Book
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1. First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book (Location: Publisher, Year), page number.
1. Harriet Murav, Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-revolution Russia (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011), 219-220.
Bib:
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Location: Publisher, Year.
Murav, Harriet. Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-revolution Russia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011.
Chapter of a Book
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2. First Name Last Name and First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter: Subtitle of Chapter,” in Title of Book: Subtitle of Book (Location: Publisher, Year), ##-##
2. Susan Greenhalgh, “Strengthening China’s Party-State and Place in the World,” in Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010), 82.
Bib:
Last Name, First Name and First Name Last Name. “Title of Chapter: Subtitle of Chapter.” In Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, ##-##. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010.
Greenhalgh, Susan. “Strengthening China’s Party-State and Place in the World.” In Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China, 79-114. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010.
Journal Article
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14. First Name Last Name, “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article,” Title of Journal volume, number (year): page range, accessed Date, website accessed.
14. Saskia E. Wieringa, “Portrait of a Women’s Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia,” Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-86, accessed February 15, 2012, http://dx/doi/org/10.1086/658500.
Bib:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Title of Journal volume, number (year): page range. Date accessed. Website.
Wieringa, Saskia E. “Portrait of a Women’s Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia.” Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-93. Accessed February 15, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/658500.
Magazine/Newspaper Article
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8. First Name Last Name, “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article,” Periodical Title, date published, page ##, date accessed (if website), website (if necessary).
8. Robin Black, “President Obama: Why Don’t You Read More Women?,” Salon, August 24, 2011, accessed October 30, 2011, http://www.salon.com/books/writing/index.html?story=/books/feature/2011/08/24/obama_summer_reading.
Bib:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Periodical Title, date published, page range. Date Accessed (if website). Website (if necessary).
Black, Robin. “President Obama: Why Don’t You Read More Women?” Salon, August 24, 2011. Accessed October 30, 2011.
http://www.salon.com/books/writing/index.html?story=/books/feature/2011/08/24/obama_summer_reading.
Website/Webpage
With Author
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6. First Name Last Name, “Title of Webpage,” Title of Website, date published/last modified, date accessed, website.
6. Susannah Brooks, “Longtime Library Director Reflects on a Career at the Crossroads,” University of Wisconsin-Madison News, September 1, 2011, accessed May 14, 2012, http://www.news.wisc.edu/19704.
Bib:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Webpage.” Title of Website, Date Published/Last Modified. Date Accessed. Website.
Brooks, Susannah. “Longtime Library Director Reflects on a Career at the Crossroads.” University of Wisconsin-Madison News, September 1, 2011. Accessed May 14, 2012. http://www.news.wisc.edu/19704.
No Author
Note:
11. “Title of Webpage,” Title of Website, date published/last modified, date accessed, website.
11. “Toy Safety,” McDonald’s Canada, accessed November 20, 2011, http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/community/toysafety.aspx.
Bib:
Title of Website “Title of Webpage.” Date Published/Last Modified. Date Accessed. Website.
McDonald’s Canada. “Toy Safety.” McDonald’s Canada. Last modified November 20, 2011. Accessed March 3, 2011.
http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/community/toysafety.aspx.
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