History Research Guide

Books

Note, full citation:

Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (New York: Random House, 2014 [1978]), 128.

Note, shortened citation:

Tuchman, Distant Mirror, 169.

In Bibliography:

Tuchman, Barbara. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. New York: Random House, 2014 [1978].

Note, full citation:

Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice (Google Books, 2008), 153 (Chapter 20).

In the Bibliography, include the type of e-book as follows:

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York, 2007, Kindle-e-book.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York, 2008. PDF e-book.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York, 2008. Microsoft Reader e-book.

The printed version would be:

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London: Penguin Books, 2002.

Note:

  • Because e-books may have unstable pagination, it is wise to refer not only to page numbers but also to chapter numbers or other location numbers (e.g. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice(New York 2008) Kindle-e-book, Chapter 23).
  • If you have accessed a publication online, also give the URL or DOI and the date (e.g. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (2008, https://books.google.nl/books?id=RdMOMFePtEsC, accessed Oct. 30, 2015).

Note, full citation:

Liam P. Unwin and Joseph Galloway, Peace in Ireland (Boston: Stronghope Press, 1990), 45.

Note, shortened citation:

Unwin and Galloway, Peace, 45.

In Bibliography:

Unwin, Liam P. and Joseph Galloway. Peace in Ireland. Boston: Stronghope Press, 1990.

Note that only the first author’s name is inverted, because the bibliography lists sources alphabetically by last name of the first author.

When dealing with a book with four or more authors or editors, list only the first author, followed by ‘et al.’ (Latin for ‘and others’).

Note, full citation:

  1. Evans et al., Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Societies (Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press, 2003), 20.

In the bibliography, list all the authors as follows:

Evans, J., P. Grimshaw, D. Philips, and S. Swain. Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Societies. Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press, 2003.

 

Note, full citation:

Loe de Jong, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog I, Voorspel [The Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Second World War, Vol. 1, Prelude] (The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij, 1969), 345.

Note, shortened citation:

De Jong, Het Koninkrijk I345.

In Bibliography:

De Jong, Loe. Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog I, Voorspel [The Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Second World War, Vol. I, Prelude]. The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij, 1969.

Note that in English ‘De’ and ‘Van’ are considered an integral part of a last name. Therefore, in an alphabetical list, all names starting with ‘De’ are categorized under D and names starting with ‘Van’ are listed under V (whereas in Dutch these names would be alphabetized under the second part of the last name).

Note, full citation:

Joachim Hopp, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der letzten Attaliden [Researching the History of the Last Attalids], Vestigia, Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, no. 25 (Munich: C.H. Beck’sche Verlag, 1977), 115.

Note, shortened citation:

Hopp, Untersuchungen, 115.

In Bibliography:

Hopp, Joachim. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der letzten Attaliden [Researching the History of the Last Attalids]. Vestigia, Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, no. 25. Munich: C.H. Beck’sche Verlag, 1977.

Note that the series title and the volume number are not italicized.

Note, full citation:

John C.G. Röhl and Nicolaus Sombart (eds), Kaiser Wilhelm II: New Interpretations (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1982), 175.

Note, shortened citation:

Röhl and Sombart (eds), Kaiser Wilhelm II, 175.

In Bibliography:

Röhl, John C.G., and Nicolaus Sombart (eds). Kaiser Wilhelm II: New interpretations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Note that for edited volumes, you follow the editor’s name with (ed.) (or (eds) for more than one editor).