution passed as well as the report number.
3. US government documents are typically published by the Government Printing Office.
4. If a personal author or a corporate author (e.g. government agency or organization) cannot be identified, start the citation with the title of the document

Webpage on an Organization's Website

Notes:

1. The publisher or sponsoring organization can often be found in a copyright notice at the bottom of the home page or on a page that gives information about the site.
2. If the website publisher is the same as the author and title of the web site, then include only the title of the web site.

Webpage with an Individual Author