ARTICLES and PERIODICALS |
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GENERAL FORMAT (electronic) |
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title of Article. Title of Book/Journal VolumeNumber(IssueNumber), PageNumbers. RetrievedDateMonth RetrievedDateDay, RetrievedDateYear from URL. |
| Article from Library Database | Horne, J., Knox D., Zusman, J., and Zusman, M. E. (Dec. 2007). Tattoos and
Piercings: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Interpretations of College
Students [Electronic version]. College Student Journal 41(4), 1011-1020. Retrieved January 20, 2008 from Academic Search Complete. |
| Article in Public Domain or E-Journal |
Church, D. M., et al. (2009). Lineage-Specific Biology Revealed by a
Finished Genome Assembly of the Mouse. PloS Biology 7(5), e1000112. Retrieved May 30, 2009 from http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000112. |
| Newspaper article | Kristof, K. M. (2009, July 5). New Student Repayment Plan is Based on Borrower’s
Income. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 July
2009 from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-perfin5-2009jul05,0,4774835.column. |
| Magazine article | Mnookin, S. (2006, July). The Da Vinci clone? Vanity Fair, 551, 100. |
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GENERAL FORMAT (print) |
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title of Article. Title of Book/Journal VolumeNumber(IssueNumber), PageNumbers. |
| Journal article | Wood, S. N., & Quackenbush, K. (2001). The Sorcerer's Stone: A touchstone for readers of all ages. English Journal, 90(3), 97-103. |
| Newspaper article | Kristof, K. M. (2009, July 5). New Student Repayment Plan is Based on Borrower’s Income. Los Angeles Times, 3A+. |
| Magazine article | Mnookin, S. (July 2006). The Da Vinci Clone? Vanity Fair, 100+. |
| Book review | Miner, V. (2004, December). Iowa meditations [Review of the book Gilead]. The Women's Review of Books, 22, 19. |
| Anonymous article | Education in America and Britain: Learning lessons From Private Schools. (2009, July 2). Economist, 20+. |
BOOKS and CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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| GENERAL FORMAT | AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher. |
| 1 author | Pinney, T.
(2005). History of wine in |
| 2 or more authors | Foster, J.,
& Nightingale, J. D. (2006). A
short course in general relativity (3rd ed.). |
| Corporate author | Center for
Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association. (2004). Model
code of judicial conduct. |
| Editors | Donohue, J. J., & Esposito, J. L. (Eds.). (2007). Islam in transition: Muslim perspectives. |
| Electronic book | Storrie, P. D., and Randall, R. (2007). Graphic Universe: Beowulf. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group. Retrieved from NetLibrary. 8 July 2009. |
| Translated book | Foucault, M. (1988). Madness and civilization: A history of insanity int he age of reason (R. Howard, Trans.). New York: Vintage-Random House. (Original work published 1965) |
| Multivolume work | Ford, B. (Ed.). (1988-91). The Cambridge guide to the arts in Britain (Vols. 1-9). Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press. |
| Encyclopedia article | Escobar, E. (2004). Zoot Suit. In C.C. Candelaria (Ed.) the Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. Wesport: Greenwood Press. |
| Book chapter | Cline, W. R. (2007). Dynamic Consideration. In Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country (pp.87-94). Washington D.C.: Center for Global Development: Peterson Institute for International Economics. |
| Essay or chapter in an anthology or edited book | Porter, K. A. (1995). The Grave. In S. Mee (Ed.), Downhome: An anthology of Southern women writers (pp. 461-67). San Diego: Harcourt, Brace. |
| Conference Proceeding | Chen, J. (1998). Industrial production and Research Results on Pulping and papermaking of Fast-Growing Woods in China. In L. Huanbin, Z. Huaiyu & Z. Yimin (Eds.), International Symposium on Emerging Technologies of Pulping & Papermaking of Fast-Growing Wood (pp. 36-50). Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press. |
WEBSITES |
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GENERAL FORMAT |
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title. Retrieved RetrievedMonth RetrievedDay, RetrievedYear from URL. | |
| Blog | Zúniga, M. M. (2006, August 24). Bush's latest PR hoax. Daily Kos: State of the Nation. Retrieved August 27, 2006, from http://www.dailykos.com. | |
| Website | Eaves, M., Esseck, R., and Viscomi, J. (Eds.). (2008). The William Blake Archive. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 20, 2008 from http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/. |
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| News website | Levy, S. (2007, April 9). Twitter: Is Brevity the Next Big Thing? Newsweek. Retrieved May 15, 2007.= from http://www.newsweek.com/id/35289. |
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AUDIO and VISUAL MATERIALS |
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| GENERAL FORMAT | AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstNameInitial. (YearPublished). Title [Medium/Type]. PublicationPlace: Publisher. |
| LP/CD/Streaming media | Jackson, M. (1993). Thriller. On Thriller [CD]. New York: Epic Records. |
| Film/Motion picture | Capra, F. (Director). (1946). It’s a Wonderful Life [Motion picture. New York: Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Pictures. |
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