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Articles from Journals
Article from a Printed Journal	Brown, Erella. "The Lake of Seduction: Silence, Hysteria, and the Space of Feminist." JTD: Journal of Theatre and Drama 2 (1996): 175-200. Print.
Article from a Printed Journal with Multiple Authors	Jones, Graham, Sheldon Hanton, and Declan Connaughton. “What is This Thing Called Mental Toughness? An Investigation of Elite Sport Performers.” Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 14 (2002): 205-218. Print.
Article from an Online Journal	Evnine, Simon J. "The Universality of Logic: On the Connection between Rationality and Logical Ability." Mind 110.438 (2001): n. pag. Web. 31 July 2001.
Full-Text Journal Article from a Database	Holton, Woody. "The Ohio Indians and the Coming of the American Revolution in Virginia." The Journal of Southern History 60.3 (1994): 453-478. JSTOR. Web. 31 July 1998
Articles from Magazines
Article from a Printed Magazine	Gawande, Atul. "The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating." New Yorker 9 Jul. 2001: 66-75. Print
Article from an Online Magazine	Tyre, Peg. "Standardized Tests in College?" Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007.Web.15 May 2008.
Full-Text Magazine Article from a Database	Gore, Rick. "Pharaohs of the Sun." National Geographic Apr. 2001:34. Academic Search Elite. Web. 22 August 2001.
Books
Book with a Single Author	Fleming, Thomas. Liberty!: The American Revolution. New York: Viking, 1997. Print.
Book with Two Authors	Sennett, Richard, and Jonathan Cobb. The Hidden Injuries of Class. New York: Vintage Books, 1972. Print.
Book with Three or More Authors	Schwartz, David, Steve Ryan, and Fred Wostbrock. The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows. New York: Facts on File, 1995.Print.
Article within a Book	More, Hannah. "The Black Slave Trade: A Poem." British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 474-82. Print.
Article in an Encyclopedias and other Multi-Volume Works	Lumiansky, R.M. "Chaucer." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. Vol. 3. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2005. Print.
Electronic Book	Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Project Gutenberg. Michael Hart. 1 June1998. Web. 29 June 2009.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews	Salinger, Sharon V. Rev. of Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia, & by Karin Wulf. Journal of American History 88 (2001): 184-185. Print.
Government Documents
Government Documents	United States. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Hearing on the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998. 105th Cong., 2nd sess. S.J. Res. 1529. Washington: GPO, 1999. Print.
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Articles	Holden, Stephen. "Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop." New York Times 16 May 1998, natl. ed.: A1+. Print.
Online Newspaper	Carnes, Mandy. "Bulldogs rack up votes". Truman State University Index. Truman State University, 22 April 2004. Web. 26 April 2004.
Full-Text Newspaper Article from an Online Database	Cowell, Alan. "Britain Faces Flurry of Illegal Migrants Using Channel Tunnel." New York Times 3 Sept. 2001, late ed. LexisNexis Academic . Web. 19 Oct. 2001.
Primary Sources
Interview	Breslin, Jimmmy. Interview with Neal Conan. Talk of the Nation. Natl. Public Radio. WBUR, Boston. 26 Mar. 2002. Radio.
Motion Picture	Platoon. Prod. Arnold Kopelson. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen. Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986. Film.
Online (Digital) Collection	Eaves, Morris, Robert Essick, and Joseph Viscomi, eds. The William Blake Archive. Lib. of Cong. 28 Sept. 2007. Web. 20 Nov. 2007. <http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/>.
Web Pages
Web Pages	Lange, Dorothea. The Migrant Mother. 1936. Prints and Photographs Div., Lib. of Cong. Dorothea Lange: Photographer of the People. Web. 9, May 2007.
Email Message
Email Message	Casper, Karl. "Re: Watered Down Curricula." Message to Todd Brown. 26 Oct. 2001. Email.