Print and electronic books (or e-books) are cited in the same format. Additionally, for the e-books, add a URL at the end. If you don’t find page numbers, cite by a chapter or a section number. When an author is an editor, add ed. after the editor's last name in notes and after the first name in the bibliography.
Notes
##. First name Last name, Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication), Page number of the cited section.
##. Editor’s First name Last name, ed., Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication), Page number of the cited section.
Bibliography
Last name, First name. Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication.
Editor’s Last name, Editor’s First name, ed. Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of Publication.
Examples
1. Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Boston: Little Brown, 2000), 130-135.
2. Don Michael Randel, ed. The Harvard Dictionary of Music (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003), 45.
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Boston: Little Brown, 2000.
Randel, Don Michael, ed. The Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.
Notes
##. Author #1’s First name Last Name, Author #2’s First name Last name, and Author #3’s First name Last name, Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication), Page number of the cited section.
Bibliography
Author #1’s Last Name, Author #1’s First Name, Author #2’s First Name Last Name, and Author #3’s First Name Last Name. Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication.
Examples
1. Peter J. Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca, A History of Western Music (New York: W. W. Norton), 82-86.
Burkholder, Peter J., Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music. New York: W. W. Norton.
In notes, list only the first named author and add et al. (“and others” in Latin). In bibliography, list all authors.
Notes
##. Author #1’s First name Last Name et al., Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication), Page number of the cited section.
Bibliography
Author #1’s Last Name, Author #1’s First Name, Author #2’s, First Name Last Name, Author #3’s First Name Last Name, and Author #4’s First Name Last Name. Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of publication.
Examples
1. James R. H. Anthony et al., The New Grove French Baroque Masters: Lully, Charpentier, Lalande, Couperin, Rameau (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986), 56-57.
Anthony, James R. H., Wiley Hitchcock, Edward Higginbottom, Graham Sadler, and Albert Cohen. The New Grove French Baroque Masters: Lully, Charpentier, Lalande, Couperin, Rameau. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986.
