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Example: Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. New York: Harper Collins Publishing, 1993.
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Example: Illegal Drugs America’s Anguish. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005.
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BOOK – Two or more authors
Example of two: Naden, Corinne. J. and Rose Blue. The Bloodiest Days. Austin: Steck-Vaughn Co., 2000.
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Second Author Last Name.
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Example: Green, Robert P. Jr., ed. Equal Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience. Westport: Greenwood
Press, 2000.
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Book Title.
(Edition
number
if any).
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Date.
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BOOK – Two or more editors
Example of two: Greenberg, Robert A., and James G. Hepburn, eds. Robert Frost An Introduction. New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1961.
Example of more than three: Cothran, Helen, et al., eds. The Central Intelligence Agency. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003.
Note: et al: comes from the Latin phrase meaning “and others”
Editor Last Name, First Name, eds.
Book Title.
Edition
number
(if any)
City of Publication:
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Date.
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ANTHOLOGY or STORY COLLECTION
Example: Coville, Bruce. “The Stinky Princess.” Odder Than Ever. San Diego: Harcourt Bracke & Company, 1999. 79-95.
Example: Roosevelt, Theodore. “The Winning of the West.” Documents of American Prejudice. Ed. S.T. Joshi. New York: Basic
Books, 1999. 136-141.
Author Last
Name,
First
Name.
“Title of
Article, Poem
or Story.”
Book Title.
If needed,
Editor Ed.
Last Name,
Editor
First
Name.
City of
Publication:
Publisher,
Publication
Date.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE – No author
Example: “Knee Jerk.” Encyclopedia Americana. 2001 ed.
Example: “Group Therapy.” The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. 1989 ed.
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Author’s Last
Name,
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“Article Title.”
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE – Editor
Example: Huyghe, Rene, ed. “Historical Summary: Ethiopian Art.” Byzantine and Medieval Art. 1958.
Example: Romanowski, Patricia and Holly Warren, eds. “The Beatles.” The New Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. 1983.
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First Name.
“Article Title.”
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Example: Rosen, Jeffrey. “Robert’s Rules” The Atlantic Jan./Feb. 2007:104-113.
Example: Cloud, John. “The YouTube Gurus” Time 25 Dec. 2007:66-74.
Author’s Last Name.
First Name.
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Example: Yu, Roger. “Travel to Canada, Mexico is about to change with new passport rules.” USA Today 2 Jan. 2007: A1.
Example: Weiner, Mark. “McHugh’s Group Warns Iraq: Clock is Ticking.” Syracuse Post-Standard 16 Jan. 2007:A1.A4.
Example: Lagnado, Lucette. “Experiment in Caring.” The Wall Street Journal 28 Dec. 2006:B1, B3.
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First Name.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
Example: Cummings, Jr., Milton C. "Election." Encyclopedia Americana. 2007. Grolier Online. Chittenango High School,
Chittenango. 22 Jan. 2007 <http://go.grolier.com/>.
Example: Lichanska, Agnieszka M. "Blindness and visual impairments." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 2004. Discovering Collection.
Chittenango High School Library, Chittenango. 22 Jan. 2007 <http://find.galegroup.com>.
Author Name if
given.
“Article Title.”
Encyclopedia Title.
Publication Database
Date.
Name.
Name and City of
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site>
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Example: Perkins, Sid. “DNA analysis reveals extinct type of wolf.” Science News. Vol. 170, 20:318. 2006. EBSCO. Chittenango
High School Library, Chittenango. 22 Jan. 2007 <http://web.ebscohost.com>
Example: Steffen, Lloyd. "Executions Are Only Just If They Meet Stringent Moral Conditions." The Ethics of Capital Punishment.
2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Chittenango High School Library, Chittenango. 22 Jan. 2007
<http://find.galegroup.com>
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given.
“Article Title.”
Magazine or
Journal title.
Volume: and
issue number if
given: pages.
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<URL or
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page of
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/altevo/city/SanFranciso/intro.html>.
Example: Stith, John. “Woman Who Lost Son in Crash: ‘I Miss Him Every Moment”. Syracuse.com. 2005. 3 May 2005.
<http://www.syracuse.com>.
Example: "Why You Should Worry About Secondhand Smoke." American Lung Association. 1998. 25 Nov. 1999.
<http://www.lungusa.org>.
Author Last Name
if given,
Author First
Name.
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site.”
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Site
Sponsor.
Date
Viewed.
<URL or
home page
of the
site>.
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ONLINE BOOK
Example: Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. Jane Austin Information Page. 6 Sept. 2002.
<http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html>.
Example: Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Boston, 1845.
30 Jan. 1997. <gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/02/73/1>.
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Author First
Name.
Title of work.
Name of Editor
if given.
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Date.
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Publication:
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Manufacturer,
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Example: Rowling, J.K. E-mail interview. 8-12 May 2002.
Person Interviewed
Last Name,
First Name.
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E-mail, etc)
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Example: It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell.
RKO, 1946.
Example: Like Water for Chocolate [Como agua para chocolate]. Screenplay by Laura Esquivel. Dir. Alfonso Arau. Perf. Lumi
Cavozos, Marco Lombardi, and Regina Torne, Miramax, 1993.
Title of Video or Film.
Director.
Performer(s).
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