Book Review about 1776 by David McCullough

 It purpose to provide an overview of all your sources and not just the ones you cited.

 This allows you to shorten citation in notes.

 It needs to be in alphabetical order by author’s last name.

 Single space, one space between entries, and use hanging indentations.

 Divide into two sections: primary and secondary sources.

 It is placed at the end of the essay.

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book in Italics. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Sernett, Milton C. Abolition’s Axe: Beriah Green, Oneida Institute, and the Black Freedom Struggle. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1986.

Last Name, First Name. “Article Title in Quotation marks.” Journal Title in Italics. Volume, issue number, (month, year): page numbers.

Crockett, Hasan. “The Incendiary Pamphlet: David Walker’s Appeal in Georgia.” The Journal of Negro History. 86, no. 3 (Summer, 2001): 305-318.

 Footnotes appear at the foot or bottom of the page. Good for essay reference.

 Endnotes appear at the end of the essay.

 Every word processing program has a way to insert notes. For Word 2007, go to the “References” tab and then press “Insert Footnote” or “Insert Endnote.”

 Insert the note at the end of the quotation, sentence, or paragraph.

 Notes are needed when you quote as well as paraphrase a source. When you quote, the citation should insert the note at the end of the quotation. If you a paraphrasing, you should insert the note at the end of the sentence or paragraph.

 The most common sort of note is a source note that provides bibliographical information. However, notes can include commentary or further explanation of either the source material or information that helps further explain the text.

First Name Last Name, Title of book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Cedric B. Cowing, The Great Awakening and the American Revolution: Colonial Thought in the 18th Century (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1971), 40-74.

First Name Last Name, “Article Title,” Journal Title in Italics Volume, issue number, (month, year): page numbers.

Nancy Schrom Dye and Daniel Blake Smith, “Mother Love and Infant Death, 1750-1920” Journal of American History 73, no. 2 (1986): 329-353.

 With a bibliography, you can shorten notes.

 Authors last name, Title (italics if it is a book and “quotation marks” if it is an article), page number.

 Cowing, The Great Awakening and the American Revolution, 45.

 Dye and Smith, “Mother Love and Infant Death, 1750-1920,” 350.

 Ibid. short for ibidem or “in the same place” can be used can be used for a single work cited in the immediately preceding note.

 Ibid., 351.