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Important Note
-- Google, Yahoo, Mama, etc. are not
sources of information. Don't cite them.
They lead you to places on The World Wide Web.
See Citing the World Wide Web. |
Citing
A
Book as a Source of Information
| Author [last name first].
Title [underlined]. City where book is
published: Publisher, copyright date. |
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Example:
Soloff-Levy, Barbara. How to
Draw Sea Creatures. Mahway, N.J.: Watermill
Press, 1987. |
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Citing
A
Chapter of a Book as a Source
of Information
| Author [last name first].
Chapter Number, "Chapter Title" [in quotations].
Title of the Book [underlined]. City where
book is published: Publisher, copyright date. |
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Example:
Noel, Thomas J. and Smith, Duane
A. Chapter 5, "Up the Rio Grande." Colorado:
The Highest State. Niwot, CO: University Press
of Colorado, 1995. |
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Citing
An
Article in a Magazine as a
Source of Information
| Author [last name first].
"Title of Article [in quotation marks]. Title of
Magazine [underlined]. Date of Magazine [day
month year]: Page numbers of Article. |
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Example:
"King Tut Rules!" Weekly
Reader, Edition 3. 23 September 2005: p3.
| Note - The article does not
tell the author, so that part is left blank. |
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Citing
A
Print Encyclopedia as a Source
of Information
| "Title of Article" [in quotation
marks]. Title of Reference Book
[underlined], Volume Number. Edition. Date
Published. |
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Example:
"Panda." The World Book
Encyclopedia, Volume 15. 2001 Edition. 2001. |
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Citing
An
Online Encyclopedia as a Source
of Information
| Author (last name first).
"Title of Article" [in quotations]. Title of
Reference Work [underlined]. Online. <URL>
[online address; use < and > to bracket the URL].
Date of access [day month year]. |
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Example:
Williams, David Allan. "Boston
Tea Party." Encyclopedia Americana.
Online. <http://go.grolier.com>
10 October, 2005. |
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Citing
A
CD-ROM Encyclopedia as a Source
of Information (Use also for CD-ROM
Atlas or other CD-ROM source of information).
| Author [if given - last name
first]. "Title of Part of Work" [in quotations].
Title of Product [underlined]. Edition or
release [if given]. CD-ROM. City of Publication:
Publisher, year of publication. |
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Example:
Wallenchinsky, David. "Olympic
Games." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia.
3.20b. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book, 1996. |
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Citing
A
Source Found on the Internet as
a Source of Information
Important
Note -- Google, Yahoo, Mama, etc.
are not sources of information. Don't cite them.
They lead you to places on The World Wide Web. Also, have
you evaluated this page for credibility?
| Author [if known - last name
first]. "Title of Article" [in quotation marks].
Title of Site or Larger Work [if known -
underlined]. Date of Document [if known - day month
year]. URL [online address; use < and > to bracket
URL. Date of access. |
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Example:
"Helen Keller." The American
Foundation for the Blind. <http://www.afb.org/section.asp?sectionid=1>
10 October, 2005.
| Note: This site gives
neither the author's name nor the date the
page was produced, so both of those are left
blank. |
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Citing
Film,
Slide Show or Videotape as a
Source of Information
| Title [underlined]. Medium
[film, videocassette, DVD, etc.]. Production
Company. Date. Length [unit of time]. |
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Example:
Flying Fish and Flightless
Birds -- Nature's Mistakes? Videocasette.
Classroom Science Production, 1993. 30 minutes. |
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Citing
An
Interview as a Source of
Information
| Author [last name first]. Type
of interview. Date [day month year]. |
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Example:
Short, Abe. Personal Interview.
15 August 2005. |
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Citing
A
Pamphlet as a Source of
Information
| Author [if given - last name
first]. Title of Pamphlet [underlined].
City where Pamphlet is published: Publisher,
copyright date. |
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Example:
Wang, C. Fish in Flight.
San Diego: Marine Research Bureau, 1989. |
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How
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