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EBSCO eBooks: Research & Citations

Citing eBooks

When referencing eBooks in your bibliography, cite them exactly as their print counterparts with the addition of a media marker at the end of the citation: Kindle edition, PDF e-book, Microsoft Reader e-book, Palm e-book, CD-ROM, etc.

Online books are also cited exactly as their print counterparts with the addition of a DOI (or URL) at the end of the citation.  Click the link below for commonly accepted citation styles.

APA Style

For instructions on citing an ebook with APA style, see the links above.

Chicago/Turabian Style

For instructions on citing an ebook using Chicago/Turabian style, see these links above.

MLA Style

For instructions on citing an ebook with MLA style, see the links above.

eBooks

Citation Generators

Try one of these websites for an automatic citation generator!  You fill in the blanks, it produces a citation!  How easy is that?

Example

Reference--APA Style

            Book Cover

Concise rules of APA style, American Psychological Association, 6th ed., c.2010.

Reference--Chicago/Turabian Style

           Book Cover

A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago Style for students and researchers by Kate L. Turabian, 8th ed., University of Chicago Press, c.2013.

Reference--MLA Style

            Book Cover

MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing, 3rd ed., Modern Language Association of America, c.2008.

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