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TYPE OF ENTRY REQUIRED INFORMATION WORKS CITED ENTRY EXAMPLES EMBEDDED CITATIONS / PARENTHETICAL REFERENCES

Book by one author Book with 2 authors Book with no author Book with editor Translated Book Anthology Selection ( part of book ) Shakespearean Play Play in a Collection of Plays Encyclopedia with author Encyclopedia with no author Encyclopedia ( CD-ROM ) Encyclopedia online

Authors last name, authors first name. Full title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. First authors last name, first authors first name and second authors name. Full title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Full title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Editors last name, editors first name,ed. Full title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Authors last name, authors first name. Full title. trans. translators name. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Selection authors last name, selection authors first name. Title of Selection. Full title. Editor (if given). Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Pages of Selection. Authors last name, authors first name. Full title. Editor (if given). Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Playwrights last name, playwrights first name. Title of Play. Full title of Collection. Editor (if given). Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Pages of Selection. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Full title. Edition date. Year of Publication. (if both dates are same, list once) Title of Article. Full title. Edition date. Year of Publication. ( if both dates are the same, list once ) Title of Article. Full title. CD-ROM. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Title of Encyclopedia. Date of Electronic Publication or Update. Date of Access <Internet Address>.

Lace, William. Elizabethan England. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995. Kingwell, Mark and Christopher Moore. Canada: Our Century. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1999. World Atlas. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1974. Harbage, Alfred, ed. William Shakespeare: The Complete Works. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1969. de Saint Exupry, Antoine. The Little Prince. trans. Katherine Woods. New York: Harcourt, Bruce & World, Inc., 1971. Moore, Hannah. The Black Slave Trade: A Poem. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 472-82. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Ed. Barbara Mowat. New York: Washington Square, 1969. Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Black Theater: A TwentiethCentury Collection of the Work of its Best Playwrights. Ed. Lindsay Patterson. New York: Dodd, 1971. 221-76. Jenkins, Brian Michael. Terrorism. The World Book Encyclopedia. 2001 ed. Religious Orders. The Encyclopedia Americana International Edition. 2002 ed. Canada. Encarta: The Complete Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. New York: Microsoft Corporation, 1999. Smith, Joseph. Pollution. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2004. 15 Nov. 2004 <http://go.grolier.com/gol>.

(Lace 53) (Kingwell and Moore 105 ) (World Atlas) (Harbage 252) (de Saint Exupry 26)

(Moore 475) (JC 3 ii 80)

(Hansberry 222)

(Jenkins 178)

(Religious Orders) (Canada) (Smith)

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Dictionary Dictionary (Online) Dictionary Subject-Specific Newspaper o r Magazine Article ( Print ) Newspaper or Magazine Article ( EBSCOhost ) SIRS

Word. Dictionary Title. Edition. Year of Publication. Word. Internet Dictionary Name. Date of Electronic Publication or Update. Sponsoring Organization. Date of Access. <Internet Address>. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Full title. Editor ( if given ). Edition date. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Name of Magazine or Newspaper. Date of Publication: Page. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Title of Periodical Issue Date: pages. Name of Database. Name of Service. Name of Subscribing Library. Date of Access <Internet Address>. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Title of Periodical Issue Date: pages. Name of Database. Name of Service. Name of Subscribing Library. Date of Access <Internet Address>. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Title of Periodical Issue Date: pages. Name of Database. Name of Service. Name of Subscribing Library. Date of Access <Internet Address>. Title of Article. Name of Database. CD-ROM. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Title of Article. Name of Database. CD-ROM. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Title of Journal/Periodical Volume Number (Publication Date): Inclusive Pages. Name of Interviewee. Type of Interview. Date of Interview.

Angst. Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. 1994. Preventive. Dictionary.com. 2004. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 23 Oct. 2004. <http://dictionary.reference.com>. Holman, C. Hugh. Tragedy. A Handbook of Literature. Ed. William FlintThrall and Addison Hibbard. Third Edition. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1972. MacLeod, Meredith. Most Canadians short on savings. The Hamilton Spectator. 22 Oct. 2004: A1. Lanken, Dane. When the Earth Moves. Canadian Geographic. Mar/Apr 1996: 66-73. MasterFile Select. EBSCO. Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, ON. 9 Oct. 2001 <http://www.hpl.ca/internet/databases/ebsco.shtml>. Fallows, James. Open Secrets. Atlantic Monthly. June 1994: 46+. SIRS Researcher. Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School Lib., Hamilton, ON. 7 Jan. 1999 <http://sks.sirs.com>. OConnor, Elaine. Students to grow vegetable gardens. Vancouver Province. 08-31-2004, final ed.: A9. eLibrary Canada. Proquest Company. Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, ON. 24 Oct. 2004 <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/canada/do/search>. Orwell, George. Discovering Authors. CD-ROM. Chicago: Gale Research, 2001. Golding, William. Master Plots. CD-ROM. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1999. Barlow, Andrew. The Student Movement of the 1960's and the Politics of Race. Journal of Ethnic Studies 193 (1991): 1-22. Rowling, J. K. E-mail Interview. 14 May 2004.

