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Book [0 - Multiple Authors]

Example - no Author:

The American renaissance. (2004). Philadelphia:
     Chelsea House Publishers.

Example - 1 Author:

Lee, H. (1982). To kill a mockingbird. New York: Warner Books.

Example - 2 Authors:

Hopper, H., &  Gwunn, P. (1997). Fun with physics.
     New York: Harper & Row.

Example - 3 to more than 6 Authors:

Adams, B., Boston, C., Cheney, D., Dixon, E., Edwards, F., 
     Franks, G., et al. (1994). In Encyclopedia of great 
     civilizations. New York: Shooting Star Press.

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Book [1 - Multiple Editors]

Example - 1 Editor:

Bevington, D. (Ed.). (1980). The complete works of Shakespeare
     (3rd ed.). Glenview,IL: Scott, Foresman.

Example - 2 Editors:

David, E., & Edwards, F. (Eds.). (1994). Computers
     New York: Harper Collins

Example - 3 Editors:

Abbot, J., Brunning, G., & Doran, M. (Eds.). (2001).
     System dynamics Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.

Example - More than 6 Editors:

Edwards, T., George, W.,  Kuffner, A., Jones, D., 
     Roberts, J., & Johnson, F., et. al. (Eds.). (2004).
     The poetry of Edgar Allen Poe New York: Newcastle Press.

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Print:: Encyclopedia Article

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Gillingham, J. (1998). Norman conquest. In The world book 
     encyclopedia (Vol. 14, pp. 455-6). Chicago: World Book, Inc.

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Gillingham, J. (1998).  Norman conquest. In The world book 
     encyclopedia. (Vol. 14, pp. 455-6). Chicago: World Book,
     Inc.

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Print - Previously published book in a collection

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Henley, W. E. (1984). Apparition. In L. L. Harris (Ed.), 
     Nineteenth-Century literature criticism (Vol. 5, p 408). 
     (Reprinted from A book of verses, 41, 1889, 
      New York: Scribner).

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Spilka, M. (1982). Of George and Lennie and Curley’s wife: 
     Sweet violence in Steinbeck’s Eden. In D. Smith (Ed.), 
     Contemporary literary criticism 
     (Vol. 104, pp. 430-44). Detroit: Gale. 
     (Reprinted from Modern fiction studies, 65, 43-50).

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Print - Author & Editor

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Gibbs, J.T. (2001). Books for children of all ages
     (F.W. Hudson, Ed.). New York: Dover.

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Book:: Anthology or Story Collection

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Chase, R. (1973). Old Christmas Eve. In H. L. Pick (Ed.), 
     Grandfather tales (pp. 58-60). New York: Viking.

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Print Author & Translator

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Doe, J. A. (2006). Original Work Title (Vol. 2, 3rd ed.)
     (J. M. Nebeker, Trans.). In B.J. Editor (Ed.), Editor's 
	 Work's Title (Vol. 5, 2nd ed.). Publishing City: Publisher.

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Print Organization & Editor

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Organization. (2006). Original Work's Title (Vol. 2, 3rd ed.).
	 In B.J. Editor (Ed.), Editor's Work's Title
	 (Vol. 5, 2nd ed.). Publishing City: Publisher.

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Print Journal

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Lassle, T. A. (2006). Article Title. Journal Name, 
	3(6), 152-157.

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Print:: Magazine or Scholarly Journal Article

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 Crickmer, B. (1993, April). Can we control spending? 
	 Nation's Business, 43, 22-24.

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Print:: Newspaper Article

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Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, 
	 social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.

Example - Letter to the editor:

Bryant, A. F. (1997, December 15). Our role in the U.N. 
     [Letter to the editor]. The Oregonian, p B7.

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Electronic Online Databases - Encyclopedia Article

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Rogers, F. (2005). Southern flying squirrel. In Encyclopedia 
     of animals. Retrieved February 15, 2005, from 
     EBSCO Animals database.

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Electronic Internet - Encyclopedia Article

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Ernest Hemingway. (n.d.). In MSN Encarta.
     Retrieved December 27, 2005, from http://encarta.msn.com

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Online Databases - Magazine or Scholarly Journal Article

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Schaller, G. B. (1996, May). Realm of the snow antelope. 
	Natural History, 48. Retrieved April 15, 2003,
	from EBSCOhost database.


Borman, W.C. (1993). Role of early development in reading skills.
	Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. 
	Retrieved May 21, 2001, from EBSCOHost database.

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Electronic Internet - Magazine or Scholarly Journal Article

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Levy, S. (2002, May 27). Great minds, great ideas. Newsweek. 
     Retrieved May 30, 2002, from 
     http://www.msnbc.com/news/754336.asp


Fredrickson, B.L. (2002, January 21). Cultivating positive 
    emotions. Prevention & Treatment, 3 Article 0001a. 
    Retrieved May 30, 2002, from
    http://www.prevention/volume3/0001a.html

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Electronic Internet - Web Page Professional

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Reid-Walsh, J. (n.d.) Jane Austen home page.
   Retrieved March 30, 2001, from University of Wisconsin Web 
   site: http://www.polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/jane/janeausten.htm

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Electronic Internet - Web Page Personal

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Lowe, W. (2001, November). Pro death penalty web page.
    Retrieved October 22, 2002, from 
    http://www.westleylowe.com/cp.html

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Electronic Other - Video/DVD

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Amazon rainforest [Videocassette]. (1997).
	N.p.: National Geographic, Inc. 


Discovering Spain [DVD]. (1998).
	N.p.: Questar Video Communications.

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Electronic Online Databases - Newspaper Article

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Stern, H. (2003, April 9). Pre-emptive blitz set to meet threat
	of West Nile. The Oregonian. Retrieved April 14, 2003,
	from Newsbank database.

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Electronic Internet - Newspaper Article

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Stern, H. (2003, April 9). Pre-emptive blitz set to meet threat
	of West Nile. The Oregonian. Retrieved April 14, 2003,
	from http://www.oregonlive.com/

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Electronic Book

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Bardsley, M. A. (2006). Fun With OSLIS (Vol. 2, 3rd ed.).
	Seattle: iSchool Publishers.

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Electronic Reference

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Rogers, F. (2005). Southern flying squirrel. In Encyclopedia
	of animals. Retrieved February 15, 2005, from EBSCO 
	Animals database.

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Doe, J. A. (2006). Book Title (Vol. 4, 2nd ed.).
	Publishing City: Publisher. (Original work published 2000)

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