Looking for information on how to cite a book, journal article, newspaper, or other material found in the Dalhousie Libraries? Check out the Libraries'Citation Style Guide.
When you quote or paraphrase an archival source in your work, you must provide a full citation to the material. This section of the Archival Research Guide pages provide information on how to cite archival material using APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.
Regardless of which style you use, all citations of archival materials typically include four key elements:
The title of the file or item; provide a short description if the material is untitled.
The name given by the archives to the fonds or collection.
Sometimes called an identifier. Similar tocall numbersused to locate items within in a library. Dalhousie University Archives' reference codes typically include a collection identifier (e.g., UA-2 or MS-3-245), and numbers that identify the specific box and folder.
The name of the archives or library and its geographic location