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ABSTRACTS, INDEXES

Abstract on CD–ROM

Clawson, Mary Lou. "Guiding ADHD Students: Ten Ways to Help Them Succeed."  Schools in the

Middle 2.1 (1992): 17-18. ERIC.   CD–ROM. Silver Platter. 2000.

Colford, Steven W.  "TV Ads to Get Violence Exam."  Advertising Age 4 July 1994: 40.  Periodical

Abstracts.  CD–ROM. UMI. 1994.

Abstract in an Internet Database

Zientek, Gigi.  "Bilingual Is Better."  Momentum 28.1 (1997): 36-38. ERIC. 24 Feb. 1998 <http://eric.

texshare.edu/ovidweb/ovidweb.cgi>.

Abstract on the Internet

Sylwester, Robert.  "What the Biology of the Brain Tells Us about Learning."  Educational Leadership

51.4 (1993): 46-51.  ERIC.  13 June 1997 <http://www.askeric.org/plweb-cgi/fastweb?

searchform+ericdb>.

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ANNUALS, ALMANACS, YEARBOOKS

Familiar Reference Works That Frequently Appear in New Editions

"Computer Glossary."  World Almanac.  1995 ed.

Cormier, William R.  "War in the Persian Gulf."  World Book Yearbook.  1992.

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ANNUAL REPORTS

Association of College and Research Libraries.  Annual Report: Academic Librarians: Partners in

Higher Education.  Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1990.

Texas Lottery Commission.  Annual Report.  Austin: Texas Lottery Commission, 1996.

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ARTWORKS

Painting. Reproduction of Painting in a Book

Titian.  Annunciation.  1557.  Capodimonte National Gallery.  Naples.  Titian.  By Filippo Pedrocco.

Florence: SCALA, 1993. 53.

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ATLASES, GAZETTEERS

Atlas of the World.  New York: Oxford UP, 1992.

Munro, David, ed.  Cambridge World Gazetteer. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1988.

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES, GUIDES

Dell’Isola, Frank.  Thomas Merton: A Bibliography.  Kent: Kent State UP, 1975.

Harner, James L.  Literary Research Guide: A Guide to Reference Sources for the Study of Literature in

English and Related Topics.  New York: MLA, 1989.

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BOOKS
(See also "Collections and Anthologies" below)

Regular Book with Two Authors

Zwerdling, Alex, and Richard Voorhees.  Orwell and the Left.   New Haven: Yale UP, 1974. 

Regular Book with One Author. Publisher's Imprint

Klier, Barbara. Education Reflecting Our Society. Information Plus Reference Ser. Detroit: Gale, 2000.

Walker, Alice.  The Color Purple.  New York: Pocket Books-Washington Square, 1982. 

Book Online

Millay, Edna St. Vincent.  Second April.  New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921.  Carnegie Mellon

University Hillman Library.  12 May 1997 <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/

mmbt/www/women/millay/sa-bog.html>.

Stevenson, Robert Louis.  Treasure Island.  12 May 1997 <ftp://uniarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etest/

gutenberg/etext94/treas10.txt>.

Book from an Online Database

Harris, Jim. Getting Employees to Fall in Love with Your Company. New York: AMACOM, 1996.

NetLibrary. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 25 Oct. 2001 <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

Regular Book with a Book Title within a Book Title

Colmer, John.  Coleridge to Catch 22: Images of Society.   New York: St. Martin's, 1978. 

Book with Editors Instead of Author

Foster, Carol E., Mark A. Siegel, and Nancy R. Jacobs, eds.  Women’s Changing Role.  The Information

Series on Current Topics.  Wylie: Information Plus, 1990. 

Book with More than One Volume

When you use two or more volumes of a multivolume work that is not a reference work,
cite the total number of volumes in the work.

Malone, Dumas.  Jefferson and His Time.  6 vols.   Boston: Little, 1948-81. 

Rampersad, Arnold. The Life of Langston Hughes. 2nd ed. 2 vols. New York: Oxford UP, 2002.

Translation

Ellul, Jacques.  Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes.   Trans. Konrad Kellen and Jean Lerner. 

New York: Knopf, 1965. 

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COLLECTIONS AND ANTHOLOGIES

Biographical Essay in an Annually Published Collected Biography

"Jodie Foster."  Current Biography.   1992.

Collections and Anthologies in Web-Based Full-Text Database

"Historical Overview." American Journey Online: The Immigrant Experience. 1999. Student Resource Center.

Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas, 23 Mar.2005

<http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu>.

Quirino, Leonard. "The Cards Indicate a Voyage on A Streetcar Named Desire." Tennessee Williams: A Tribute.

Ed. Jac Tharpe. U.P. of Miss., 1977. 77-96. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group.

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 9 July 2003 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu/>.

Spiller, Robert E. “James Fenimore Cooper.” American Writers. Vol. 1. Scribner’s, 1974. 335-57.

Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 10 Apr. 200l

<http://www.galenet.com/servelet/LitRC>.

Collections and Anthologies on CD-ROM

Reicha, Susan M.  "Rice, Anne."  Contemporary Authors on CD.  CD-ROM. Gale, Dec. 1996.

Whitman, Walt.  "An Evening Lull."  The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry.  CD-ROM.  Columbia UP,

1992.

Essay in an Anthology. Original

Davis, Mike.  "Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Space."   Variations on a Theme Park:

The New American City and the End of Public Space.  Ed.  Michael Sorkin.  New York:

Hill, 1992. 154-80.

