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1 Print Material Books One Author Author's last name, author's first name and middle name or initial. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Print. Emery, Eric Benjamin. The Tree is Big. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, Print. Two or Three Authors Author's last name, author's first name and middle name or initial, and author's first name last name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Print. Ryan, Pam Munoz, and Jerry Pallotta. The Crayon Counting Book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, Print. More Than Three Authors Author's last name, author's first name and middle name or initial, et al. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Print. Shelds, James L., et al. The History of English Alley. New York: Mergener Press, Print. Book by an Editor or Compiler Editor s last name, editor s first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Print Van Doren, Mark, ed. The World s Best Poems. New York: World, Print. Corporate Author Corporation. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Print. American Medical Association. Essential Guide to Asthma. New York: Pocket Books, Print. Books in a Series Author s/editor s last name, author s/editor s first name and middle name or initials. Section Title. Volumes in series. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Print. Title of book and volume number. Morgan, Edith L. Hinduism. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, Print. Religions of the World vol. 3. Encyclopedia When You Know the Author (the article is signed) Author s last name, author s first name. Article Title. Title of Encyclopedia. Edition. Print Feinberg, Joe. Cats. The World Book Encyclopedia ed. Print. When You Don t Know the Author s Name Article Title. Title of Encyclopedia. Edition. Print. Money. Compton s Encyclopedia ed. Print.

2 Magazine and Newspaper Articles Magazine and Newspaper Articles With Know Author Author s last name, author s first name. Article title. Title of magazine. Issue date: pages. Print. King, Peter. The Clutch. Sports Illustrated. 19 Jan. 2000: Print. Magazine and Newspaper Articles With Unknown Author Title of article. Title of Magazine. Issue date: pages. Print. Young Man with a Horn. Time. 6 July 1953: Print. Opposing Viewpoints Series Author s last name, author s first name. Title of article. Title of opposing viewpoints book. Ed. Name of editor. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Page numbers used. Print. Siegel, Fred. Cities will Begin to Resemble Suburbs. Urban America: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Laura K. Egendorf. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, Print. Culturegrams Country. Culturegram Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication. Print. Republic of Chile. Culturgram Orem, UT: Brigham Young University, Print. Government Publication Name of government agency. Title of document. Place of publication: publisher, date. Print. United States Dept. of Health and Human Services. Healthy People. Washington: GPO, Print. *Most U.S. documents are published in Washington at the Government Printing Office. Work of Art Photographed in a Book Creator of work. Title of work. Year work created. Where work is housed. Title of book. Author. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication. Number of work. Cassett, Mary. Mother and Child Wichita Art Museum, Wichita. American Painting: By John Pierce. New York: McGraw, Slide 22.

3 Electronic Material Personal Website Author's last name, author's first name. Day month year website was first posted or last updated. Web. Day month year you Alilock, Damon. 6 Jul Web. 31 Dec General Website Website with Author Author's last name, author's first name. "Title of document." Title of overall website. Publisher/Sponsor, day month year of publication. Web. Day month year you Examples: Harris, Jonathan. "Indoor Cats." Friends of Cats Page. University of Colorado, 13 Oct Web. 19 Apr Tutton, Mark. Designers Developing Virtual-Reality. CNN.com. Cable News Network, 11 Sept Web. 11 Sept Website with Unknown Author Title of document. Title of overall website. Publisher/Sponsor, day month year of publication. Web. Day month year you What Alternatives to Milk are Consumed by Humans? Milk: Procon.org. Procon.org. 8 April Web. 15 May Online Magazine or Newspaper Author s last name, author s first name. Title of work. Title of overall website. Version/Edition. Publisher/Sponsor, day month year of publication. Web. Day month year you Shafer, Jack. Hardy Armadillos Are Headed This Way. Wall Street Journal. Washington Post Company. 30 Apr Web. 24 July Online Encyclopedia Title of article. Name of overall website. Publisher/sponsor, day month year of publication. Web. Day month year you Chile. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, Web. 12 Sept Online Database (EBSCO) Author s last name, first name. Title of article. Name of magazine/newspaper/encyclopedia. Day month year of publication: pages. Name of database. Web. Day month year you viewed the site. Begley, Sharon. Odds on the Greenhouse. Newsweek 1 Dec. 1997: EBSCO: Web. 5 Jan Yes on Proposition 10 Initiative. The Sacramento Bee. 15 Oct. 1998: Proquest: A22. Web. 21 Oct

4 Blog Entry or Comment/Twitter Post Kelly, David. The Politics of Pronouns. Papercuts. New York Times, 8 Sept Web. 11 Sept < Nealschumanpub. Coming in November: A Few Good Books! Twitter. Twitter. 3 Nov Web. 16 Nov < Online book/e-book Author s last name, author s first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. E-book vendor. Web. Date of access (day, month, year). Kornblum, William. At Sea in the City. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, NetLibrary. Web. 23 June Online Image Artist if available. Title/Description or title of image. Day month year created. Title of website. Publisher/Sponsor of website. Day month year posted. Web. Day month year you Monet, Claude. Woman Seated on a Bench ArtLex on Impressionism. ArtLex, Web. 19 Dec Online Video Last name of artist/author, first name of artist/author. Title of video. Prod. Producer of video. Publisher of video, year of publication. Video source. Web. Day month year you West, Kanye. Amazing. Prod. Hype Williams. Roc-A-Records, YouTube. Web. 17. Dec Online Music Clips Last name of artist, first name of artist. Title of sound recording. Title of website. Publisher/sponsor of website, year of publication. Web. Day month year you

5 Other Sources Sound Recording Name of artist. Title of Song. Name of CD/Record. Publisher. Year of publication. Medium of publication. Ellington, Duke. Black and Tan Fantasy. Music in My Mistress. Musicmasters CD. Television and Radio Program Title of episode. Name of program. Station name. Call letters, Place. Day month year. Television. The Blessing Way. The X-Files. Fox. WXIA, Atlanta. 19 Jul Television. Film and Video Title of film/video. Director s name. Distributor, Year of release. Medium of publication. The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Polygram, DVD. Personal Interview Last name of person interviewed, first name. Personal/Telephone/ Interview. Day month year. Smith, Mary. Personal Interview. 15 May Lecture or Speech Last name of person giving speech, first name. Address/Title of speech. Name of Conference/Event. Place of speech, day month year. Address. Allen, Steve. Address. CLA Conference. San Diego, 3 Nov Address.