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Environmental humanities

A collection of library resources covering the humanities with a focus on the environment.

citation building tool  APA citation examples  MLA citation examples

Citation Building Tools

APA Citation Examples

Author(s). (Date). Book title. Publisher.

Example:

Long, S. P., & Mason, C. F. (1983). Saltmarsh ecology. Blackie.

Chapter Author(s). (Date). Chapter title. In Editor Names (Eds.), Book title. (edition, page numbers). Publisher.

Example:

Cardille, J. A., & Jackson, M. M. (2017). Citizen science for assessing landscape change. In S. E. Gergel & M. G. Turner, (Eds.), Learning landscape ecology: a practical guide to concepts and techniques. (2nd ed., pp. 41-42). Springer. 

Author(s). (Date). Article title. Journal title, Volume, Pages.

Example:

Sinha, E., Michalak, A. M., & Balaji, V. (2017). Eutrophication will increase during the 21st century as a result of precipitation changes. Science, 357(6349), 405-408.

Author(s). (Date). Journal title. Journal, Volume, Pages. DOI:

Example:

Woolway, E. E., & Goodenough, A. E. (2017). Effects of visitor numbers on captive European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and impacts on visitor experience. Zoo Biology, 36(2), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21357  

Author. (Date). Website Title. Site name. URL

Example:

Gepford, K. (2024, February 20). The remote island where giant tortoises clear runways for albatrosses. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240220-the-giant-tortoises-boosting-biodiversity-in-the-galpagos

Webpage on a website with a retrieval date.
When contents of a page are designed to change over time but are not archived, include a retrieval date in the reference.

Example:

U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). U.S. and world population clock. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved February 23, 2024, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/

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MLA Citation Examples

Author(s). Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example:

Long, S. P. and C. F. Mason.  Saltmarsh Ecology. New York: Blackie, 1983. 

Author(s). "Chapter title." Book title. edition, Edited by Editor(s), Year, pages.

Example:

Cardille, Jeffrey A, and Michelle M. Jackson. “Citizen science for assessing landscape change.” Learning landscape ecology: a practical guide to concepts and techniques. 2nd ed.,   Edited by Sarah E. Gergel & Monica G. Turner, Springer, 2017, pp. 41-42.

Author(s). "Article title." Journal title, volume number, issue number, pages.

Example:

Sinha, E., A.M. Michalak and V. Balaji. “Eutrophication Will Increase During the 21st Century as a Result of Precipitation Changes.” Science, vol. 357, no. 6349, 2017, pp. 405-408. 

Article in an online journal issue from an Online Database (or other electronic subscription service)

Author(s). "Article title." Journal title, volume number, issue number, Date, pages. Database name, DOI.

Example:

Woolway, Eleanor E. and  Anne E.  Goodenough. “Effects of visitor numbers on captive European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and impacts on visitor experience.” Zoo Biology, vol. 36, no. 2, Feb/ 2017, pp. 112-119. Wiley Online Library, doi: 10.1002/zoo.21357 (2017).

Article in an online journal issue that also appears in print

Author(s). "Article title." Journal title, volume number, issue number, Date, pages. Permalink, Accessed Date.

Example:

Woolway, Eleanor E. and Anne E. Goodenough. “Effects of visitor numbers on captive European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and impacts on visitor experience.” Zoo Biology, vol. 36, no. 2, 2017, pp. 112-119, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoo.21357/epdf. Accessed 8 Aug. 2017.

Author(s). "Page title." Website title, Date, URL. Accessed Date.

Example:

“China Lake Alewife Restoration Initiative.” Maine Rivers, 2017, http://mainerivers.org/projects/china-lake-outlet-stream-restoration/. Accessed 8 Aug. 2017.

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