Give the author's last name and the date the work was published enclosed in parentheses to cite your source in the text of your paper.
(Collins, 2007)
Give the page number on which you found your quote, if you quote directly from the author's text.
(Collins, 2007, p. 67)
Write the author's last and first initial, the year the work was published in parentheses, the title in italics with only the first word and all proper nouns and adjectives capitalized and relevant publication information, including the city and state of publication and the publisher's name, to cite your source on a references or bibliography page.
Collins, F. (2007). The language of God: a scientist presents evidence for belief. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
Give the author's last name and the page number you information comes from to cite your source in-text.
(Collins 67)
Refer to the author inside your sentence if possible.
Collins mentions a news conference with President Clinton announcing the completion the Human Genome Project.
Give the following information in your works cited entry: the author's last and first name, the title in italics, the place of publication, the publisher and the year of publication.
Collins, Francis. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007.
Indicate whether you accessed your source in print or online by writing either "Print" or "Web" at the end of your works cited entry.
Collins, Francis. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. Print.
Create a footnote or endnote including the following information to cite your source in-text: the author' first and last name; the title; the place of publication, publisher and year of publication enclosed in parentheses and the page number from which you draw your information.
1. Francis Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007), 67.
To refer to the same source two or more times consecutively, write "ibid.," which means "in the same place" in Latin.
1. Francis Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007), 67.
2. ibid, 120.
Include the author's last name and first name, the title, place of publication, publisher and year of publication in your bibliography entry.
Collins, Francis. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007.