Le Guin, Ursula K.  "The Space Crone."  Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words,

Women, Places.  New York: Grove, 1989.  3-6.

Essay in an Anthology. Reprint

Granville-Barker, Harley.  "Place-Structure and Time-Structure."  Prefaces to Shakespeare: Hamlet. 

Princeton: Princeton UP, 1965.  38-46.  Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Interpretations of

Hamlet: a Collection of Critical Essays.  Ed.  David Bevington.   Englewood Cliffs:

Prentice, 1968.  27-31.

Multivolume Collections and Anthologies

When Only One Volume Of A Multivolume Work Is Used
(page numbers required in parenthetical notes, but not in works
cited entry unless the work is not in alphabetical order.)

Alder, Thomas P.  "Edward Albee."  Critical Survey of Drama.   Ed.  Frank N. Magill.  Vol. 1.  English

Language Series.  Englewood Cliffs: Salem, 1985.

Brooker, Jewel Spears.  "T. S. Eliot."  American Poets, 1880-1945.  Ed.  Peter Quartermain.

  Dictionary of Literary Biography 45.  Detroit: Gale, 1986.

"Fromm, Erich 1900-1980."  Contemporary Authors.  Vol. 29.   New Revision Series.  Detroit: Gale, 

1990.  55 vols. to date. 1981-.

Hopkinson, Tom.  "George Orwell."  British Writers.   Ed.  Ian Scott-Kilvert.  Vol. 7.  New York:

Scribner's, 1984.  273-87.

Morsberger, Robert E.  "James Thurber."  American Writers.   Ed.  Leonard Ungar.  Supp. I pt. 2.  New

York: Scribner's, 1979.  602-27.

When you use only one volume of a multivolume work, include the
volume number of the volume you used and page numbers of article cited.

Stowe, Harriet, Beecher. "Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl." 1863. The Heath Anthology of

American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. 4th ed. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton, 2002.

2530-38. 2 vols.

When More Than One Volume of a Multivolume Work Is Used
(specific volume and page numbers are included as part of in-text references, e.g., 4:37.)

Cambridge History of English Literature.  Ed.  A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller.  15 vols.

London: Cambridge UP, 1932.

Orwell, George.  The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell.   Ed.  Sonia Orwell

and Ian Angus. 4 vols. New York: Harcourt, 1968.

If each volume has a separate title, give the title of the
volume used, as well as the title of the multivolume work.

Churchill, Winston S. The Age of Revolution. New York: Dodd, 1957. Vol. 3 of A History of

the English-Speaking Peoples. 4 vols. 1956-58.

Poem, Short Story, or Play in a Collection or Anthology

Chekhov, Anton.  The Cherry Orchard.  Trans.  Avraham Yarmolinsky.  Norton Anthology of World

Masterpieces.  Ed.  Maynard Mack.  4th ed.  Vol. 2.   New York: Norton, 1979. 

1192-1230.

Lazard, Naomi.  "In Answer to Your Query."  The Norton Book of Light Verse.  Ed.  Russell Baker.  New

York: Norton, 1986.  52-53.

O'Connor, Flannery.  "The Life You Save May be Your Own."  The Realm of Fiction: 74 Short

Stories.  Ed.  James B. Hall and Elizabeth C. Hall.  3rd ed.   New York: McGraw, 1977.

479-88.

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Ecobichon, Donald J., and Joseph M. Wu, eds.  Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Proceedings of the

International Symposium on Environmental Tobacco Smoke at McGill University.

Lexington: Lexington, 1990.

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CORPORATE AUTHOR
(company, institution, association, or government agency)
See also "Government Documents" below.

Dallas County Community Colleges.  Richland College.  Institutional Self-Study.

Dallas: Richland College, 1993.

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CORRESPONDENCE, PERSONAL

Surface Mail

Evans, Lorene.  Letter to the author.   16 Nov. 1995.

Electronic Mail

Jeser-Skaggs, Sharlee (sjs@DCCCDd.edu).  "Keyword Quirks."  E-mail to Gary Duke (gd@DCCCDd.edu).

28 Feb. 1995.

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DICTIONARIES

General Dictionary

"Hard Rock."  The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.  3rd ed.  Boston: Houghton,

1993.

Subject Dictionary

American Library Association.  ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science.  Chicago: ALA, 1983.

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DIGESTS

Dart, Bob.  "Too Much TV Blamed for Bad Habits, Social Ills."  Detroit Free Press 26 Feb. 1992: 10A.

Rpt. in A Matter of Fact.  Ed.  C. Edward Wall.   Vol. 16.  Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1992.  352.

25 vols. to date. 1985-.

"Legislation: Senate Approves Bankruptcy Bill." Facts On File World News Digest 17 Mar. 2005.

Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com. Facts On File News Services. 15 Apr. 2005

<http://0-www.2facts.com.library.dcccd.edu:80/>.

Rudd, Hughes.  Rev. of Texas, by James Michener. New York Times Book Review 13 Oct., 1985: 9. 

Rpt. in Book Review Digest: 1986.   New York: Wilson, 1987.

"Stolen Art Treasures Found in Texas."  Facts on File 22 June 1990: 459.

Digest in a Web-Based Database

Ford, Peter. "World: EU Gives Marlboro Man Marching Orders." Christian Science Monitor 6 Mar. 2001: 6-7.

FactSearch. OCLC FirstSearch. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 28 Mar. 2002

<http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org>.

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DIRECTORIES

"American Sleep Disorders Association."  Associations Unlimited. Gale Group.

