A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

P: (Pliny the Elder, Perseus Digital Library). . . as illustrated in Pliny the Elder's treatise The Natural History (Perseus Digital Library).19.6 Unpublished SourcesSources that have never been published can be more difficult for readers to locate thanpublished ones, because they exist in only one place and lack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 in your reference list, it is especially important to include all of theinformation listed below to give readers as much help as possible.Titles of unpublished works are given in roman type and not enclosed in quotation marks oritalicized. This format difference distinguishes them from similar but published works.19.6.1 Theses and DissertationsIf you consult an unpublished thesis or dissertation in print form, treat it as an unpublishedmanuscript. After the author, date (if available), and title, list the kind of thesis and theacademic institution. Abbreviate dissertation as diss. The word unpublished is unnecessary.R: Murphy, Priscilla Coit. 2000. What a book can do: Silent Spring and media-borne public debate. PhDdiss., University of North Carolina.Culcasi, Karen Leigh. 2003. Cartographic representations of Kurdistan in the print media. Master's thesis,Syracuse University.To cite a dissertation consulted in an online database, add the name of the database, theURL, and the access date following the institutional information in your reference list. (Formicroform editions, see 19.5.7.)R: Murphy, Priscilla Coit. 2000. What a book can do: Silent Spring and media-borne public debate. PhDdiss., University of North Carolina. 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).19.6.2 Lectures and Papers Presented at MeetingsAfter the author, date, and title of the speech or paper, list the sponsorship, location, and (ifavailable) specific day of the meeting at which it was given. The word unpublished isunnecessary.R: Troutman, John. 2005. Indian blues: American Indians and the politics of music, 1890–1935. Lecture,Newberry Library, Chicago, IL. February 2.Grad, Karene. 2004. When high culture was popular culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theOrganization of American Historians, Boston, MA. March 26.Skocpol, Theda. 2003. Voice and inequality: The transformation of American civic democracy.Presidential address, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA.August 28.