Key Learning Points for Citation Components

6 Types of Common Resources

1. Book/e-Book & Book/e-Book Chapter
2. Newspaper Article
3. Journal/e-Journal Article
4. Database Report
5. Website
6. Social Media (Twitter/YouTube/Blogs) &Email

4Ws
Who, When, What, Where
Citations Components in Common Resources
Common Who When What Where
Resource
Book/ E-Book Author Year of Title Publisher
publication Subtitle (if any) URL/ DOI

Book/ E-Book Chapter Year of Chapter title Editors

Chapter Author publication Book title
Page numbers
Publisher
URL/ DOI
Newspaper Author Date Article title Newspaper title
Article Page number (if print)
URL
Journal/ Author Year of Article title Journal Title
E-Journal Article publication Volume, Issue
Page numbers
URL/ DOI
Database Report Author Date Report title Database/website
name
URL/DOI
Website Author Date Article title Website name
URL
Twitter Author [@name] Date Tweet content Website name
URL
YouTube Person/organization Date Title [Description] Website name
that uploaded video URL
Blogs Author Date Post title Blog name
URL
Email Communicator’s Date Phrase N.A.
name “personal
communication”