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Bibliographies (aka "Sources," "List of References," "Further Reading") in books and journal articles are great places to find useful sources and expand your research. Here are some tips to help you decipher citations so that you understand the type of information source being cited. While many types of sources may be found in a "Bibliography", books, book chapters, and journal articles are the most common.
Tigay, Jeffrey H. The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.
Title | The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic |
Author(s)/Editor(s) | Jeffrey H. Tigay |
Place of publication | Philadelphia |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Copyright/Publication date | 1982 |
Clues that this is a book:
To find a specific book, search the Library Catalog by author or title.
Tigay, Jeffrey H. "The Integrated Epic in the Old Babylonian Period." In Tigay, Jeffrey H. The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982. pp. 39-54.
Chapter Title | The Integrated Epic in the Old Babylonian Period |
Chapter Author | Jeffrey H. Tigay |
Source Title | The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic |
Author(s)/Editor(s) | Jeffrey H. Tigay |
Place of publication | Philadelphia |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Copyright/Publication date | 1982 |
Page numbers for the chapter | 39-54 |
Clues that this is a book chapter:
To find the source book the chapter is in, search the Library Catalog by author or title. Important! Search by the title of the source book - not the chapter title. Or, search by author of the source book - not the author of the chapter title.
Article Title | A Sun Myth in the Babylonian Deluge Story |
Author(s) | Poplicha, Joseph |
Journal Title (title of the journal or magazine in which the article appears) | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
Journal volume and issue | Volume 47 Issue 1 |
Date of the Article | 1927 |
Page numbers for the article | 289-301 |
Clues that this is an article:
If you have a citation to a specific article that you are interested in finding, search the Journal Titles finder for the title of the journal.
[Adapted from the Georgia Tech Library "Research/Writing/Citing Sources" url: http://libguides.gatech.edu/research]