BIBLIOGRAPHY
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A book with one author
Josephson, M. (1959). Edison: A Biography.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book.
A book with two or more authors
Cole, B. & Gealt, A. (1989). Art of The Western
World: From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism. New York:
Summit Books.
World Wide Web
Author. Title of Item. Available http://address/filename,
date of document or download.
Example
DiStefana, Vince. Guidelines for better writing.
Available http://www.usa. net/ vinced /
home.html, January 1, 2000.
Computer software
Microsoft Works for Windows 95 (1995). [Computer program].
Redmond, WA: Microsoft.
Information from an electronic encyclopedia
“Name of article”. Name of company and encyclopedia.
Copyright date and name of corporation.
Example
“Panda”, Microsoft Encarta. (1994) Microsoft Corporation.
A signed article in a reference book
Author’s last name, first name. “Name of the article”.
Name
of the encyclopedia, underlined.
Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright,
date.
Example
Tobias, Richard. “Pandas”. World Book Encyclopedia.
Chicago:
World Book Inc., 1994.
(Unsigned)
“Pandas”. World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World
Book, Inc, 1994.
A signed article in a magazine
Beardsley, T. (1994). For Whom the Bell Curve Really Tolls.
Scientific
American, January 1995, Volume 272,
Number 1, pp. 14-17.
A signed article in a daily newspaper
Moore, M. (1994, December 27). Speculation Irks Flores.
Journal American, Section D, p. 1.
An unsigned article
What Vietnam Did to Us. (1981, December 14). Newsweek,
pp. 46-97.
A film or videotape
Hand, D. (Supervising Director) and Disney, W. (Producer). (1937).
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
[Videotape]. Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney
Company.
Television or radio program
“The Health Care Question.” Frontline. ABC. WBKB, Chicago. March
21, 1996.
Personal Interview
Powell, Colin. Personal interview. January 4, 1996.