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 24 Jan. 2000 <http://www.galnet.com/servlet/AU>.

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EDITORIALS
See "Newspapers" below.

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E-MAIL
See "Correspondence" above.

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

General Encyclopedias

General Encyclopedias That Often Appear in New Editions

Carroll, Bob. "Football." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002 ed.

General Encyclopedia with Title of Subset

Smith, Bruce Lannes.  "Propaganda."  New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropedia.  15th ed.  1991.

General Encyclopedia with Article Subsections by Different Authors

Faherty, Robert L.  "Rites and Rituals: Sacrifices."  New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropedia.  15th

ed.  1991.

Less Familiar General Encyclopedia. No Author

"Industrial Architecture."  New Caxton Encyclopedia.  20 vols. London: Caxton, 1977.

General Encyclopedia Article from Web-Based Full-Text Database

Wayne, Stephen. "Electoral College." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 9 Dec. 2003 <http://search.eb.com>.

General Encyclopedia Article on CD–ROM

Conversi, Leonard W.  "Literature, The Art of: Drama: Tragedy: Theory of Tragedy."  Britannica CD 97. 

CD-ROM.  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 ed.

Kumbier, William A.  "Science Fiction."  World Book 1997 Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Deluxe ed. 

CD-ROM. 1997 ed. 

General Encyclopedia Article, Online

"Constitution of the United States."  Academic American Encyclopedia.  1995 ed.  Prodigy. 

5 Dec. 1995.

Enfield, David B. "El Nino." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1999-2000. Britannica.com. 7 Apr. 2000

          <http://www.britannica.com>. 

Lusky, Louis. "Censorship." Encyclopedia Americana Online. 1999. Grolier Educational.

           31 July 1999 <http://ea.grolier.com>.

Subject Encyclopedias

Citing a Work that Has More than One Volume (a multivolume work)

Subject Encyclopedias in Alphabetical Order:  Article Has an Author and Set Has a General Editor

Parke, Ross D., and David J. McDowell. "Fatherhood." International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family.

Ed. James J. Ponzetti, Jr. 2nd ed. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2003.

Smith, Bruce L.  "Propaganda."  International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.  Ed.  David L. Sills. 

19 Vols.  New York: MacMillan, 1968.

Subject Encyclopedia in Alphabetical Order:  Article Has No Named Author

"Censorship." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 12 vols. St. Paul: West, 1998.

"Dallas County Community College District." The New Handbook of Texas. Ed. Roy R. Barkley.

Vol. 2. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. 486. 6 vols.

Subject Encyclopedia Not in Alphabetical Order and Has No Named Author

"Parallel Universes."  The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science and the Future.  Vol. 9.  New York:

Cavendish, 1983.  1116. 20 vols.

"Rain Forests." UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes. Ed. Marlene Weigel and Julie L. Carnagie. Vol. 2.

Detroit: UXL-Gale, 2000. 305-41. 3 vols.

Encyclopedia Itself Has an Author

Schwarzenegger, Arnold.  Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding.   New York: Simon, 1985.

Subject Encyclopedia Article from Web-Based Full-Text Database

Spiller, Robert E. “James Fenimore Cooper.” American Writers. Vol. 1. Scribner’s, 1974. 335-57.

Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas.10 Apr. 200l

<http://infotrac.galenet.com/menu>.

Subject Encyclopedia Article on CD-ROM

Narr, Karl J.  "Paleolithic Religion."  Encyclopedia of Religion.  Ed.  Mircea Eliade.  New York:

Macmillan, 1987. CD-ROM. 

Online Subject Encyclopedia

"Dallas County Community College District." The Handbook of Texas Online. 1999. Texas State

Historical Association. 31 July 1999 <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/

online/articles/view/DDkcd4.html>.

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FILMS AND VIDEO RECORDINGS

The Wrong Stuff: American Architecture.   Videocassette.  Dir.  Tom Bettag.  Carousel Films, 1983. 

Examples of citations for films vary according to the emphasis of the paper. For explanation

and examples consult the MLA Handbook at the Reference Desk.

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FOREWORD
(See "Introduction" below)

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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
(see also "Corporate Authors" above)

United States.  Dept. of Labor.  Bureau of Labor Statistics.   "Physician Assistants."  Occupational

Outlook Handbook.  1992-93 ed.   Washington: GPO, 1992. 

United States.  National Center for Health Statistics.   "Marriages and Divorces."  Statistical Abstract of

the United States: 1992.   Washington: GPO, 1991. 

United States.  Office of Management and Budget.  Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal

Year 1990.  Washington: GPO, 1989.  

Government Document on CD–ROM

United States.  Dept. of Commerce.  International Trade Administration.  "The World Economic Outlook

in 1994."  U.S. Industrial Outlook 1993.  National Trade Data Bank.  CD–ROM. 

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HANDBOOKS, MANUALS

Lombs, Mary Ellen.  American Homelessness.  2d ed.  Contemporary World Issues.  Santa Barbara:

ABC-Clio, 1994. 

Lund, Herbert F., ed.  McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook.   New York: McGraw, 1993. 

Robinson, Jancis, ed.  Oxford Companion to Wine.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 1994. 

"Texas Instruments."  Mergent Handbook of Common Stocks.  Summer 2001 ed. 

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INTRODUCTION, FOREWORD, OR PREFACE

Franklin, Phyliss.  Foreword.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  By Joseph Gibaldi.  4th

ed.  New York: MLA, 1995.   xiii-xviii. 

