History Research Guide

Articles

Note, full citation:

Agnes Sneller, “Reading Jacob Cats,” in Women of the Golden Age: An International Debate on Women in Seventeenth-century Holland, England and Italy, ed. Els Kloek, Nicole Teeuwen and Marijke Huisman (Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 1994), 23.

Note, shortened citation:

Sneller, “Reading Jacob Cats,” 23.

In Bibliography:

Sneller, A. Agnes. “Reading Jacob Cats.” In Women of the Golden Age: An International Debate on Women in Seventeenth-century Holland, England and Italy, 21-34. Edited by Els Kloek, Nicole Teeuwen and Marijke Huisman. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 1994.

Note that a documentary note refers to the individual page number, while the bibliography refers to the chapter’s first and last page.

Also note the difference between ‘in’ (note) and ‘In’ (bibliographic entry) and ‘ed.’ (note) and ‘edited by’ (bibliography). Note there is no colon after ‘in’.

Note, full citation:

Aaron J. Cohen, “‘Our Russian Passport’: First World War Monuments, Transnational Commemoration, and the Russian Emigration in Europe, 1918–39,” Journal of Contemporary History 49 (2014): 4, 629-651.

Note, shortened citation:

Cohen, “Russian Passport,” 631.

In Bibliography:

Cohen, Aaron J. “‘Our Russian Passport’: First World War Monuments, Transnational Commemoration, and the Russian Emigration in Europe, 1918–39.” Journal of Contemporary History 49 (2014): 4, 627-651.

When referring to journal articles, include the following:

  • Volume (here: 49);
  • Year or Month Year in parentheses (here: (2014) or (October 2014)), followed by a colon; If a journal is paginated consecutively across a volume or if the month or season appears with the year, the issue number may be omitted.
  • Number of the issue (here: 4), followed by a comma;
  • Page number to which the note refers (here: 629), or first page-last page of the article in the bibliographic entry (here: 627-651).

Note, full citation:

Margaret Jean Hay, “Queens, Prostitutes and Peasants: Historical Perspectives on African Women, 1971–1986,” in Current Research on African Women, special issue, Canadian Journal of African Studies 22 (1988): 436.

Note, shortened citation:

Hay, “Queens,” 439.

In Bibliography:

Hay, Margaret Jean. “Queens, Prostitutes and Peasants: Historical Perspectives on African Women, 1971–1986.” In Current Research on African Women, special issue, Canadian Journal of African Studies 22 (1988): 431–447.

Note, full citation:

Ferry Biedermann, “Damascus brengt zichzelf opnieuw schade toe” [Damascus Hurts Itself Again], Volkskrant, July 13, 2005.

Note, shortened citation:

Biedermann, “Damascus.”

In Bibliography:

Biedermann, Ferry. “Damascus brengt zichzelf opnieuw schade toe” [Damascus Hurts Itself Again]. Volkskrant, July 13, 2005.

If you have accessed a newspaper article online, give the URL of the site you used and the date you accessed it (see Online article)

With author:

Christina Larner, “Witch Beliefs and Witch-hunting in England and Scotland.” History Today 31 (1981) 2, http://www.historytoday.com/christina-larner/witch-beliefs-and-witch-hunting-england-and-scotland , accessed on Oct. 30, 2015.

No author (use institution instead):

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, “Dossier afschaffing slavernij (1863).” [1863 Abolition File], last modified June 13, 2007, http://www.kb.nl, accessed on Nov. 11, 2009.

Note: when referencing online articles, include the author’s name (if known), date of publication or last modification, URL and access date.