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ENCYCLOPEDIA (General)

BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR

BOOKS WITH TWO AUTHORS

BOOKS WITH MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS

BOOK WITH NO AUTHOR

MULTIVOLUME WORK

MAGAZINE

CD-ROM

INTERNET

INTERVIEW

VIDEO OR FILM

MUSIC

PAMPHLET

ENCYCLOPEDIA: (General)

Author of article Last Name, First Name. (if an author is listed) "Title of article." Name of Encyclopedia. Date.

EXAMPLES:
"Dinosaur." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999.

Chiappini, Luciano. "Liberty, Statue of." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999.

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BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR:
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Date.

EXAMPLE:
Freedman, Richard. What Unions Do. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.

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BOOKS WITH TWO AUTHORS:
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Author's Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name of other Author. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Date. (two authors)

EXAMPLE:
Hyde, Margaret, and Elizabeth Held Forsyth. Suicide: The Hidden Epidemic. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1997.

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BOOKS WITH MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
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First Author's Last Name, First name, et al. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Date. (more than two authors)

EXAMPLE:
Edens, Walter, et al. Teaching Shakespeare. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Press, 1977.

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BOOK WITH NO AUTHOR:
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Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Date.

EXAMPLE:
World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999. Mahwah, New Jersey: World Almanac, 1998.

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MULTIVOLUME WORK:
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Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of the Work. General editor. Volume number. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright Date. Inclusive page numbers.

EXAMPLE:
Hornberber, Theodore. "Benjamin Franklin." American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Gen. ed. Leonard Unger. Vol II. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. 101-25.

*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.

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MAGAZINE:
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Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of the Magazine Day Month Year: page numbers.

EXAMPLE:
Thompson, Mark. "Up From the Depths." Time 28 Feb. 1994: 43-46.

*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.

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CD-ROM:
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Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of the CD-ROM. CD-ROM. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year.

EXAMPLE:
Jones, Sara. "Renaissance." Microsoft Encarta. CD-ROM. Burbank: Warner New Media, 1997.

*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.

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INTERNET:
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"Title of the work." Site name. Date Information Accessed
<Internet address, or URL >.

EXAMPLES:
"Elephant." Worldbook Online. 30 Mar. 1999
< http://www.worldbookonline.com>.

Schaller, George. "On the Trail of New Species." Scientific American 1 May 1999: 44. Newsbank Infoweb. 18 Oct. 1999
<http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.

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INTERVIEW:
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Last Name of person interviewed, First Name. Kind of Interview. Date.

EXAMPLE:
Woods, Tiger. Personal interview. 21 Dec. 1999.

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VIDEO OR FILM:
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Title. Medium. Distributor's Name, Date.

EXAMPLE:
The Bear. Videocassette. Tri-Star, 1996.

*if Director and Original release date are available, insert this information after Title.

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MUSIC:
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Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Recording. Recording Company, Year.

EXAMPLE:
Simon, Paul. The Rhythm of the Saints. Warner Bros., 1990.

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PAMPHLET:
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Pamphlet. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year.

EXAMPLE:
Smith, John. Erie Canal. Albany: New York Historical Society, 1997.

 

 

 

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