Stewart, George R.  Introduction.  American Place-Names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the

Continental United States of America.   New York: Oxford UP, 1970.  xvii-xxxiii. 

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 INTERNET SITES, PUBLIC ONLINE POSTINGS

Internet Sites and Web Pages

Book Online

Millay, Edna St. Vincent.  Second April.  New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921.  Carnegie Mellon

University Hillman Library.  12 May 1997 <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/user/mmbt/www/

women/millay/sa-bog.html>. 

E-Mail
(see "Correspondence" above)

FTP File

Stevenson, Robert Louis.  Treasure Island.  12 May 1997 <ftp://uniarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etest/

gutenberg/etext94/treas10.txt>.  

Mailing List Posting, Real Time

"Alabama Inaugurates Online Library Network."  Campus Watch 27 Feb. 1995.  Online posting.  

3 Mar. 1995 <MAILSERV@cause.colorado.edu>.  

Amoruso, Alex.  "Censorship in Schools."  Online posting.  28 Feb. 1995.  EDNET Discussion List. 

1 Mar. 1995 <LISTPROC@nic.umass.edu>.   

Mailing List Posting, Archived

"Alabama Inaugurates Online Library Network."  Campus Watch 27 Feb. 1995.  6 Oct. 1996

<http://caus-www.colorado.edu/pub/cw/arc-old/cw27-feb-95.txt>.

Newsgroup Posting

Levine, John R.  "Religion and Capital Punishment."  Online posting.  7 May 1997.  12 May 1997

<news: soc.religion.unitarian-univ>. 

Encyclopedia Article, Online

"Constitution of the United States."  Academic American Encyclopedia.  1995 ed.  Prodigy. 

5 Dec.  1995. 

Enfield, David B. "El Nino." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1999-2000. Britannica.com.

7 Apr. 2000 <http://www.britannica.com>.

Newspaper Article Online

Johnson, George.  "Don’t Worry: A Brain Still Can’t Be Cloned."  New York Times 2 Mar. 1997, forums

sec.  11 June 1997 <http://forums.nytimes.com/library/national/0302clone-review.html>.  

Magazine Article Online

Kluger, Jeffrey.  "The Gentle Cosmic Rain."  Time 9 June 1997.  11 June 1997

<http://www.pathfinder.com/@@bYjXjgUAm89tsjaM/time/magazine/archive/index.html>.  

McGee, Marianne Kolbasuk.  "Over the Rainbow."  Information Week 8 July 1996.  Tech Web. 

CMP Media Inc.  6 May 1997 <http://techweb.cmp.com/iw/587/87mtsal.htm>.  

Sharp, John.  "Sharp: Texas Businesses Deserve Regulatory Relief."  Comptroller News Releases 28

Feb. 1997.  Window on State Government.  30 Apr. 1997 <http://www.state.tx.us/news

97/reg022897.html>. 

Journal Article Online

Graves, William H.  "Why We Need Internet II."  Educom Review 31.5 (1996): 17 pars.  26 Jan. 1997 

<http://educom.edu/web/pubs/review/reviewArticles/31528.html>.  

Web Pages

"Electronic Data Systems Corporation."  Hoover’s Online.  1997.  9 May 1997 <http://www.hoovers

.com/cgibinshow_mlist_index?sno=5547449&index_code=41915>. 

"Hank Aaron."  1996.  Total Baseball.   Tot@l Sports.  6 May 1997 <http://www.totalbaseball.com

/nav/player/play_def.htm>. 

"Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture: An Exhibit at the Library of Congress,

Washington, DC 20540."  Library of Congress.  7 June 1997 <http://sunsite.unc.edu/

expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/About.html>.  

"Science and Impacts of Global Warming."  United States Environmental Protection Agency. 

6 May 1997 <http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/sub1/index.htm>. 

"Tech Careers."  1997.  Tech Web.   CMP Media, Inc.  1997.  14 June 1997 <http://www.techweb.com

/careers/careers.html>. 

"The Vatican Library: Books for Popes and Scholars."   Library of Congress.  7 June 1997

<http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/avatican_lib/Vatican_lib.html>.

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INTERVIEWS

Face to Face

Pei, I. M.  Personal interview.  27 July 1983. 

By Phone

Poussaint, Alvin F.  Telephone interview.  10 Dec. 1980.  

By Letter

Copland, Aaron.  Letter to the author.  17 May 1982. 

On Television

Morrison, Toni.  Interview.  McNeil/Lehrer News Hour.  KERA, Dallas.  21 Mar. 1987. 

Published in a Magazine
See "Periodicals--Magazines" below

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 LECTURES
 See ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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 LEGAL MATERIALS

Codes

Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated

V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code sec.  32.03. 

Court Cases

Oregon v. Mitchell.  400 U.S.  112.  U.S. Sup. Ct. 1970. 

Laws

Vernon’s Annotated Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas

Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 165-68. 

Public Law

Fair Housing Act of 1968.  Pub.  L.  90-284.  11 Apr.   1968.  Stat.  82.73. 

[for additional guidance on citing legal material, see Miles O. Price, A Practical Manual of Standard Legal Citations. Ref KF245.P7]

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 LETTERS
See "Correspondence, Personal" above.

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 LIVE PERFORMANCES

Terra Nova.  By Ted Tally.   Dir.  Matthew Halteman.  Perf.  Student Showcase.  Richland College Arena

Theatre.  Dallas.  1 Dec.  1995. 

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 MONOGRAPHS
(See "Books" above.)

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 MULTIVOLUME WORKS

See "Encyclopedias" above; see "Monographs" above; see "Reprint Series" below. 

