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Vanishing Culture.
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Comp. Mando Sevillano.
Flagstaff: Northland, 1986.
In MLA, parenthetical citations such as (Townsend 10)
and (10)
Medieval Europe was a place both of “raids,
5.6.8.
33-42.
Article in Reference Book
Allen, Anita L.
“Privacy in Health Care.”
pillages, slavery and extortion” and of “traveling
Encyclopedia of Bioethics.
merchants, monetary exchange, towns if not cities,
Reich.
and active markets in grain” (Townsend 10).
Simon, 1995. (For less familiar references use
Rev. ed. 5 vols.
Ed. Warren T.
New York: Macmillan-
full publication information)
According to Townsend, “raids, pillages, slavery
“Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.”
and extortion” were common in medieval Europe (10).
ed.
”Noon.”
acknowledge the source of words or information, indicate
the page(s) where they appear, and direct reader to a Works Cited
entry for publication information as in
Who’s Who in America. 56th
2002.
2nd ed.
The Oxford English Dictionary.
1989.
”Noon.” Def. 4b. The Oxford English Dictionary.
2nd ed.
1989. (For specific definition)
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5.6.12. Edition: citing editor in introduction, etc.
Bowers, Fredson, ed.
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Consequences of Rapid Population
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Book by Corporate Author
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Article in journal w/ continuous Pagination
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The American Medical
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Ed.
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(Omit initial articles such as The)
5.7.2.
Article in journal paging each issue separately
Barthelme, Frederick.
“Architecture.”
Kansas
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5.6.7.
Work in Anthology
Allende, Isabel.
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Sayers Peden.
Trans. Margaret
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Stories from Latin America.
Ed. Thomas
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Article in Newspaper
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B.76.82.
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5.8.3.
5.7.6.
Article in Magazine
Mehta, Pratap Bhanu.
“Exploding Myths.”
New Republic 6
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Anonymous Article
“Dubious Venture.”
Dir. Frank Capra.
5.8.4.
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RKO, 1946.
Performance
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By Giacomo Puccini.
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“Death of a Writer.”
Editorial.
Gianluigi Gelmetti.
New York Times 20 Apr.
1994, late ed.: A18.
“A Question of Values.”
Editorial.
US
Newsbank:
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grids A8-11.
Television or Radio Program
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Narr. Donald Sutherland.
Jonathan Ward.
VH1.
Dir.
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“Dancing in the Dark.”
Columbia, 1984.
Great Books.
Writ. Eugenie Vink.
Learning Channel.
Springsteen, Bruce.
Palma.
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Musical Composition
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5.8.5.
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Music Video.
5.8.7.
Interview
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Personal interview.
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5.8.11. Lecture, Speech, Address, Reading
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5.8.2.
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Duke Ellington Orch.
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By Ludwig van
London Classical Players.
“God Bless the Child.”
EMI, 1988.
Rec. 9 May
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28 July 1920.
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2.
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(Letter you, the writer, received)
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1965.
Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
Dec. 1993.
5.8.13. Letter or Memo
Symphony no. 1 in C, op. 21,
and Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68.
Holiday, Billie.
MLA
1943. LP.
Prestige, 1977.
Norrington, Roger, cond.
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Cond.
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5.7.14. Article in a Microform Collection
5.8.1.
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22 Jan. 2002.
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Chapman, Dan.
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5.7.10. Editorial
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Perf.
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore,
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5.7.9.
Film or Video Recording
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Cahill, Daniel J.
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