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How to Cite Resources Used
Books with one author
Author last name, First name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, copyright date.
Example: Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamun. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.
Books with more than one author
Author last name, First name and Second Author First name and last name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, copyright date.
Example: Cooper, Robert K. and Leslie L. Cooper. Low-Fat Living. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.
No author given:
Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, copyright date.
Example: The Amazing Universe. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1991.
Magazine with author
Author last name, First name. "Title of Article". Magazine Title, Magazine date: page number(s).
Example: Begley, Sharon. " Healthy Dose of Laughter." Newsweek, Oct. 4, 1987: p.65.
Magazine with no author given
"Title of Article." Magazine Title, Magazine date: page number(s).
Example: "A Walk Across America: Part II." National Geographic. August, 1979: p.52.
Print Encyclopedia
"Title of Article." Encyclopedia name. Copyright date: Volume number.
Example: "Animal Rights." World Book Encyclopedia. 1996: Vol.1.
Example: "Stemple, James. "Solar Energy." Book of Popular Science. 1990.
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
Example: "Wyoming." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1996 edition.
Online Services and the Internet
Example: Gordon, Daniel. "Acid Rain" Compton's Living Encyclopedia. [Online] America Online. Mar. 6, 1997.
Example: Plant Extracts.[Online] Available http://www.sciences.com/scidata/edu.html February 23, 1997.