BOOKS

Here is a citation for a book:

Author

Book Title

Place of
Publication

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Zimelman, Nathan. The lives of my cat Alfred. New York: Dutton, 1976.

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You can tell that this is a citation for a book because:

The title is underlined. The title of a publication is usually underlined or italicized in citations. If this were a magazine article, the title would be "in quotations," and the magazine title would be underlined.
The citation gives information about where the item was published, who was the publisher, and the year of publication.

Here is the information about this book in the Library Catalog:

Main Author:	Zimelman, Nathan.
Title:	The lives of my cat Alfred /
Primary Material:	Book
Publisher:	New York : Dutton, c1976.


Database:	Northern Idaho Academic Libraries
Location:	LCS - Lewis-Clark State College
Call Number:	CLC PZ7.Z57Li3
Number of Items:	1
Status:	Not Checked Out

You see that the citation information is broken up into rows. Each row is called a field and has a topic. The topic of the first row, or field, is the item's Main Author. The second row, or field, contains the Title of the work. The third field tells us the kind of publication, in this case, a book. The fourth field is information about the publisher.

Under the line, you see information about the location of this book. This particular book belongs to the LCSC Library. You may also see other libraries from the region listed here; that would mean that the book belongs to another library, but you can order it. The Call Number lists the book's shelf location in the Library. (Refer to Module 1A if you need some reminders about Call Numbers.) The last field, "Status," says that this book is "Not Checked Out." That means it should be on its shelf in the library.