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Anatomy of a Bibliographic Citation for Music Education
Research often involves accessing resources someone else has cited for you. Beginning researchers are often confused about these so-called bibliographic citations. Here are a few examples to help you interpret them. A citation in a bibliography has a slightly different format from a citation in a footnote. Here are made-up citations in the style used in the latest issue of Music Educators Journal:
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
AUTHOR:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
ARTICLE TITLE:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
JOURNAL TITLE:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
VOLUME NUMBER:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
ISSUE NUMBER:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
DATE:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
PAGE NUMBERS:
Ramsey, Darhyl. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
TWO AUTHORS EXAMPLES:
If an article or book has two authors, list the second author with first name first:
Ramsey, Darhyl and Donna Arnold. "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
Ramsey, Darhyl and Donna Arnold. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
FOOTNOTE FORMAT:
Darhyl Ramsey, "How to Pass MUED 5280," Denton Journal of Music Education 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-99.
Here is the same source in the style of the latest issue of Journal of Research in Music Education:
Ramsey, D. (2009). How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton Journal of Music Education, 1(1), 1-99.
HERE IS A CITATION FOR A BOOK:
Ramsey, Darhyl. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
AUTHOR:
Ramsey, Darhyl. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
BOOK TITLE:
Ramsey, Darhyl. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
CITY OF PUBLICATION:
Ramsey, Darhyl. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
NAME OF PUBLISHER:
Ramsey, Darhyl. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
DATE OF PUBLICATION:
Ramsey, Darhyl. How to Pass MUED 5280. Denton: DJME Press, 2009.
PLEASE NOTE:
Titles of main sources such as journals or books are in italics. [In the old days, they were underlined.] Titles of articles are usually in quotes.
