{"id":1004,"date":"2019-09-15T19:32:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?page_id=1004"},"modified":"2019-09-15T19:35:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T19:35:17","slug":"citing-your-favorite-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/resources\/citing-your-favorite-book\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cite your Favorite Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Create an APA-style citation<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>SEARCH <\/strong>RUL resources by going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraries.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libraries&#8217; web site<\/a> and typing in the title, preferably in quotes, in the QuickSearch search box, e.g., &#8220;Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban\u00a0&#8221; to find the bibliographic record.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the title to open the <strong>full record<\/strong>. You will see a lot of details.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>citation <\/strong>symbol<strong>\u00a0&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>to get the proper citation. Select <strong>APA (6th) style<\/strong>. Save\u00a0the citation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>That\u2019s it! Do this for your next paper.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>EXAMPLES<\/strong>: available in the <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/gallery\/poster-gallery-6\/\">poster galleries<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><b>OPTIONAL<\/b>: Scroll down to see <strong>availability <\/strong>and <strong>location<\/strong>. You will see the name of the library, such as Alexander, Douglass, etc, the actual location, such as Stacks or Reference, and a\u00a0combination of letters and numbers, which is\u00a0a Library of Congress (LC) call number. This is your GPS in libraries!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>TIP<\/strong>: Click the Expand My Search box in the left panel, if you can&#8217;t find a book or article at RUL. Your search will be expanded to many academic libraries.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">LIBRARY CHALLENGE<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Reading Harry Potter @Chang<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">September 17, 2019<\/h4>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-976 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2019\/09\/Slide1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create an APA-style citation SEARCH RUL resources by going to the Libraries&#8217; web site and typing in the title, preferably in quotes, in the QuickSearch search box, e.g., &#8220;Harry Potter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/resources\/citing-your-favorite-book\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":0,"parent":119,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1004","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Cite your Favorite Book - Books We Read<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/resources\/citing-your-favorite-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Cite your Favorite Book - Books We Read\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Create an APA-style citation SEARCH RUL resources by going to the Libraries&#8217; 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