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A book by a single author:

Dickens, Charles.  Great Expectations. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1942. 

A book by multiple authors:

Kolodny, Nancy J., Robert C. Kolodny, and Thomas  E. Bratter.  Smart Choices. Boston:

Little, Brown, and Company, 1986.

A work in an anthology:  

Locke, John.  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Norton Anthology of  English 

 Literature. Ed. M. H. Abrams.  New York:  W. W. Norton, 1986.  1752-1757.

An article in a reference book:

"Mandarin." Encyclopedia Americana.  2002 ed.

A pamphlet:

Capital Punishment:  Cruel and Unusual?  Plano:  Instructional Aides, 1992.

A government publication:  

 

United Nations.  Economic Commission for Africa. Industrial Growth in Africa.   New York: United

Nations, 1963.        

An article from a periodical:

Kramer, Michael.  "The Case Against Nukes." Time.  8 Oct. 1990:  39-40.

An article from a daily newspaper:  

Collins, Glenn.  "Single-Father Survey Finds Adjustment a Problem." New York 

 Times. 21 Nov. 1983 , late ed.: B17.  

A previously published article in a collection:

Lebowitz, Alan.  "Hemingway in Our Time."  Yale Review.  Spring (1969): 321-41.

Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism.  Ed. Carolyn Riley.  Vol. 1.  Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1973. 143-44

Interviews:

McCartney, Paul.  Personal Interview.  27 July 1983 .

Poussaint, Alvin F.  Telephone Interview.  10 Dec. 1990 .

Citing Electronic Sources

CD-ROM Encyclopedia

 "Spain."  Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia. [CD-ROM] 1998 edition.

Video recording  

It's a Wonderful Life.  Dir. Frank Capra.  Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel

Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell.  1946.  Videocassette.  Republic, 1998.  

Subscription Database  

Jacobson, Jodi L.  "Holding Back the Sea."  Futurist.  Sept./Oct. 1990: 20-27.  Big Chalk.

Kenwood High Library, Baltimore.  10 October 2002 <http://library.bigchalk.com>  

Online Information Database  

"Fresco." Britannica Online.  Vers. 98. 2.  Apr. 1998.  Encyclopaedia Britannica. 8 May 1998

  <http://www.eb.com/>

Professional/Personal Website  

Dawe, James.  Jane Austen Page. 15 Sept. 1998.

 <http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~dawe/austen.html>

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