Question

Does anyone know how I can cite Encyclopedia Britannica 3rd edition? I need to cite this: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (3rd ed. 1797), in the Eastern Empire, suitably officers who received the corn from the store-keepers as well as kept military accounts were called actuarii (Ogborn, 1956).

Answer 1

Not sure how you want it cited, but try http://citationmachine.net/ - you put in the relevant info and it will give you either an MLA or APA citation to use as a footnote.

Answer 2

Author’s Last name, First name (if any) “Title of article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Edition.Copyright date of edition.

Ex. “Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. 1993.
Ex. ‘Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.

Answer 3

I ended up scraping the citation. I could not find the 3rd edition anywhere (which is where my quote came from) and I have no idea who the author was. Thanks for the help but I decided to play it safe instead of sorry. :/ Too bad to because I really wanted to impress my professor with that cite.

Answer 4

@MJ: As in Hard copy? Well, you can find information about the Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Third_Edition

Also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica

Answer 5

And:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/186618/Encyclopaedia-Britannica/301332/Third-edition

Answer 6

Good luck!

Answer 7

well ty Zeerak!

Answer 8

Welcome. :)

Answer 9

I got a perfect score on my rhetorical paper, even without that darn citation. lol