Ministry Matters database includes a research library of books reformatted in the HTML format with a top-down navigation that makes finding the book information challenging. Let's try to solve this together.
The author, title and publisher can be found on a copyright page or chapter page. In some instances, this information may be included in the Introduction.
- Use Browse in the Legacy Library to access the content.
- To access the ebook, click on the title.
- To access the table of contents, use a navigation menu on the right side.
Once you have gathered the citation information, consult the Chicago Manual of Style Online (CMOS) and Citation Quick Guide.
The following chapters the CMOS may be helpful for addressing your additional questions on formatting ebook citations:
14.11: Library and other bibliographic databases: how to cite the resource in the database with URL.
14: Notes and Bibliography 14.107: Contribution to a multiauthor book
14.160: Page or location numbers in electronic formats
Author-Date ebook citations in the Quick Guide
Here are the examples of the citations.
This is information on the entire volume:
Dozeman, Thomas B, Ronald E Clements, Robert B Coote, Dennis T Olson, Kathleen Anne Farmer, Bruce C Birch, and Peter D Miscall.
Numbers, Deuteronomy, Narrative Literature, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First and Second Samuel.
The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. II. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998. Ministry Matters.
https://www-ministrymatters-com.
In text citation of the chapter "The Book of Ruth": (Farmer 1998)
Shortened note: (Farmer 1998, chap. 2)
Bibliography (Author-Date Style)
Farmer, Kathleen A. "The Book of Ruth." In Numbers, Deuteronomy, Narrative Literature, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First and Second Samuel. The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. II, chap. 2, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998. Ministry Matters.
Reference (Notes)
Kathleen A. Farmer. "The Book of Ruth." In Numbers, Deuteronomy, Narrative Literature, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First and Second Samuel. The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. II (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998), chap. 2, Ministry Matters.
You can also search for a catalog record of the print edition and get some citation information from there.
