Using Citation Styles

A library catalog record gives you lots of important data to cite an item in your bibliography, as well as to locate the item in the Library's collections.

When listing sources you've used in your research, be sure to use a conventional bibliographic style. Most subject disciplines have a standard style that writers are expected to use. Each style will specify a uniform way of citing sources that will:

1. Give an orderly appearance to your bibliography, and
2. Provide all the essential elements of information that a reader will need to locate the source.

A book citation must include:

• Author
• Title
• Source - publisher and place for books or nonprint materials
• Date/Year

Elements of a Book Citation:

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