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 NEWSPAPERS

Regular Article. Name of Newspaper Clearly Shows Location

Moreno, Sylvia.  "Senate Endorses Gun Bill after Brief Filibuster."

Dallas Morning News 18 May 1993:  1A+.

Original Book Review in a Newspaper

Berry, Jason.  "The High Price of Hate."  Rev. of Hate on Trial: The Case Against America’s Most

Dangerous Neo-Nazi, by Morris Dees and Steve Fiffer.  New York Times Book Review 21

May 1993: 27. 

Newspaper Article in Full-Text CD–ROM Database

Bryant, Adam.  "K Mart’s Chief Turns to Plan B."   New York Times 16 June 1994, late ed.: D1.  New

York Times Ondisc.  CD–ROM. UMI. 1994.

Linstedt, Sharon.  "K Mart’s Borders Unit to Open Near Galleria."  Buffalo News 3 June 1994: A11. 

Business Dateline.  CD–ROM. UMI. 1994.

Newspaper Article in a Web-Based Full-Text Database

Anderson, Julie. "Climate Experts Struggle to Solve World's Weather Puzzle." Omaha World-Herald

27 Nov. 1997: 1. NewsBank Newsfile. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 24 Feb. 2000

<http://infoweb. newsbank.com>.

Moore, David. "Players Share Memories of Life Under Cowboys Legend." Dallas Morning News

18 Feb. 2000: 1A. InfoTrac Newspapers. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 7 Apr. 2000

<http://web.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/>.

Potter, Trevor. “Time to Restore Trust in our Campaign System.” Christian Science Monitor

12 July 2001: 9. Newspaper Source. EbscoHost. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 20 July 2001

<http://search.epnet.com>.

Trahan, Jason. "Drama Unfolded in Jabari's Final Hour." Dallas Morning News 29 May 2004: 15A.

NewsBank NewsFile. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 18 June 2004

<http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.

Yozwiak, Steve. "Canyon Raptor Count Low, Weather Cycles Suspected." Arizona Republic [Phoenix]

29 Nov. 1999: B1. NewsBank Newsfile. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 24 Feb. 2000

<http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.

Editorial in Original Newspaper. No Author Identified. Edition Named, Sections Numbered Differently. Continuation of Article on Following Pages

"A Fee, Not a Ban, on Audio Progress."  Editorial.  New York Times 24 May 1987, late ed.,

sec.  4:16+. 

Editorial Found in Reprint Service. No Author. No Article Title. Name of Newspaper Supplemented

Editorial.  The Blade [Toledo] 27 Jan.  1993.  Rpt. in Editorials on File.  New York: Facts on File, 1993. 

106.

Newspaper Article Found in Microfiche Services

Brody, Jane E.  "Brain Yields Clues to Its Visual Maps."   New York Times 23 Mar. 1993.  Current

Events Edition 1993: fiche 29, grids 42-43.

Schoenmann, Joe.  "Police Link Teen Suicides to Occult Group."  Capital Times [Madison] 10 Feb.  

1993.  NewsBank: Health 1993: fiche 19, grids F8-9.

Newspaper Article Online

Johnson, George.  "Don’t Worry: A Brain Still Can’t Be Cloned."  New York Times 2 Mar. 1997, forums

sec.  11 June 1997 <http://forums.nytimes.com/library/national/0302clone-review.html>.

Newspaper Article from a Computer Information Service (e.g., Startext)

Associated Press.  "Breakthrough Research on Alzheimer's Disease."  28 Mar.  1987.  Printout. 

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 

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 NUMERICAL COMPENDIA

"Apple Computer Inc.: Complete Company Record."  1997.  Compact Disclosure.  CD–ROM. 

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 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Atwood, Margaret. "Silencing the Scream." Boundaries of the Imagination Forum. MLA Convention.

Royal York Hotel, Toronto. 19 Dec. 1993.

Ferguson, John, and Sharlee Jeser-Skaggs.   "DCCCD Wide Area Network."  Joint Meeting of Vice

Presidents of Business Services.  District Service Center, Mesquite.   28 Nov.  1995. 

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 PAMPHLETS
(See also"corporate authors" above)

Pamphlet With Author. Treat Like a Book

Freese, Arthur. S.  Understanding Stress.  Public Affairs Pamphlet. 538.  New York: Public Affairs

Committee, 1977. 

Roe, Jon.  Governing America: Our Choices, Our Challenge.   National Issues Forums.  Dubuque:

Kendall Hunt, 1996. 

Pamphlet With No Author, No Place and No Date. Treat Like a Book

Bronchial Asthma.  N.  p.: National Tuberculosis Association, n.d. 

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 PERIODICALS

Journals

Academic Search Premier (Journal Article in a Full-Text Database)

Butler, Robert N. “Stem Cell Potential.” Geriatrics 55.9 (2000): 15. Academic Search Premier.

EBSCOhost. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 20 July 2001 <http://search.epnet.com>.

Article in a Scholarly Journal With Continuous Pagination

Ranald, Ralph.  "George Orwell and the Mad World: The Anti-Universe of 1984."  South Atlantic

Quarterly 66 (1967): 544-53.

Article in a Bimonthly Journal with Continuous Pagination and Issue Number

Sohrabi, Nader.  "Historicizing Revolutions: Constitutional Revolutions in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and

             Russia, 1905-1908."  American Journal of Sociology 100.6 (1995): 1383-1447. 

