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Book [0 - Multiple Authors]

Example 1 author:

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird.
     New York: Warner Books, 1982.

Example 0 authors:

The American Renaissance. Philadephia: Chelsea House
     Publishers, 2004.

Example 2 authors:

Hopper, Henry, and Peter Gwunn. Fun With Physics. 
     New York: Harper & Row, 1997.

Example 3 authors:

Thompsen, Adam, Mary Jensen, and Dori Graham. Coexisting
     Under Stress. Chicago: New Age Press, 2005.

Example more than 3 authors:

Adams, Barry, et al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. 
     New York: Shooting Star Press, 1994.

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Book [0 - Multiple Editors]

Example 1 editor:

Bevington, David, ed. The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
     3rd ed. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 1980.

Example 2 editors:

David, Edward, and Frank Edwards, eds. Computers.
     New York: Harper Collins, 1994.

Example 3 editors:

Abbot, Jack., Greg Brunning, and Matt Doren, eds. System Dynamics.
     Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 2001.

Example more than 3 editors:

Edwards, T., et al., eds. The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe.
     New York: Newcastle Press, 2004.

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Previously Published Book in a collection

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Flowers, Betty S. "Wrestling with the Mother and Father:
     �His� and �Her� in Adrienne Rich." 
     Private Voices, Public Lives: Women Speak on 
     the Literary Life. Ed. Nancy Owen Nelson.
     N.p.: University of North Texas Press, 1995. 54-63.  
     Rpt. in  Contemporary  Literary Criticism.
     Ed. Deborah Smith. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1982. 430-44.

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Previously Published Journal in a collection

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Spilka, Mark. "Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife:
     Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden." 
     Modern Fiction Studies 65.3 (1974): 43-50.  
     Rpt. in  Contemporary  Literary Criticism. 
     Ed. Deborah Smith. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1982. 430-44.

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Book - Author and Editor

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Jordan, Jeff. "Creating Evil in East of Eden." Readings on
     East of Eden. Ed. James Bowden. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 
     1973. 58-60.

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Book - Anthology or Story Collection

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Allende, Isabel. "Toad's Mouth." Reading Poetry: An Anthology
     of Poems. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: Random House,
     1989. 41-47.

Chase, Richard. "Old Christmas Eve." Grandfather Tales.
     Ed. H. L. Pick. New York:Viking, 1973. 58-60.

Simon, Mark. "Understanding Gatsby." Readings on
     The Great Gatsby. Ed. Richard Morrow. Chicago: Chelsea House
     Publishing, 2001. 54-59.

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Encyclopedia Article

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Crickmer, Barry. "Can We Control Spending?" 
    Nation's Business Apr. 1993: 22-24.

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Clark, Herbert H., and Thomas H. Carlson. "Hearers and 
     Speech Acts." Language 58 (1982): 332-373.

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Newspaper Article

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Schwartz, John. "Obesity Affects Economic, Social Status."
     Washington Post 30 Sep. 2003: A1, A4.

Bryant, Alfred. "Our Role in the U.N." Letter to the Editor.
     Oregonian [Portland, OR] 15 Dec. 1997: B7.

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Print Anthology :: Author, Translator & Editor

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Akhmatova, Anna. The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
     Trans. Judith Hemschemeyer. Ed. Roberta Reeder. 
     Brookline, MS: Zephyr Press, 1997.

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Online Database :: Encyclopedia

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"Chiru." Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
     2002. EBSCOhost. Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR.
     15 Apr. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.

Example - with author:

Rogers, Frank. �Southern Flying Squirrel.�Encyclopedia of Animals.
     2005. EBSCO Animals. EBSCOHost. Sprague H.S. Lib., Salem, OR.
     15 Feb. 2004 <http://search.epnet.com/>.

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Online Database :: Magazine

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Schaller, George B. "Realm of the Snow Antelope." Natural History 
     May 1996: 46-48. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCOhost.
     South Eugene High School Lib., Eugene, OR. 15 Apr. 2003
     <http://search.epnet.com/>.

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Online Database :: Scholarly Journal

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Borman, W.C. “Role of Early Development in Reading Skills.”
     Journal of Applied Psychology 78 (1998): 443-449. EBSCOhost.
     Benson H.S., Portland, OR. 21 May 2001 
     <http://search.epnet.com>.

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Online Database :: Newspaper

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 Stern, Henry. "Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of
     West Nile." Oregonian [Portland, OR] 9 Apr. 2003.
     Newsbank. Roseburg High School, Roseburg, OR. 14 Apr. 2003
     <http://infoweb.newsbank.com/>.

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Information Database (simple)

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Name of Database. Date of Posting/Revision. 
     Institution associated with. Date of retrieval <URL>.

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet.
      19 June 2004. Library of Congress, Washington. 
      18 May 2005 <http://thomas.loc.gov/>.

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