quoting/citing an online book? (1 Viewer)

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

hey guys,
how would i go about quoting/citing from an online book?

thankssss

 

[Absolutezero]

As in an eBook? Or something else.

It should usually just be their name, written date, title, online publisher/where its found, page numbers, URL

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

it's just a book i found on google books

 

[Absolutezero]

Just reference it as a regular book. No one has to know that you found it through google.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

Just reference it as a regular book. No one has to know that you found it through google.

but the book is from 1844... i think

heres the link to it anyways
The Sacraments: an inquiry into the ... - Google Books

 

[brendroid]

Just refer to it as an 1844 book

 

[Absolutezero]

I'd do something like this:

Halley, Robert 1844, 'The Sacraments: An Inquiry Into the Nature of The Symbolic Institutions of the Christain Religion', Jackson & Walford, London


If you want, you can add:
URL: The Sacraments: an inquiry into the ... - Google Books

at the end. However, I wouldn't think it was necessary. I've used books found on google books that are even older, and just written them in as a regular book.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

I'd do something like this:

Halley, Robert 1844, 'The Sacraments: An Inquiry Into the Nature of The Symbolic Institutions of the Christain Religion', Jackson & Walford, London


If you want, you can add:
URL: The Sacraments: an inquiry into the ... - Google Books

at the end. However, I wouldn't think it was necessary. I've used books found on google books that are even older, and just written them in as a regular book.

my lecturer has stressed that we shoud be "honest" about where we got our resources. im just scared that questions will be asked as to how i got my hands on a book that was published almost 2 centuries ago.

 

[brendroid]

Most books are republished I mean, look at the Illiad. That was first told hundreds of years ago.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

Most books are republished I mean, look at the Illiad. That was first told hundreds of years ago.

well ii typed up the name of the book and i can't find another copy anywhere... like in libraries or available for sale online

 

[Absolutezero]

my lecturer has stressed that we shoud be "honest" about where we got our resources. im just scared that questions will be asked as to how i got my hands on a book that was published almost 2 centuries ago.

Big libraries usually stock old books. If in down, post the URL along with the reference. But I wouldn't worry. They're more interested in where the reference came from, not how you managed to get a hold of the source.

 

[spence]

I had to do this a few times last year. I found a guide which said you just cite it as a normal book, but add: Google Book Search, and the date

edit: Wikipedia is your friend

Ballard, Joe N. (1998). Horatio Wright. In The History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. DIANE Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 0-7881-7666-8. Google Book Search. Retrieved on December 23, 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources/example_style#Electronic_equivalents

 

[Absolutezero]

That'd make sense.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

fuck how do you quote from a course reader?
i just did something random today cus i ran out of time

 

[Failure_123]

Just quote it, the author, date etc does not matter.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

Just quote it, the author, date etc does not matter.

LOL they stressed over and over again how the refernce and footnotes and shit should be absolutely perfect. my tute guy said that the marker would have a heart attack if you used a comma instead of a fullstop.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

omg are you doing medieval too at usyd?

yeah hsty1025

 

[Absolutezero]

my tute guy said that the marker would have a heart attack if you used a comma instead of a fullstop.

lol. But lest you be the incorrect user of a semi-colon...

 

[spence]

fuck how do you quote from a course reader?
i just did something random today cus i ran out of time

I'm pretty sure you do it like an article, and put the course reader instead of the journal name. Or you can just find out where it's actually from

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

omg. can we say hi one day???

LOL i dont know what you look like. you could be in my tute. did you have a tute today?