Each type of reference has a specific format for its citation. For a reference book, you need to first provide the author's last and first name. In MLA style, provide the book's title italicized and in title case. List the place of publication, the name of the publisher and the year of publication. The final citation will look like this: Camus, Albert. A Happy Death. Paris: Gallimard, 1971. In APA style, first give the author's last name followed by his initials. Provide the year of the book's publication in between brackets. Cite the title of the work you are referencing italicized and in title case. List the place of publication and the name of the publisher. The final citation will look like this: Camus, A. (1971). A Happy Death. Paris: Gallimard.
You may also have used articles from print journals in your research. To cite this kink of reference in MLA, provide the author's last and first name. Give the article's title in quotation marks and the magazine's name underlined. Give the volume number and the date of publication in brackets. Finish by citing the pages you used. The final citation will look like this: Kors, Andrew. "Finding The Power." Cognitive Psychology. 92 (2006): 131-132. In APA style, list the author's last name and his first name's initial. Give the date of publication in between brackets. Carry on with the article's title and then the journal's title italicized. Finish with the volume number and the pages from which you took information. The final citation will look like this: Kors, A. (2006). Finding the Power. Cognitive Psychology, 92, 131-132.
MLA style also provides directions for citing an online reference. List the last and first name of the author if available, and the title of the article you are citing, italicized. Give the name of the publisher (website) and the date of publication. Provide the medium of publication and the date you found the information. Include a link to the article. The final citation in your bibliography will look like this: Rowntree, Joseph Foundation. Living Costs 'Rising for Parents' as Prices Increase. BBC News Online: Business. 4 July 2011. Web. 5 July 2011. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14019760.
In APA style, provide the last name and first name's initial of the author, if available. Give the date that the article was published in between brackets and then the title of the article. Write "in" and then the title of the publisher (website) italicized and provide the date you came across the information. Make that clear by using the word "retrieved" before the date. Give the link to the article, writing "from" and then copying and pasting the website's address. Your final citation will look like this: Rowntree, J. Foundation (4 July 2011) Living Costs 'Rising for Parents' as Prices Increase. In BBC News Online: Business. Retrieved July 4, 2011. From www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14019760.
Your bibliography needs to be at the end of your paper. List all your citations numerically and alphabetically based on the author's last name. If you are referencing more than one work by the same writer, include the author's name in the first citation and then arrange the rest of the sources again alphabetically but by every book's title. Indent the second line if a citation needs more than one line's space. Leave a blank line after every reference. Make your bibliography clear and easy to read.