Taking Good Notes
The secret to acknowledging sources properly
Librarians often see students in a panic because they didn't record information about a source and can't find the source again. Save yourself time, effort and frustration: Keep good notes on your sources.
The information you need for a bibliographic citation (regardless of the style manual you're using) depends on the type of source you're using. Here are some general guidelines:
| Books | Periodical Articles | Websites |
|---|---|---|
| author(s) or editor(s) | author(s) | author |
| title | title of article | title of website |
| publisher | name of periodical | title of article |
| city of publication | volume number | date site was posted or updated |
| publication date | issue number | date you accessed the site |
| page numbers | year of publication | URL (web address) |
| possibly: author of chapter if different than the author/editor of the book | month and/or day | |
| possibly: title of chapter, if chapters are written by different authors | page numbers |