(Merriam-Webster 45) (Dictionary.com)

(Holman 531)

(MacLeod A1)

(Lanken 68)

(Fallows 47)

Electric Library

(OConnor)

Discovering Authors Master Plots Journal Article Interview ( Personal )

(Orwell, George) (Golding, William) (Barlow 18) (Rowling)

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Interview ( Recorded ) Online Government Document Career Cruising Pamphlet Cartoon or Comic Strip Advertisement ( Television ) Advertisement ( Magazine ) Advertisement (Online ) Internet ( Secondary Page or link )

Name of Interviewee. Interviewer. Program. Network. Station Call letters, City( both if given ). Date of Interview Name of Government. Name of Government Agency. Article Title. Full Title. Date of Electronic Publication or Update. Date Accessed <internet address>. Article Title. Title of the Site. Date of electronic publication or update. Sponsoring Organization. Name of Library System. Date Accessed <Internet Address>. Authors last name, authors first name. Full title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication. Authors last name, authors first name. Type of Cartoon. Title of Publication Date of Publication: Page. Name of Product, Company or Institution. Advertisement. Name of the Network. Call Letters and City of Local Station( if given ). Broadcast Date. Name of Product, Company or Institution. Advertisement. Full title of Publication. Year of Publication: Pages. Name of Product, Company or Institution. Advertisement. Date of Electronic Publication or Update <Internet Address>. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Article. Title of Internet Site. Editor (include only if given). Date of Electronic Publication or Update. Name of institution or organization sponsoring the site (include only if given). Date of Access <Internet Address>. Authors last name, authors first name. Title of Internet Site. Editor (include only if given). Date of Electronic Publication or Update. Name of institution or organization sponsoring the site (include only if given). Date of Access <Internet Address>. Name of Writer. Title of Message taken from Subject Line. Description of Message. Date of Message.

Wiesel, Elie. Interview with Ted Koppel. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18 Apr. 2002. Canada. Human Resources and Development Canada. Bookkeepers (NOC 1231). Job Futures. 2004. 24 Oct. 2004 <http://www.jobfutures.ca/noc/1231p1.shtml>. Public Health Nurse. Career Cruising. 2004 Anaca Technologies, Inc. St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary School Lib., Hamilton, ON. 22 Sept. 2004 <www.careercruising.com>. Union Gas. Who should you call. Toronto: Union Gas, 08/2003. Mackay, Graeme. Cartoon. The Hamilton Spectator 23 Oct. 2004:A25. Air Canada. Advertisement. CNN. 15 May 1998.

(Weisel)

(Canada) (Public Health Nurse) (Union Gas) (Mackay A25) (Air Canada)

La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries. Advertisement. Hamilton Magazine. Fall: 2004: 68-69. Lee Mood Ring. Advertisement. 29 June 1998 <http://www.leejeans.com/features/moodring.html>. Griffith, Alison B. Mithraism. The Ecole Initiative. 1995. 20 June 2000 <http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/articles/mithraism.html>.

(La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries) (Lee Mood Ring)

(Griffith)

Internet (Main or Home Page ) E-mail

Gesterland, Richard. WorldBiz.com. 2000. 1 May 2001. <http://www.worldbiz.com> Edmunds.com. Ed. Karl Brauer and others. Home page. 28 Apr. 2000. 5 Nov. 2004 <http://www.edmunds.com> Jackson, Mary. Re: Budget. E-mail to Jack Burns. 15 Aug. 2004.

(Gesterland) (Edmunds.com)

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Online Images Television Program Film or Video CBC News in Review DVD Audio Recording Tape or CD Bible

Description or Title of Image. Date of Posting. Type of Image. Retrieval Date <Internet Address>. Episode Title. Name of the Program. Name of the Network. Call Letters and City of Local Station( if given ). Broadcast Date. Title of Film or Video. Director. Producer. Format. Distributor, Date of Release. Title of Clip. Title of Program. Producer. Format. Distributor, Date of Release. Title of Film. Director. Producer. Format. Distributor, Date of Release. Artists last name, artists first name. Title of Piece. Title of Recording. Format. Distributor, Date of Release. Title of Bible. Editor. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication Date.

Comet Halley. 15 March 1986. Online photograph. 24 Oct. 2004 <ftp://ftp.seds.org/pub/images/comets/19860315.gif>. Bali,Masterpiece of the Gods. National Geographic. NBC. WPNT, Buffalo. 5 Feb. 2002. After the Montreal Massacre. Dir. Gerry Rogers. Prod. Nicole Hubert. Videocassette. National Film Board, 1990. Ice Storm. CBC News in Review. Prod. Hans Pohl. Videocassette. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1998. Saving Private Ryan. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Prod. Steven Spielberg. DVD. Dream Works Home Entertainment, 1999. Boccelli, Andrea. La Danza. Sentimento. CD. Decca Music Group Ltd., 2002. The New Jerusalem Bible. Henry Wansbrough, gen. ed. New York: Doubleday, 1985.

(Comet Halley) (Bali) (After the Montreal Massacre) (Ice Storm) (Saving Private Ryan) (Boccelli) ( New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.510)

NOTE : 1) 2) January 2005.

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