Article in a Scholarly Journal That Pages Each Issue Separately

Junkins, Donald.  "Hemingway’s Bullfighter Poems."   Hemingway Review 7.2 (1987): 38-45. 

Article in a Quarterly Publication

"Texas Instruments."  Mergent Handbook of Common Stocks.  Summer 2001 ed. 

Magazines

Article with Author in Weekly Magazine

Idelson, Holly.  "Gun Rights and Restrictions: The Territory Reconfigured."  Congressional Quarterly

Weekly Report 24 Apr. 1993: 1021-27. 

Jost, Kenneth.  "Children’s Legal Rights."  CQ Researcher 23 Apr.  1993: 339-60. 

Painton, Priscilla.  "The Maternal Wall."  Time 10 May 1993: 44-45. 

Rosenblatt, Jean.  "Sleep Research."  Editorial Research Reports 21 Aug. 1981: 613-32. 

Article without a Named Author in Weekly or Biweekly Magazine

"Cloning."  Issues and Controversies on File 18 Apr. 1997: 153-60. 

"Stolen Art Treasures Found in Texas."  Facts on File 22 June 1990: 459. 

Article without a Named Author in Monthly Magazine

Foreword.  "Welfare Reform."  Congressional Digest June/July 1995: 162. 

"An Inquiry into George Orwell's 1984."  Futurist Dec. 1983: 21-32. 

Interview Published in a Magazine

Bush, George.  Interview.  The New Republic May 1984: 67-74. 

Tables as Articles in a Monthly Magazine

"U.S. International Transactions."  Economic Indicators Mar. 1989: 36.

Magazine Article from a Commercial Online Service

Klein, Joe.  "They’re Back."  Newsweek Interactive 6 Mar. 1995. Prodigy. 2 Dec. 1995.

Magazine Article Online

Kluger, Jeffrey.  "The Gentle Cosmic Rain."  Time 9 June 1997.  11 June 1997 <http://www.pathfinder

.com/@@bYjXjgUAm89tsjaM/time/magazine/archive/index.html>.

Sharp, John.  "Sharp: Texas Businesses Deserve Regulatory Relief."  Comptroller News Releases 28

Feb. 1997.  Window on State Government.  30 Apr. 1997 <http://www.state.tx.us/news97/

reg022897.html>.

Magazine Article in Web-Based Full-Text Database

Academic Search Premier (Magazine Article)

Bessieres, Michel. “Global Warming: Ignorance Is Not Bliss.” UNESCO Courier June 2001: 10.

Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 20 July 2001

<http://search.epnet.com>.

Business Source Premier

"MCI Enters Prepaid Paging Aimed at Youth." TWICE 6 Jan. 2000: 161. Business Source Premier.

EBSCOhost. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 22 July 2001 <http://search.epnet.com>.

Computer Source: Consumer Edition

Lee, Pender. "Web Push Won't Alter SAP Focus." PC Week 13 Sept. 1999: 37-38. Computer Source:

Consumer Edition. EBSCOhost. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 20 July 2001 <http://search.epnet.com>.

CQ Researcher

Cooper, Mary H. "Hating America." CQ Researcher 23 Nov. 2001. CQ Electronic Library.

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 30 Nov. 2001 <http://library.cqpress.com>.

Electric Library

Beinart, Peter. "Private Matters." New Republic 15 Feb. 1999. Electric Library. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas.

30 June 2000 <http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark>.

Facts on File (FACTS.com)

Note: The MLA defines a library subscription database as a subscription database that offers large amounts of unconnected material aggregated from many different sources. Of course, the Facts.com databases are also available to libraries by subscription. However, because they create and publish primarily their own original content in databases that "feel like single, unified publications," according to MLA standards, Facts.com is classified as a web site rather than a library subscription database. This following MLA citation example has been written for students by Facts.com:

"National Identification Cards." Issues & Controversies On File 28 Dec. 2001. Issues & Controversies

@FACTS.com. Facts On File News Services. 7 June 2004

<http://0-www.2facts.com.library.dcccd.edu:80/>.

Health Reference Center-Academic

Harrington, Richard. “Adolescent Depression: Same or Different?” Archives of General Psychiatry

58 (2001): 21. Health Reference Center-Academic. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas.

30 Nov. 2001 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu/>.

MasterFILE Premier

Tucker, Reed. “Who Is On a Laugh Track?” Fortune 25 June 2001: 44. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCOhost.

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 26 July 2001 <http://search.epnet.com>.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Article title has Not been changed from the Original Source

Barry, John. "Unearthing the Truth." Newsweek 2 Mar. 1998. Rpt. in Biological and Chemical Weapons.

Ed. David M. Haugen. At Issue Ser. Greenhaven, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.

Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 18 June 2004 <http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com

.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu>.

Article title has been changed from the Original Source

Kaplan, Karen. "Gangs in Cyberspace." Gangs. Ed. J. D. Lloyd. Contemporary Issues Companion Ser.

Greenhaven, 2002. Rpt. in part of "Gangs Finding New Turf." Los Angeles Times 31 May, 2001.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 18 June 2004

<http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu/>.

Readers' Guide Full Text

Rogers, Heather and Christian Parenti. "The Hidden Life of Garbage." Utne Nov./Dec. 2002.

Readers' Guide Full Text. WilsonWeb. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 4 Dec. 2003

<http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com>.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Lehman, Bruce A. "Protecting Intellectual Property in a Global Economy." Economic Perspectives

May 1998. SIRS Knowledge Source. Richland Coll.Lib., Dallas. 27 Nov. 2000

<http://sks.sirs.com>.

