Citation Guide Old: How to cite BOOKS, eBOOKS, and CHAPTERS

ASA Book Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Year of publication. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. edition. Place of Publication: Publisher.

Examples:
Ermann, M. David, Mary B. Williams, and Michael S. Shauf, eds. 1997. Computers, Ethics, and Society. New York: Oxford University Press.

Odell, Lee, Scott Jones, and Peter Parker. 2001.  Elements of Language. Austin, TX: Holt.

Sternberg, Elaine. 2000. Just Business: Business Ethics in Action. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.

Utah Association of Counties.1981. Utah County Facts Book. Salt Lake City: Utah Association of Counties.

ASA eBook Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced 
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Year. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher. Retrieved date (URL).

eBook Example:
Mitchell, Stacy. 2006. BigBox Swindle: The True Cost of MegaRetailers and the Fight for America's Independent Business. Boston: Beacon Press. Retrieved January 26, 2015 (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/dixie/detail.action?docID=10175305&p00=home+depot).

Chapter or Authored Section of an edited Book / eBook / Anthologies

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented

Book

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Year of publication. "Title of Chapter." Pp. (with page number, elided) in Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edition, edited by Editor (editor's initials only for first/middle names, names not inverted). Place of Publication: Publisher.

Grealy, Lucy. 2002. "Fear Itself." Pp. 450-61 in The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose, 7th ed., edited by T. Roberts. Peterborough, NH: Broadview.

eBook

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Year of publication. "Title of Chapter." Pp. (with page number, elided) in Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edition, edited by Editor (editor's initials only for first/middle names, names not inverted). Place of Publication: Publisher. Retrieved date (URL).

Meiland, Jack. 2003. "The Difference Between High School and College." Pp. 104-14 in You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers, edited by R. K. Durst. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice. Retrieved May 3, 2009 (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/dixie/detail.action?docID=10420112&p00=higher+education).

ASA Dissertation citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Year of publication. "Title of Dissertation." PhD dissertation, Department of study, Degree-granting Institution, Place of publication.

Example:

King, Andrew J. 1976. “Law and Land Use in Chicago: A Pre-history of Modern Zoning.” PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.