ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES

Encyclopedia articles with an author

1.Author (Surname, Christian Name.)  Fullstop

2.Title of the article – in single speech marks.  Fullstop

3. In followed by the title of the encylopaedia in italics or underlined.  Fullstop.

4. The volume number

5. Place of publication. Colon

6. Publisher. Comma

7. Publication Date. Colon

8. Page numbers Fullstop

Example

Woodward, Susan L. ‘Alexandria.’ In The World Book

      Encyclopedia. Vol 1.Chicago: World Book, 2003: 344-345

Encyclopedia articles without an author

Begin with the title of the article

‘Alexandria.’ In The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15^th ed. Vol. 1.

      Chicago: Encylopaedia Britannica, 1994: 250.

Note the 6 space indentation in the second and all following lines.