Ebooks | 17th Edition

An ipad with an ebook openedThe first entry is a sample footnote/endnote as it would appear the first time that a work is cited. Remember, while our examples begin with “1.”, notes should be numbered based on the order they occur in the paper.

The second entry is a shortened version for subsequent notes from the same source.

The third entry is the bibliographic citation that will be found at the end of the work. A bibliography is alphabetized by author’s last name.


NOTE: Cite the version consulted, e.g. Kindle edition, or list the URL for books available online.
1. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co, 1928), 12, https://www.read.gov/books/pageturner/alice_wonderland/#page/1/mode/1up.
2. Carroll, Alice, 44.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co, 1928. https://www.read.gov/books/pageturner/alice_wonderland/#page/1/mode/1up.
NOTE: In the event that there are no page numbers in an ebook, use a chapter number or section heading as seen below.
1. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co, 1928), chap. 3, Kindle.
2. Carroll, Alice, chap. 7.

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