Book
Encyclopedia Article
Magazine Article
Journal Article
Newspaper Article
Book:
Parenthetical (in-text) citation:
(Author's last name page number)
(Tannen 27)
Author's name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, year published.
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialog. New York: Random House, 1998.
Encyclopedia Article:
Parenthetical (in-text) citation:
(Author's or Editor's last name volume number: page numbers)
(Drexler 11: 627-628)
Author's name. "Article Title." Encyclopedia Title. Edition. Year published.
Drexler, Eric. "Nanotechnology." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 8th ed. 1997.
Magazine Article:
Parenthetical (in-text) citation:
(Author's last name page number)
(Fahey 127)
Author's name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine date: page numbers.
Fahey, Jonathan. "The Science of Small." Forbes 5 Feb. 2001: 124-128.
Journal Article:
Parenthetical (in-text) citation:
(Author's last name page number)
(Rodriguez, Crema, and Delibes 1139)
Author's name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume number.issue number (year published): page numbers.
Rodriguez, Alejandro, Giulia Crema, and Miguel Delibes. "Use of Non-Wildlife Passages Across a High Speed Railway by Terrestrial Vertebrates." Journal of Applied Ecology 33.6 (1996): 1527-1540.
Newspaper Article:
Parenthetical (in-text) citation:
(Author's last name page number)
(Torres A19)
Author's name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper date: page numbers.
Torres, Craig. "Argentine Consumers Show Economic Confidence." Wall Street Journal 6 Apr. 2000: A19.
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