Footnote

Number. Author's First name Last name and Author's First name Last name, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), Page number(s).

1.  Howard Zinn and Joesph Misk, A People’s History of the United States (New York: HarperPerennial, 1990), 140-48. 

Short Footnote:

Author's Last name and Author's Last name, Shortened Book Title, Page number(s).

Zinn and Misk, A People’s History, 140-48.

Bibliography:

Author's Last name, First name and Author's First Name Last Name. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

*Note how only Author #1 is Last, First. Author #2 is First Last. 

Zinn, Howard and Joesph Minsk. A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperPerennial, 1990. 

Footnote

Number. Author's First name Last name et al., Book Title: Subtitle (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), Page number(s).

*et al. means "and others". Make sure to always attach the period after the letter l.  

1.  Howard Zinn et al., A People’s History of the United States (New York: HarperPerennial, 1990), 140-

48. 

Short Footnote:

Author's Last name and Author's Last name, Shortened Book Title, Page number(s).

Zinn et al., A People’s History, 140-48.

Bibliography:

Author's Last name, First name and Author's First name Last Name. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

*Note how only Author #1 is Last, First. Author #2 is First Last and so on. 

*You cannot use et al. in your bibliography. List each author using and. 

Zinn, Howard and Joesph Minsk and ... . A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperPerennial, 1990. 

An Ebook should be cited just like a book, with the only exception that you have to add either the database or the URL/DOI at the end. 

Footnote

Number. Author's First name Last name, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), Page number(s). Database or URL/DOI.

9.  Paul Howard Carlson, The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 (College Station, TX: A&M University Press, 2003), 51-53, ProQuest Ebook Central. 

or

9.  Paul Howard Carlson, The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 (College Station, TX: A&M University Press, 2003), 51-53, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/qvlibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3037719.

Short Footnote:

Author last name, Shortened Book Title, Page number(s).

Carlson, The Buffalo Solider, 51-53.

Bibliography:

Author's Last name, First name. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Database or URL/DOI.

Carlson, Paul Howard. The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877. College Station, TX: A&M University Press, 2003. ProQuest Ebook Central. 

or

Carlson, Paul Howard. The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877. College Station, TX: A&M University Press, 2003. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/qvlibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3037719. 

Footnote

Number. Author's First name Last name, "Title of Chapter" in Book Title: Subtitle, ed. Editor's Full Name (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), Page number(s).

1. David H. Bennett, “Was the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s an Extremist Movement?” in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in 20th Century American History, ed. Larry Madaras (Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006), 98-100. 

Short Footnote:

Author's Last name, "Shortened Title of Chapter," Page number(s).

Bennett, "Was the Ku Klux Klan", 98-100.

Bibliography:

Author's First name Last name, "Title of Chapter" In Book Title: Subtitle, edited by Editor's Full Name, page numbers(s). Place of publication: Publisher, Year. 

*Note how In has a capital I and it is now edited by instead of ed. 

Bennett, David H. “Was the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s an Extremist Movement?” In Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in 20th Century American History, edited by Larry Madaras, 98-107. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2006.