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On this page: how to find the correct city to put in your
bibliography.
Related pages: Referencing, Reference
Machines for in-text citation, a book, an
article in a journal, an edited book, a newspaper or magazine article or an Internet reference.
Introduction: in bibliographies and lists of references you need to put in the city of publication of books and edited volumes. It is often hard to find this information. Here are some suggestions:
Search the library catalogue for the book or edited volume. Look at the line which starts with 'Publisher '. The first entry is the city and the second is the name of the publishing company.
Many publishers have offices in many cities around the world. Look at the bottom of the page containing the referencing information and look for the words 'Published in...'; e.g. 'Published in the USA'. Then look at the cities where the different offices are and find the right city; e.g. '1, Times Square, New York, New York'. In this example the city of publication is New York.
If there is more than one city with the same name; e.g. Aberdeen, Scotland and Aberdeen, Hong Kong, you should also include the name of the country.
If the book is published in the USA and you know that there is more than one city with the same name, add a 2-letter abbreviation for the name of the state; e.g. NY for New York.
Here are the states and their abbreviations:Alabama AL Kansas KS North Dakota ND Alaska AK Kentucky KY Ohio OH American Samoa AS Louisiana LA Oklahoma OK Arizona AZ Maine ME Oregon OR Arkansas AR Maryland MD Pennsylvania PA California CA Massachusetts MA Puerto Rico PR Colorado CO Michigan MI Rhode Island RI Connecticut CT Minnesota MN South Carolina SC Delaware DE Mississippi MS South Dakota SD District of Columbia DC Missouri MO Tennessee TN Florida FL Montana MT Texas TX Georgia GA Nebraska NE Utah UT Guam GU Nevada NV Vermont VT Hawaii HI New Hampshire NH Virginia VA Idaho ID New Jersey NJ Washington WA Illinois IL New Mexico NM West Virginia WV Indiana IN New York NY Wisconsin WI Iowa IA North Carolina NC Wyoming WY Here are some common cities, organised by publisher:
City Publisher Cambridge Cambridge University Press (CUP) Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press San Francisco Jossey-Bass London Longman Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford Pergamon London Sage
Last updated on: Friday, August 19, 2016