The Purdue OWL: Citation Chart
Updated July 2018
Duncan, Greg J., and Jeanne Brooks-
Gunn, editors. Consequences of
Growing up Poor. Russell Sage
Foundation, 1997.
Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.).
(1997). Consequences of growing up
poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage
Foundation.
Duncan, G. J. and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds.
Consequences of Growing Up. New York:
Russell Sage Foundation, 1997.
Harris, Muriel. “Talk to Me: Engaging
Reluctant Writers.” A Tutor's Guide:
Helping Writers, edited by Ben
Rafoth, Heinemann, 2000, pp. 24–34.
Harris, M. (2000). Talk to me:
Engaging reluctant writers. In Ben
Rafoth (Ed.), A tutor’s guide: Helping
writers one to one (pp. 24–34).
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging
Reluctant Writers." In A Tutor's Guide:
Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben
Rafoth, 24–34. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann, 2000.
Helfer, M. E., et al. The Battered Child.
5th ed., U of Chicago P, 1997.
Helfer, M. E., Kempe, R. S., & Krugman,
R. D. (1997). The battered child (5th
ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
Press.
Helfer, M.E., R.S. Kempe, and R.D. Krugman.
The Battered Child. 5th ed. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1997.
In a multivolume set, list the volume
that you consulted and its
corresponding publication year.
Wiener, Philip P., editor. Dictionary of
the History of Ideas. Vol. 1, Charles
Scribner’s Sons, 1968.
Wiener, P. (Ed.). (1973). Dictionary of
the history of ideas (Vols. 1–4). New
York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Weiner, Philip, ed. Dictionary of the History of
Ideas. 4 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1968–73.
Posner, Rebecca. “Romance
Languages.” The Encyclopedia
Britannica: Macropedia, 15
th
ed.,
1987.
Posner, R. (1987). Romance languages.
In The Encyclopedia Britannica:
Macropedia (15th ed.). Chicago, IL:
William Benton.
Well-known encyclopedias cited in notes
only.
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropedia,
15th ed. (1987), s.v. “Romance
Languages.” (Chicago: William Benton),
175.
Foreword,
introduction,
preface, or
afterword
Duncan, Hugh Dalziel. Introduction.
Permanence and Change: An
Anatomy of Purpose, by Kenneth
Burke, U of California P, 1984, pp. xiii-
xliv.
Duncan, H. D. (1984). Introduction. In
K. Burke (Ed.), Permanence and
change: An anatomy of purpose
(pp. xiii–xliv). Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Duncan, Hugh Dalziel. Introduction to
Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of
Purpose, xiii–xliv. By Kenneth Burke, xiii-
xliv. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1984.
Although periodicals are cited similarly
to most book sources, MLA’s eighth
In APA periodical citation, authors are
named by their last name followed by
CMOS periodical citations include author
name, article title, publication title,