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Citation formats for print documentation follow The Chicago Manual of Style.

LIBRARY RESOURCES

6.3.1 Book—One Author

Bibliography Entry

Wansink, B. 2004. Marketing nutrition: Soy, functional foods, biotechnology, and obesity. Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press.

Internal Citation

(Wansink 2004, 15–16)

6.3.2 Two Authors

Bibliography Entry

Askeland, D. R., and P. P. Phule. 2004. Essentials of materials science and engineering. Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole.

Internal Citation

(Askeland and Phule 2004, 59)
6.3.3 Book—Multiple Authors

6.3.3 Book—Multiple Authors

Bibliography Entry

Sawyer, C. N., P. L. McCarty, and G. F. Parkin. 2003. Chemistry for environmental engineering and science. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Internal Citation

(Sawyer, McCarty, and Parkin 2003, 652)

6.3.4 Anthology (edited collection)

Bibliography Entry

Fort, M. P., M. A. Mercer, and O. Gish, eds. 2004. Sickness and wealth: The corporate assault on global health. Cambridge, MA: South End Press.

Internal Citation

(Fort, Mercer, and Gish 2004, 45–46)

6.3.5 Article or Chapter from Anthology

Bibliography Entry

Hong, E. 2004. The role of international agencies: A brief overview. In Sickness and wealth: The corporate assault on global health, ed. M. P. Fort, M. A. Mercer, and O. Gish, 101–120. Cambridge, MA: South End Press.

Internal Citation

(Hong 2004, 101)

6.3.6 Journal Article—One Author

Bibliography Entry

Rao, M. D. 2003. Recent applications of viscoelastic damping for noise control in automobiles and commercial airplanes. Journal of Sound and Vibration 262, no. 3 (May 1): 457–474.

Internal Citation

(Rao 2003, 460)

6.3.7 Journal Article—Two Authors

Bibliography Entry

Wang, J., and A. Atrens. 2004. Analysis of service stress corrosion cracking in a natural gas transmission pipeline, active or dormant? Engineering Failure Analysis 11, no. 1 (Feb.): 3–18.

Internal Citation

(Wang and Atrens 2004, 15–16)

6.3.8 Journal Article—Three Authors

Bibliography Entry

Leira, B. J., A. J. Sørensen, and C. M. Larsen. 2004. A reliability-based control algorithm for dynamic positioning of floating vessels. Structural Safety 26, no. 1 (Jan.): 1–28.

Internal Citation

(Leira, Sørensen, and Larsen 2004, 3)

6.3.9 Edition (book with an editor)

Bibliography Entry

Miller, D., and G. de Roo, eds. Urban environmental planning: Policies, instruments, and methods in an international perspective. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.

Internal Citation

(Miller and de Roo 2004, 75)

6.3.10 Translation

Bibliography Entry

Schäefer, G. 2003. Security in fixed and wireless networks: An introduction to securing data communications. Trans. H. J. von Schmoeger. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Internal Citation

(Schäefer 2003, 44–45)

6.3.11 Volumes

Bibliography Entry

Mark, H., ed. 2003. Encyclopedia of space science and technology. 2 vols. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Internal Citation

(Mark 2003, 1:75)

6.3.12 Encyclopedia (entry)

Bibliography Entry

Ullmann’s encyclopedia of industrial chemistry. 2003. 6th ed. Vol. 22. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-Vch. S.v. “mixing of highly viscous media.”

Internal Citation

(Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2003)

6.3.13 Dictionary (entry)

Bibliography Entry

Angelo, J. A., Jr. 2004. The facts on file dictionary of space technology. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File. S.v. “flame bucket.”

Internal Citation

(Angelo 2004)

6.3.14 Organization as Author

Bibliography Entry

National Cancer Institute. 2004. Longer-term data confirm raloxifene reduces the risk of breast cancer in older women. National Cancer Institute. http://nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/results/raloxifene0604.

Internal Citation

(National Cancer Institute 2004)

 

WORKPLACE RESOURCES

6.3.15 Personal Interview

Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry.

Bibliography Entry

Davis, B. 2004. Interviewed by author. July 14.

Internal Citation

(Davis 2004)

6.3.16 Annual Report

Bibliography Entry

Pfizer. 2003. Annual review. New York: Pfizer.

Internal Citation

(Pfizer 2003, 4)

6.3.17 Brochure

Bibliography Entry

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. 2004. Forest health protection: Protecting and improving the health of America’s forests. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain and Northern Regions.

Internal Citation

(US Department of Agriculture Forest Service 2004)

6.3.18 Government document (report)

Bibliography Entry

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. 2004. Summary final environmental impact statement and land and resource management plan: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. USDA Forest Service, Southern Region.

Internal Citation

(US Department of Agriculture Forest Service 2004, 6)

MEDIA RESOURCES

6.3.19 Television Show

Bibliography Entry

Bowser, B. A. 2004. Predicting earthquakes. NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS. June 2.

Internal Citation

(Bowser 2004)

6.3.20 Radio Show

Bibliography Entry

Palca, J. 2004. Artificial enzyme latest advance in designer proteins. Morning edition. NPR. June 25.

Internal Citation

(Palca 2004)

6.3.21 Film

Bibliography Entry

Winged migration. 2001. Directed by Jacques Cluzaud and Jacques Perrin. Culver City, CA: Columbia Tristar Hom.

Internal Citation

(Winged Migration 2001)

6.3.22 CD-ROM

Bibliography Entry

Dorland’s pocket medical dictionary for PDA, v. 2.0. 2003. Elsevier.

Internal Citation

(Dorland’s Pocket Medical Dictionary for PDA, v. 2.0 2003)

6.3.23 Proceedings

Bibliography Entry

Wang, L., et al., eds. 2004. Radiation effects and ion-beam processing of materials: Symposium held December 1–5, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Warrendale, PA: Materials Research Society.

Internal Citation

(Wang et al. 2004, 75)

6.3.24 Review

Bibliography Entry

Gibbs, J. 2004. Review of Surgeons and the Scope, J. R. Zetka, Jr. Journal of the American Medical Association 291, no. 12 (March 24–31): 1507–08.

Internal Citation

(Gibbs 2004, 1507)

6.3.25 Newspaper

Bibliography Entry

Wilford, J. N. 2004. First close-up photos of Saturn’s giant moon. New York Times, July 3, A13.

Internal Citation

(Wilford 2004, A13)

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The citation models in this section were prepared by Mary Duerson, freelance editor and graduate student in the master’s program for rhetoric, composition, and professional communication, Iowa State University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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