E-book (from a database)
In-text citations
Paraphrasing
According to Zipes fairy tales have long been associated with oral storytelling and ... (16).
Direct quote
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks " " and provide the page number(s) from the book.
"Fairy tales are rooted in oral traditions ..." (Zipes 16).
Works Cited
Library e-book
Template
Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year. Title of the database or website, URL.
Example
Zipes, Jack. The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre. Princeton UP, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.federation.edu.au/lib/ballarat/detail.action?docID=864785.
E-reader
Template
Author. Title of book. Version. Publisher, Year.
Example
Levy, Emanuel. Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film. Kindle ed., New York UP, 1999.
Notes on style
- Treat as for a print book, including publisher information.
- If accessed online, add website/database name. You can include the date of access if you think it is relevant to your discussion, although this is optional.
- If accessed offline as a digital file, add file type.
- If you do not know the type of e-book simply add e-book before the publisher