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Book with 1 Author:

Gore, Al.  Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human SpiritBoston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

Book with Two Authors:

            Edey, Maitland A. and Donald C. Johnson.  Blueprints: Solving the Mystery of

                        EvolutionBoston: Little, Brown, 1989.

Book with a Corporate Author:

            Time-Life, Inc.  This Fabulous Century: 1950-1960New York: Time, Inc.,

                        1970.

Book with an Editor:

            Easter, Eric, D.Michael Cheers and Dudley M. Brooks, eds.  Songs of My

                        PeopleBoston: Little, Brown, 1992.

Short Story, Essay or Poem from an Anthology:

            Allende, Isabel.  “Toad’s Mouth.”  Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden.  A Hammock

                        Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America.  Ed. Thomas Colchie. 

                        New York: Plume, 1992. 83-88.

Article or Essay in Collection:

            Chaucer, Geoffrey.  “The Miller’s Tale.”  The Canterbury Tales.  Trans. David

                        Wright.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

            Caldwell, Bettye.  “The Condition of America’s Poor is Improving.”  Poverty.

                        Opposing Viewpoints Series.  San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994.

A Multivolume Work:

            Lauter, Paul.  The Heath Anthology of American Literature.  2nd ed. 2 vols.

                        Lexington: Heath, 1994.

Magazine Article—Author Known:

            Church, George J.  “Flood, Sweat and Tears.”  Time 26 July 1993: 22-33.

Magazine Article—Author Unknown:

            “Two Cheers for Demokratiya.”  U.S. News and World Report 5 Apr. 1993:

42-46.

Newspaper Article—Author Known:

            Smith, Donald.  “Global Telecommuters Work from All Over.”  Cedar Rapids

                        Gazette 25 Jul. 1993: C1+.

Newspaper Article—Author Unknown:

            “The Decade of the Spy.”  Star & Tribune 7 Mar. 1994: A12+.

SIRS Article (From Full-Text Sirs Researcher):

            Wartik, Nancy.  “Tough Calls.”  American Health Mar. 1992: 58-62.  Online.

                        SIRS Researcher.  14 Aug. 2000.

Encyclopedia Entry—Author Known:

            Diehl, Paul B.  “Poetry.”  World Book Encyclopedia. 1998 ed.

            Fairbridge, Rhodes W.  “Plate Tectonics.”  Grolier Encyclopedia.  Online.

                        14 Aug. 2000.

Encyclopedia Entry—Author Unknown:

            “Mandarin.”  World Book Encyclopedia.  1998 ed.

            “Diabetes.”  Encyclopedia Americana.  Online.  14 Aug. 2000.

Dictionary Entry:

            “Populist.”  Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed. 1998.

Almanac Entry:

            “Chile.”  The World Almanac Book of Facts. 1998 ed.

 Specialized Reference Book Entry:

            “Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.”  Webster’s Biographical Dictionary.  1996 ed.

Interview:

            Waller, Robert.  Telephone interview.  20 Feb. 2000.

Videocassette:

            Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama

                        Videocassette.  Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1992.

CD-ROM:

            “Bronte, Emily.”  Discovering Authors.  CD-ROM.  Detroit: Gale, 1992.

            Fairbridge, Rhodes W.  “Plate Tectonics.”  Encarta. CD-ROM. 1996 ed.

Information Accessed Through Internet:

            Willett, Edward F.  “How Our Laws Are Made.”  Thomas: Legislative

                        Information on the Internet.  Online.  Internet. 1 Nov. 1998. 

                        Available: http://www.thomas.loc.gov

                Williamson, Jay.  Guns and the Constitution.  Online.  Internet.  20 Nov.

1995.    Available:  http://www.vyne.comn/glow/guncntl/guncntl.html

“Crimes and Crime Rates, by Type.”  Census Bureau Home Page.  Online.

            Internet.  27 Nov. 1999.  Available:  http://www.census.gov/

Information Accessed on Internet Using a Computer Service (e.g. America Online):

            “Middle Ages.”  Academic American Encyclopedia.  Online.  America Online.

                        15 Oct. 1999.

A Television or Radio Program:

            “Yes. . .but Is It Art?”  Narr. Morley  Safer.  Sixty Minutes. CBS. WCBS,

                        New York.  19 Sept. 1999.

            “Frankenstein: The Making of the Monster.”  Great Books.  Narr. Donald

                        Sutherland.  Writ. Eugenie Vink. Dir. Jonathan Ward.  Learning

                        Channel. 8 Sept. 1999.

            “Shakespeare Putdowns.”  Narr. Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer.  All

                        Things Considered.  Natl. Public Radio. WNYC, New York. 6 Apr.

                        1994.

A Performance: (Play, Opera, Ballet, Concert):

            The River.  Chor. Alvin Ailey.  Dance Theater of Harlem.  New York State

                        Theater, New York.  15 Mar. 1994.

Pamphlets:

            Best Museums:  New York City.  New York: Trip Builder, 1993.

            Sugar, Bert Randolph, ed. Mecca 1911 Double-Folder Baseball Cards.

                        Mineola: Dover, 1991.