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17.6 Unpublished SourcesSources that have never been published can be more difficult for readers to locate thanpublished ones, because they exist in only one place and lack official publication information.When citing such sources, it is especially important to include all of the information listedbelow to give readers as much help as possible.Titles of unpublished works are given in roman type, enclosed in quotation marks, and notitalicized. This format difference distinguishes them from similar but published works.Capitalize titles headline style.17.6.1 Theses and DissertationsIf you consult an unpublished thesis or dissertation in print form, treat it as an unpublishedmanuscript. After the author and title, list the kind of thesis, the academic institution, and thedate. Like the publication data of a book, these are enclosed in parentheses in a note but not ina bibliography. Abbreviate dissertation as diss. The word unpublished is unnecessary.N: 1. Karen Leigh Culcasi, “Cartographic Representations of Kurdistan in the Print Media” (master's thesis,Syracuse University, 2003), 15.B: Murphy, Priscilla Coit. “What a Book Can Do: Silent Spring and Media-Borne Public Debate.” PhDdiss., University of North Carolina, 2000.To cite a dissertation consulted in an online database, add the name of the database, theURL, and the access date following the institutional information. (For microform editions, see17.5.7.)B: Murphy, Priscilla Coit. “What a Book Can Do: Silent Spring and Media-Borne Public Debate.” PhDdiss., University of North Carolina, 2000. In ProQuest Dissertations and Theses,http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=727710781&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=13392&RQT=309&VName=PQD (accessed April 1, 2006).17.6.2 Lectures and Papers Presented at MeetingsAfter the author and title of the speech or paper, list the sponsorship, location, and date of themeeting at which it was given. Enclose this information in parentheses in a note but not in abibliography. The word unpublished is unnecessary.N: 2. John Troutman, “Indian Blues: American Indians and the Politics of Music, 1890–1935” (lecture,Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, February 2, 2005).7. Karene Grad, “When High Culture Was Popular Culture” (paper presented at the annual meeting of theOrganization of American Historians, Boston, MA, March 26, 2004).B: Skocpol, Theda. “Voice and Inequality: The Transformation of American Civic Democracy.”Presidential address, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA,August 28, 2003.