Song Analysis (Shaughnessy 1030:0067): Citation Help
Created for Kathleen Shaughnessy's 1030:0067 Rhetoric class.
Citation Help
Citing articles and books can be confusing. Citing other items like recordings, like an oral interviews or images, such as magazine covers or photographs can be even more challenging. Here are a few simple pieces of information to locate. Once you locate all the pertinent information, you can then construct a citation in the proper format. To view more examples, visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
For images, photographs, or magazine covers find the following information:
- Photographer or artist name
- Year or date of creation
- Title or brief description of subject
- URL
- Name of magazine, source or location
For recordings such as songs or interviews find the following:
- Songwriter, artist or interviewee
- Producer or interviewer
- Album name
- Date of creation
- Location
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Citation Help GuideThis guide has clear examples of citations in multiple formats, like MLA or APA.