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How to Cite

Please see below for examples for citations from Chicago, MLA and APA formats. If you have questions about citation styles, we recommend The Purdue Owl Research and Citation guidelines.

President Roosevelt delivers a commencement address at the University of California, Berkeley, 1903.

Citation Styles

Chicago Manual of Style

(Citation formatting taken from The Chicago Manual of Style,  15th edition, 17.222-17.231).

If citing an entire collection and not a specific document: [Collection Name]. [Repository Name].Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org

  • Example: Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org

If citing a particular record within a collection: [Title of document]. [Date of document]. [Title of Collection]. [Call Number]. [Repository]. [Persistent URL]. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA Style

If citing an entire collection and not a specific document: [Collection Name]. [Repository]. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Web. [Date of Access]. <www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org>

  • Example: Theodore Roosevelt papers at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Web. 27 April 2011. <www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org>
  • Example:  Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Web. 27 April 2011. <www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org>

If citing a particular record within a collection: [Creator last, first name]. [Title of document, Creation Date, Resource type]. [Call Number].  [Collection Name]. [Repository]. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Web. [Date of Access]. [Persistent URL].

  • Example: Abbott, Lyman. Letter from Lyman Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt, 10 Feb 1902, Letter. Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Dickinson State University. Web. 27 April 2011. <http://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record.aspx?libID=o36986>.
  • Example: Roosevelt, Theodore. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles, 26 Nov 1876, Letter. MS Am 1540 (9). Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Web. 27 April 2011. <http://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record.aspx?libID=o278353>.
APA Style

If citing an entire collection and not a specific document: [Collection Name]. [Repository]. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org.

  • Example: Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress.  Library of Congress. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org.
  • Example: Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org.

If citing a particular record with in a collection: [Creator last, first initial]. (Creation Date). [Title of document]. [Call Number]. [Collection Name]. [Repository]. Retrieved from [Persistent URL].

  • Example: Abbott, L. (10 February 1902). Letter from Lyman Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Retrieved from http://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record.aspx?libID=o36986.
  • Example: Roosevelt, T. (26 November 1876). Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. MS Am 1540 (9). Theodore Roosevelt Collection. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Retrieved from http://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record.aspx?libID=o278353.