If your coursework took you to a museum or on some other field trip, you may have come away with a pamphlet/brochure, filled with information that will come in handy for your paper or project. Guess what? You can cite directly from that pamphlet!
Citing a primary document like a pamphlet might seem tricky if you’re used to only citing books, journal articles, or websites. But have no fear — the process is actually quite similar to what it would be for citing a book!
Below, we’ve demonstrated how to cite a pamphlet in three commonly used citation styles: Harvard referencing style, MLA format, and APA format. To make the process even simpler, we’ve cited the same example in all three styles. Our example is the pamphlet “All Our Stories”, a tour material disseminated by the London Transport Museum.
Track down the following details before you cite the pamphlet:
- Pamphlet’s author (could be an individual, group, or organization)
- Pamphlet title
- Publication date of the pamphlet
- Publisher
- URL of the website on which you found the pamphlet (only needed if found on the web)
- City where the pamphlet’s publisher is located
Harvard
Structure to follow to cite a pamphlet in Harvard referencing style:
Last name, First Initial. or Name of the Organization That Published the Pamphlet. (Year of Publication). Title of Brochure. [format]. Venue, Collection, Location.
Here’s how we’d cite our example in Harvard referencing style:
Bramble, C. (n.d.) All Our Stories. [pamphlet]. London Transport Museum, London.
MLA
Structure to follow to cite an online pamphlet in MLA format:
Author’s Last Name, First Name or Organization That Created the Pamphlet. Pamphlet Title. Publisher,* Publication Date, URL. (do not include http:// or https:// in the citation). Pamphlet.
*IMPORTANT: If the author is unknown, or the organization that published and wrote the document are the same, the organization that published the document should go in the “publisher” slot and the citation entry should begin with the title of the document.
If in print:
If you found the pamphlet in print, you will end the citation with the medium (i.e. pamphlet, brochure, etc.) and a period. Do not include the URL in this instance.
Here’s how the example above would appear in MLA formatting:
Bramble, Carol. All Our Stories. London Transport Museum, www.ltmuseum.co.uk/assets/ltm_docs/learning/All_Our_Stories_tour_leaflets.pdf. Pamphlet.
APA
Structure to follow to cite an online pamphlet in APA format:
Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. or Name of Organization. (Publication year of the pamphlet). Pamphlet title [Brochure]. Retrieved from URL of the webpage
Structure to follow to cite a pamphlet in APA style if found in print:
Author’s Last name, First Initial. Middle Initial. or Name of Organization. (Publication year of the pamphlet). Pamphlet title [Brochure]. Publishing City, State Abbreviation or Country: Publisher.
Below, see how our example pamphlet would look when cited in APA style:
Bramble, C. All Our Stories [Brochure]. Retrieved from www.ltmuseum.co.uk/assets/ltm_docs/learning/All_Our_Stories_tour_leaflets.pdf
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