Citing Gale Resources

 

The following example uses MLA style. 

If the work originally appeared in a periodical:

Author. “Title of article.”  Periodical title
     Volume.Issue (Date):  page numbers. 
     Reprinted in Title of Gale Resource.  Ed.
     Name.  Vol. Number.  Detroit:  Gale, year. 
     Page numbers.

Example: 

Burt, John.  “Notes on Some Recent Poetry.” 
     Southern Review 37.4 (Autumn 2001):  836-
     50.  Reprinted in Contemporary Literary
     Criticism.  Ed. Tom Burns and Jeffrey W.
     Hunter.  Vol. 185.  Detroit:  Gale, 2004.  79-
     80.

If the work originally appeared in a book:

Author.  “Chapter title.”  Book title.  Ed. Name.
     City:  Publisher, year.  Page numbers. 
     Reprinted in Title of Gale Resource.  Ed.
     Name.  Vol. Number.  Detroit:  Gale, year.   
     Page numbers.

Example:

Roth, Phyllis A.  “Dracula.”  Bram Stoker. 
     Boston:  Twayne Publishers, 1982.  87-126. 
     Reprinted in Twentieth-Century Literary
     Criticism.  Ed. Janet Witalec.  Vol. 144. 
     Detroit:  Gale, 2004.  272-283.

There are a several entries in the Gale Series that were specially written.  These are generally the material that appears under the headings "Introduction", "Biographical Information", "Criticism Reception" etc.  The following format may be used:

"Title of Entry".  Book Title.  Ed. Name.  Vol.
       Number.  Detroit:  Gale, year.  Page
       numbers.

Example:

"Roman Polanski."  Contemporary Literary
       Criticism.  Ed. Janet Witalec.  Vol. 178. 
       Detroit:  Gale, 2004. 50.

A few essays are specially commissioned by Gale.  The following format is suggested:

Author.  Essay on "Title of Work".  Title of Book.
      Ed. Name.  Vol. Number.  Detroit:  Gale,
      Year.  page.

Example: 

Piedmont-Marton, Elisabeth.  Essay on "The
     Secret Sharer".  Short Stories for Students. 
     Ed. Kathleen Wilson.  Vol. 1.  Detroit:  Gale,
     1997.  203.

 

Remember:

Your instructor is the final authority on citing sources!