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Type of Source Where to Look in LB Brief Sample Works Cited Entry Sample Parenthetical

Reference

Book with one author 56b, 1, p. 449

56a, 1-2, pp. 440-41

Prosek, James. The Complete Angler: A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the

Footsteps of Walton. New York: Harper, 1999. Print.

(Prosek 246-47)

Citing a source that you found quoted in another source

56a, 12, pp. 444 (qtd. in Prosek 111)

More than one work by the same author

56b, 4, p. 452

56a, 5, pp. 441-42Altick, Richard D. The Art of Literary Research. New York: Norton, 1963.

Print.

---. The Shows of London. Cambridge: Belknap-Harvard, 1978. Print.

(Altick, Art 18)

(Altick, Shows 345)

Book with two or three authors

56b, 2, p. 449

56a, 3, p. 441Collier, Peter, and David Horowitz. Destructive Generation: Second

Thoughts About the ‘60s. New York: Summit, 1989. Print.

(Collier and Horowitz

24)

Book with four or more authors

56b, 3, pp. 449, 452

56a, 4, p. 441

Guth, Hans P., et al. The Rhetoric of Laughter: The Best and Worst of

Humor Night. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 1996. Print.

(Guth et al. 95)

Book by a group or an organization

56b, 5, p. 452

56a, 7, p. 442The Monks of New Skete. How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: The Classic

Training Manual for Dog Owners. Boston: Little, 2002. Print.

(Monks 151)

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Type of Source Where to Look in LB Brief Sample Works Cited Entry Sample Parenthetical

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Essay, article, short story, or poem published in an anthology or collection of short works

56b, 25, p. 460 Coontz, Stephanie. “The Future of Marriage.” Perspectives on Argument.

Ed. Nancy V. Wood. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2004.

472-77. Print.

(Coontz 473)

An Introduction, a Preface, a Foreword, or an Afterword to a book

56b, 36, p. 463 Nichols, Elizabeth. Introduction. Ocean in the Greenhouse: El Nino’s

Growing Ferocity. By Patrick Mazza. Boston: Thomson, 1992. iii-

ix. Print.

(Nichols viii)

Entry in a familiar dictionary, encyclopedia, or other reference work

56b, 28, p. 461 “Cuckoo.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th

ed. 2000. Print.

(“Cuckoo”)

Book with no known author

56b, 6, p. 452

56a, 6, p. 442Kodak Guide to 35 mm Photography. 6th ed. Rochester: Eastman, 1989.

Print.

(Kodak 56-58)

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Type of Source Where to Look in LB Brief

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Government document

56b, 38, p. 464 United States. Cong. Joint Committee on Printing. 1985-86 Official

Congressional Directory. 99th Cong., 1st sess. Washington: GPO,

1985. Print.

According to the 1985-

86 Official

Congressional

Directory, … (182-84).

Article in a newspaper

56b, 10-11, p. 455 “Negro College Fund: Mission Is Still Important.” Editorial. News and

Observer [Raleigh] 25 Mar. 1998: A28. Print.

Peterson, Karen S. “Turns Out We Are ‘Sexually Conventional.’” USA

Today 7 Oct. 1994: A1+. Print.

(“Negro College” A28)

(Peterson A2)

Article in a scholarly or professional journal

56b, 7-8, p. 453 Morgenroth, Joyce. “Dressing for the Dance.” Wilson Quarterly 22.2 (1998):

88-95. Print.

(Morgenroth 91-92)

Article in a magazine 56b, 12-13, p. 456 Bond, Constance. “If You Can’t Bear to Part with It, Open a New Museum.”

Smithsonian Apr. 1995: 90-97. Print.

Smolowe, Jill. “When Violence Hits Home.” Time 18 July 1994: 18-25.

Print.

(Bond 90)

(Smolowe 20)

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Work from a Website 56b, 42, pp. 466, 468 “Utah Mine Rescue Funeral.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 21 Aug.

2007. Web. 15 May 2008.

(“Utah Mine”)

Article in an online journal or magazine

56b, 68, p. 477

56b, 47, p. 469Pressley, Sue Ann. “Louisiana’s Courtesy Call.” Reconstruction 18.3 (1999):

n. pag. Web. 6 Mar. 2000.

Shafer, Jack. “The New Walter Cronkite.” Time. Time, 18 Oct. 1996. Web.

12 Aug. 2004.

(Pressley)

(Shafer)

Article in journal or magazine found in online database (ex. NC Live)

56b, 63, p. 474

56b, 66, p. 476Alva, Sylvia Alatore. “Differential Patterns of Achievement Among Asian-

American Adolescents.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 22

(1993): 407-23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Sept. 2004.

(Alva)

or (Alva 409) *if you

use paginated PDF file

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