Citing Primary Sources: Location

• Where was this source created?
• When was it published?
• What is the web address of the source?
• If the document is from an archival collection, what are the accession number, the box number, the file number, and the name of the collection (fonds)? What is the name of the library or archive and the name of the city in which the institution is located?

For edited collections of primary sources (i.e. books), location means the place of publication and the publisher.

For newspapers, location is also the place of publication (i.e. the city, town or village). Specifying the location is not necessary when citing articles from magazines.

Examples

Footnote or endnote:
John Norman Harris, Letter to L. Delaporte, 2011.13 Box 1, File 2. John Norman Harris fonds, Victoria University Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Priscilla M. Roberts, ed., World War II: The Essential Reference Guide (Santa Barbara: ABC–CLIO),

Bibliography:
Harris, Norman John. Letter to L. Delaporte. 2011.13 Box 1, File 2. John Norman Harris fonds, Victoria University Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Roberts, Priscilla M., ed. World War II: The Essential Reference Guide. Santa Barbara: ABC–CLIO,