How do you tell a book citation from a journal citation?

Perry, William. Forms of Ethical and Intellectual Development in the College Years: A Scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1970.

You can see that the publisher and date and place of publication are included.

Here is an example of what a book citation looks like in InfoLinks :

Journal citations usually include some elements that book citations don't have:

Tloczynski, Joseph. A preliminary study of opening-up meditation, college adjustment,and self-actualization. Psychological Reports v. 75 (Aug. '94, pt2) 449-56.

You can see that the article citation includes --

• article title as well as journal title. The titles of journals may be abbreviated, or noted in full. We have volumes at the Reference Desk that often show the full titles, if you have an abbreviation.
• volume number
• issue number
• specific page numbers
• dates, which may include seasons, months(often abbreviated) or days
• Here's an example from Ebscohost:

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