See the Citation Styles guide for help on references lists and in-text citations in the major styles.
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Which style do I use?
Philosophy may use any humanities style, most likely Chicago or MLA Style, but always double check with your instructor if you are unsure of the correct style to use.
Basic Formats
Chicago
Basic Formats
An article in a periodical (e.g., a journal, newspaper, or magazine)
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Source Day Month Year: pages.
A nonperiodical (e.g. a book)
Author(s). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
MLA
Basic Rules for Citations
• Authors' names are inverted (last
name first); if a work has more than one author, invert only the first
author's name, follow it with a comma, then continue listing the rest
of the authors.
• If you have cited more than one work by a
particular author, order them alphabetically by title, and use three
hyphens in place of the author's name for every entry after the first.
• When an author appears both as the sole author of a text and as the first author of a group, list solo-author entries first.
•
If no author is given for a particular work, alphabetize by the title
of the piece and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical
citations.
• Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books,
etc. This rule does not apply to articles, short prepositions, or
conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle.
• Underline or italicize titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and films.
•
Use quotation marks around the titles of articles in journals,
magazines, and newspapers. Also use quotation marks for the titles of
short stories, book chapters, poems, and songs.
• If you're citing
an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form
but that you retrieved from an online database, you should provide
enough information so that the reader can locate the article either in
its original print form or retrieve it from the online database (if
they have access).