Student Resource Center Gold

Berman, Russell A. "Tsunami Lessons." National Review. 14 Feb. 2005: 57-62.

Student Resource Center. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas, 23 Mar. 2005

<http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu>.

TOPICsearch

Palmer, Ann Therese, and Sheridan Prasso. “Where Have All the Pay Phones Gone?”  Business Week

14 May 2001: 16. TOPICsearch. EBSCO. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 20 July 2001

<http://search.epnet.com>.

Book Review with Named Author and Title of Review

Walsh, Michael.  "Myth of the Divine Child."  Rev. of Mozart: A Life, by Maynard Solomon.  Time 6 Mar.

1995: 96.

Book Review with Named Author but No Title

Eastland, Terry.  Rev. of Sound and Fury: The Washington Punditocracy and the Collapse of American

Politics, by Eric Alterman.  National Review 16 Nov. 1992: 65.

Book Review with Neither a Named Author nor Title

Rev. of Loitering with Intent, by Peter O’Toole.  Atlantic May 1993: 129.

Book Review on CD-ROM

Rev. of The Autobiography of Ansel Adams, by Ansel Adams.  Magill Book Reviews.  CD-ROM. Salem.  Nov. 

1992.

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PREFACE
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 QUOTATION COMPILATIONS

Bartlett, John.  Familiar Quotations.   Ed.  Justin Kaplan.  16th ed.  Boston: Little, 1992. 

Pater, Alan F., and Jason R. Pater, comps.  and eds.  What They Said.  26th ed.  Palm Springs:

Monitor, 1995.

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REPRINT SERIES
(include citations to the original and the reprint source)

 Reprints in Print Sources

Annual Editions

Hyerle, David. "Thinking Maps: Seeing Is Understanding." Educational Leadership Dec.

1995/Jan. 1996: 85-89. Rpt. in Educational Psychology 97/98. Ed. Kathleen M. Cauley,

Frederic Linder, and James H. McMillan. 12th ed. Annual Editions. Guilford: Dushkin,

1997. 113-16.

Karen, Robert. "Giving and Getting in Love and Marriage." Cosmopolitan Mar. 1987: 228-31+.

Rpt. in Annual Editions Basic Reference Library: Marriage and Family. Vol. 16. Guilford:

Dushkin, 1989. 44-48.

Perry, Susan. "Recognizing Everyday Addictions." Current Health May 1990: 20-23. Rpt. in

Drugs, Society and Behavior 91/92. Ed. Erich Goode. 6th ed. Annual Editions. Guilford:

Dushkin, 1991. 52-55.

At Issue

MacKenzie, Thomas D., Carl E. Bartecchi, and Robert W. Schrier. "Smoking Should Be Regulated."

Smoking. Ed. Karin L. Swisher. At Issue. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1995. 10-22. Rpt. of

"The Human Costs of Tobacco Use: Part 2." New England Journal of Medicine 330.14 (1994):

975-80.

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Axelrod, Steven Gould. Robert Lowell: Life and Times. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1978. Rpt. in

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Daniel G. Marowski. Vol. 37. Detroit: Gale, 1986. 235-36.

Burgess, Anthony. The Novel Now: A Guide to Contemporary Fiction. Norton, 1967. 109-10. Rpt. in

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley and Barbara Harte. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale,

1974. 383.

Kendrick, Walter. "Stephen King Gets Eminent." Village Voice 29 Apr. 1981: 45. Rpt. in

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Daniel G. Marowski. Vol. 37. Detroit: Gale, 1986. 197-98.

Current Controversies

Treaster, Joseph B., and Mary B. W. Tabor. "Teenage Gun Use Is Increasing." Youth Violence.  Ed.

Michael D. Biskup. Current Controversies. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1992. 31-36. Rpt. of

"Teen-Age Gunslinging Rises, Seeking Protection and Profit." New York Times 17 Feb. 1992.

Editorials on File

Editorial. The Blade [Toledo] 27 Jan. 1993. Rpt. in Editorials on File. New York: Facts on File, 1993.

106.

Enduring Issues

McGuffin, Peter, and Randy Katz. "Genes Cause Depression." Enduring Issues in Psychology. Ed.

Toni Blake. Enduring Issues Ser. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1995. 205-16. Rpt. of "Genes,

Adversity, and Depression." Nature, Nurture, and Psychology. Ed. Robert Plomin and

Gerald E. McClearn. Washington: APA, 1993.

Film Review Annual

Sterritt, David, "The Green Mile." Christian Science Monitor. 10 Dec. 1999: 15 Rpt. in

Film Review Annual 2000. Ed. Jerome S. Ozer. Englewood:

Film Review Publications, 2000.

 A Matter of Fact

Dart, Bob. "Too Much TV Blamed for Bad habits, Social Ills." Detroit Free Press 26 Feb. 1992: 10A.

Rpt. in A Matter of Fact. Ed. C. Edward Wall. Vol. 16. Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1992. 352. 29 vols.

to date. 1985- .

 Opposing Viewpoints

Bartholet, Elizabeth. "Creating More Adoption Possibilities Should Be Encouraged." Adoption:

Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Andrew Harnack. Opposing Viewpoints Ser. San Diego:

Greenhaven, 1995. 55-62. Rpt. of Family Bonds. New York: Houghton, 1993.

Chamberlain, John. "Why Reagan Needs the MX Missile." Union Leader 18 Dec. 1982. Rpt. in

Nuclear Arms. Vol. 1. Opposing Viewpoints Sources. St. Paul: Greenhaven, 1983. 175.

