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Citation Style Guide

Citations can be challenging and will look different depending the resource being cited and the citation style.  Yet, there are some common elements:

  • author name(s)
  • titles of books, articles, and journals
  • date of publication
  • page numbers
  • volume and issue numbers (for articles)
     
Below are citation examples of a scholarly article using the four main citation styles used at Eckerd.  
Author - Dominique Daniel
Article Title - Teaching Students How to Research the Past: Historians and Librarians in the Digital Age
Source Title - The History Teacher
Volume and issue - Volume 45, Issue 2
Publication Date - 2012
Page numbers - 261-282

 

American Psychological Association (APA):

Daniel, D. (2012). Teaching students how to research the past: Historians and librarians in the digital age. The History

Teacher, 45(2), 261-282.

Modern Language Association (MLA):

Daniel, Dominique. "Teaching Students How to Research the Past: Historians and Librarians in the Digital Age." The History

Teacher, vol. 45, no. 2, 2012, pp. 261-82.

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS):

Daniel, Dominique. "Teaching Students How to Research the Past: Historians and Librarians in the Digital Age." The

History Teacher 45, no. 2 (2012): 261-282.

Council of Science Editors (CSE):

Daniel, D. 2012. Teaching students how to research the past: Historians and librarians in the digital age. The History

Teacher. 45(2): 261-282.

American Medical Association (AMA):

Daniel, D. (2012). Teaching students how to research the past: Historians and librarians in the digital age. The History

Teacher, 45(2), 261-282.