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BOOKS
Format:
Author. Title: Subtitle. Place: Publisher, Date.
Examples:
Smith, John. Patience: My Story. New York: Random House, 2001.
Smith, Monica A., and John Jordan. How To Use What You've Got
     To Get What You Want. Washington, DC: Grolier Publishing, 2000.

MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Format:
Author. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Date: First page-last page.
Examples:
Seinfeld, Jerry. "What I Did Today." People 4 Dec. 1997: A10.
Jackson, Michael and Lisa Marie Presley. "Why We Got Married." National Enquirer
       01 Feb. 1998: 4-5.

WEBSITE OR WEBPAGE
Format:
Author. "Title." Editor. Date. Institution. Access Date URL.

Examples:
"Student Initiated Drinking and Driving Prevention." 4 Oct. 2000. National        
      GRADD. 16 Feb. 2001 <http://www.saferide.org>. 
Various contributors. "How To Be Popular In High School." Jeff Marx Books. 16 Feb. 2001   
      <http://www.schoolelection.com/www.popularity.com/>.

     MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ACCESSED     
     ONLINE
    Format:
     Author. "Title of Article." Publication Name Volume Number (if necessary)
           Publication Date: page number-page number. Database name.
           Service name. Library Name, City, State. Date of access <electronic address of the 
           database>.
     Database Example:
     Smith, Martin. "World Domination for Dummies." Journal of Despotry Feb. 2000:66.
              ELibrary. Guilderland High School, Guilderland Center, NY.  19 February
              http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/.
     Internet Example:
    "Customer's Attempt To Complain To Manager Thwarted By Employee."
           The Onion 14 Feb. 2001 <http://theonion.com/onion3705/attempt_to_complain.html>.

     ONLINE IMAGE(S)
     Format:
     Artist if available.  “Description or title of image.”  Date of image. 
           Online image. Title of larger site.  Date of download. 
           <electronic address>.

     Example:
     Smith, Greg. "Rhesus Monkeys in the Zoo." No date. Online image.
           Monkey Picture Gallery. 3 May 2003.  <http://monkeys.online.org/rhesus.jpg>.

ARTICLE FROM A REFERENCE BOOK

Format:

Author. "Title of Article." Book Title: Subtitle. Editor. Place: Publisher,
      Date. First page-last page.

Example:

King, Martin Luther. "I Have A Dream." Speeches: The Collected Wisdom
     of Martin Luther King. James Horn. Washington: King Press, 1971.
     10-11.  

WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY - SUCH AS OUR OPPOSING VWPTS SERIES

Format:

Author.  "Title of the Work."  Title of the Anthology.  Name of Editor of the book. City of 

      Publication: Publisher, copyright date. Page numbers of the cited piece.

Example:

Joyce, James.  "Araby."  44 Irish Short Stories.  Ed. Devin A. Garrity.  Old Greewich: Devin-Adair  

        Company, 1980.  126-132.

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Format:

"Title of the Episode or segment."Title of the Program. Any significant narrators or performers. 
         Director (if available).  Name of the Network.  Call Letters, City of the Local Station
        (if any).  Broadcast Date.

Example:

"Frederick Douglas."  Civil War Journal. Narr. Danny Glover.  Dir. Craig Haffner.  Arts and
         Entertainment Network.  6 April 1993.

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE RESEARCHER

Format:

Last name of the Person being intervewed, first name.  Descriptive Notation.  Type of interview
        (personal or telephone).  Date.

Example:

Breehl, Jan.  Psychology Teacher, GHS.  Personal Interview.  17 Jan. 2001.