Crickmer, Barry T. "How to Handle Long-Term Health Care." New York Times 18 Jan. 1988. Rpt.

in Should Government Provide More Health Care Benefits for the Elderly? Opposing

Viewpoints Pamphlets. St. Paul: Greenhaven, 1988. 96-99.

Terrill, Ross. "Penny Capitalism." New Republic 16 June 1986. Rpt. in China. Eds. William

Dudley and Karin Swisher. Opposing Viewpoints Ser. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1989. 64-70.

SIRS (Note: MLA considers SIRS a reprint information service, so rpt. is not needed)

Print (before 1999)

Sege, Irene. "The Grim Mystery of World’s Missing Women." Boston Globe 3 Feb. 1993: 23+.

Population. Ed. Kevin Farmer. Vol. 5. Boca Raton: SIRS, 1993. Art. 43.

Print (after 1999)

Padawer, Ruth. "The New Role Models." Record 19 June 1999: A1+. Sirs Enduring Issues: Institutions.

Ed. Beth J. Klein. Boca Raton: SIRS Mandrain, 2000. Art. 51.

 Reprints in Databases

 Opposing Viewpoints

Note: Article title has not been changed from the original source.

Barry, John. "Unearthing the Truth." Newsweek 2 Mar. 1998. Rpt. in Biological and Chemical Weapons.

Ed. David M. Haugen. At Issue Ser. Greenhaven, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.

Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 18 June 2004

<http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu>.

Note: Article title has been changed from the original source.

Hansel, Gary L., and William W. Mallory. "Birth Control Options." Pregnancy. Ed. William Dudley.

Teen Decisions Ser. Greenhaven, 2001. Rpt. of "Choices for Controlling Births."

<www.nnfr.org/adolsex/fact/adolesex_control.html>. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.

Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 18 June 2004

<http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu>.

Kaplan, Karen. "Gangs in Cyberspace." Gangs. Ed. J. D. Lloyd. Contemporary Issues Companion Ser.

Greenhaven, 2002. Rpt. in part of "Gangs Finding New Turf." Los Angeles Times 31 May, 2001.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale Group. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 18 June 2004

<http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.DCCCDd.edu/menu>.

 SIRS  (Note: MLA considers SIRS a reprint information service, so rpt. is not needed)

Lehman, Bruce A. "Protecting Intellectual Property in a Global Economy." Economic Perspectives.

May 1998. SIRS Knowledge Source. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 27 Nov. 2000

<http://sks.sirs.com>.

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SACRED WRITINGS

Bible

The Bible.  [Denotes King James Version]

The Bible.  Revised Standard Version. 

The New English Bible, with the Apocrypha.   Oxford Study Edition.  New York: Oxford UP, 1976. 

Koran

Koran.

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SOUND RECORDINGS

Gorecki, Henryk M.  Totus Tuus, op.  60.  Perf.  Robert Shaw Festival Singers.  Cond. 

Robert Shaw.  Telarc, 1995. 

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SOURCEBOOKS

Stevens, Thaddeus.  "Education As a Public Duty."  Annals of America: 1833–1840: The Challenge of a

Continent.  Ed.  Mortimer J. Adler.  Vol. 6.  Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968.  21

vols.  136-40.  Rpt. of Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1898-99. 

Washington: n.p., 1900.  518-24. 

"UN Conference on World Population.  Historic Documents of 1994.  Washington: Congressional

Quarterly, 1995.  351-59.  Rpt. of "Gender, Equality, Equity, and Empowerment of

Women."  Programme of Action of the United Nations International Conference on

Population and Development, Cairo, September 13, 1994. 

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SURVEYS

Unpublished Survey

Roe, Jane.  "Presidential Preferences of College Freshmen in the 1996 General Election." 

Questionnaire, Richland College, Oct. 1996.

Survey Published in a Magazine or Journal

Treat as a "Magazine" or "Journal" article. 

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TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS

"Friday's Child."  Star Trek.   KDAF, Dallas.  3 June 1988.

Kwanzaa: A Cultural Celebration.  Narr. and writ. Ademola Ekulona.  Prod. Lenora D. Lee.

Dir. Harry Vaughn.  PBS.  KERA, Dallas.  11 Dec.  1995. 

"Namibian Festival Commemorates War with Germans."  Narr. Daniel Zwerdling.  All Things

Considered.  Natl.  Public Radio.  KERA, Dallas.  30 Sep.  1995. 

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TRANSCRIPTS OF TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS

"What Does El Nino Have in Store?" Nightline.  ABC.  9 Feb. 1998.  Electric Library.

Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 6 May 2000 <http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark>.

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VIDEO RECORDINGS

See "Films and Video Recordings" above.

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WEB PAGES

See "Internet Sites and Public Online Postings" above.

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NOTES:

For full explanations and examples of situations not covered here, determine rule numbers by looking up format or name of the problem in the index of:

Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: MLA, 1999.

LB2369.G53 1995.                       

Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd ed. New York: MLA, 1998.

Ref PN147.G444.                   

MLA may be consulted on the Internet at <http://www.mla.org>.

The standards for documenting electronic and Internet sources are still being formulated. We have chosen to follow as closely as possible the examples set forth in the fifth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

Additional guidance on citing Internet citations may be found on the Internet at:

"Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper" from the Duke University Libraries.

"MLA Style Electronic Formats" by Mary Ellen Guffey.

Click here to see an example of a research paper with a works cited list.

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