Welcome to the Wayne G. Basler Library at Northeast State Community College
Welcome to the Wayne G. Basler Library at Northeast State Community College
The Writing Center [TWC] is located on the first floor of the Library in room L101. Writing center staff will be available to help with your essays, research, and more.
At the Writing Center, they can help with any writing assignment for any class at any stage in the process. That means they can help you:
Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the Chicago 17th Edition manual.
Book (p. 799)
General Format
Full Note:
1. Author First Name Surname, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
Shortened Note:
2. Author Surname, Book Title, page #.
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Example
Full Note:
1. Salman Rushdie, The Ground beneath Her Feet (New York: Henry Holt, 1999), 25.
Shortened Note:
2. Rushdie, The Ground beneath, 28.
Bibliography:
Rushdie, Salman. The Ground beneath Her Feet. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.
Tip: See Chicago Manual pages 799-828 for more information and examples on citing books.
Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the Chicago 17th Edition manual.
E-Book (p. 824-8)
General Format
Full Note:
1. Author First Name Surname, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), Format, page #. Tip: page numbers may vary based on the e-book viewer used. In these cases it is preferred to use chapter or paragraph numbers if they are provided (eg. chap. 2 or para. 11)
Shortened Note:
2. Author Surname, Book Title, page #.
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Format.
Example 1
Full Note:
1. William Rayner, Canada on the Doorstep: 1939 (Toronto: Dundurn, 2011), Ebrary e-book, 93.
Shortened Note:
2. Rayner, Canada on the Doorstep, 93
Bibliography:
Rayner, William. Canada on the Doorstep: 1939. Toronto: Dundurn, 2011. Ebrary e-book.
Example 2
Full Note:
1. Elliot Antokoletz, Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365825.001.0001.
Shortened Note:
2. Antokoletz, Musical Symbolism.
Bibliography:
Antokoletz, Elliot. Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365825.001.0001.
Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the Chicago 17th Edition manual.
Contribution to a Multi-Author Book (p. 803)
General Format
Full Note:
1. Author First Name Surname, "Chapter Title in Quotation Marks," in Book Title: Subtitle, ed. Editor First Name Surname (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
Shortened Note:
2. Author Surname, "Chapter Title in Quotation Marks," page #.
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. "Chapter Title in Quotation Marks." In Book Title: Subtitle, edited by Editor First Name Surname, page range of chapter. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Example
Full Note:
1. Bob Stewart, "Wag of the Tail: Reflecting on Pet Ownership," in Enriching Our Lives with Animals, ed. John Jaimeson, Tony Bannerman and Selena Wong (Toronto, ON: Petlove Press, 2007),100.
Shortened Note:
2. Stewart, "Wag of the Tail," 102.
Bibliography:
Stewart, Bob. "Wag of the Tail: Reflecting on Pet Ownership." In Enriching Our Lives with Animals, edited by John Jaimeson, Tony Bannerman and Selena Wong, 97-105. Toronto, ON: Petlove Press, 2007.
Tip: See Chicago Manual pages 799-828 for more information and examples on citing books.