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The following are typical citations for printed books.

For books with one author you need the following:
Title: The Little Engine that Could
Author: Watty Piper
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
Place of Publication: New York
Copyright: 1978

Here is what the citation would look like on the works cited page.

Piper, Watty. The Little Engine that Could. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978.

For books with two or more authors the second and subsequent authors' names appear first name first with a comma separating the authors names.

For books with four or more authors write the first authors name and if you wish you can follow the rules for two or more authors or write et al. for the authors following the first.

For an excerpt form an anthology or edited collection the information thas is need:
Title of anthology: Dynamic Argument
Title of excerpt: Crito
Author of excerpt: Plato
Editors: Robert Lamm and Justin Everett
Publisher of anthology: Houghton Mifflin
City of Publication: New York
Date of Publication: 2007
Pages the excerpts: 746-754

The citation would look like this:

For and article in a reference work if the reference occurs in a familiar work you can omit most publishing information and names of editors.

Authors last name, Authors first name. “Tile of Article.” Name of Reference Work. Edition. Year of publication.

“Utilitarianism.” The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6^th ed. 2001.