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