Citation Guide
Overview
Several styles can be used for citing materials found in electronic resources. The appropriate style guides that you use will depend on the preferences of your teachers and professors, academic disciplines, and the type of publication (e.g., high school report, college research paper, formal publication in a journal or magazine, etc.). Citation styles for the arts and humanities also differ from those used in the sciences. Examples of the most commonly used citation styles are Turabian (promoted by Kate Turabian), APA (the American Psychological Association), and MLA (the Modern Language Association).
Important note to students
These guidelines are for general use only. Please consult with your teachers and instructors about the citation guidelines that you will need to follow.
Resources in the GRHC website
The resources available in the GRHC database include photographs, drawings, prints, and texts. You should note the type of material (photograph, drawing, etc.) that you wish to cite, as this information is critical for determining the format used in any bibliographic citation. Click on the thumbnails below to see how this information is displayed in the GHRC database.
Each GRHC image can be identified by an image title and an image location, both of which appear in an item's full record display. The title also appears in the caption above each image.
Throughout the GRHC database, the term "Creator" is used to define the name of an author, artist, collector, photographer, etc. In some instances, a "Creator" is unknown and does not appear in the database record for the item.
Creating Citations
Locating specific information to create a bibliographic citation, as well as using different citation standards, can be challenging. In order to help you more easily cite GRHC resources, please refer to the examples.
Citation Examples
Below are links to detailed examples for citing, within a bibliography, individual photographs, texts, as well as the entire GRHC website. The APA, MLA, and Turabian style guides were chosen in the examples because they are the most commonly used citation styles for the social sciences and the humanities.
