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Government publication:Treat as you would a book. If you do not know the author of a document, use the issuinggovernment agency as author--government first, name of agency, using an abbreviation, ifmeaning is clear.ex: United States. State Dept. Bureau of Public Affairs. Background Notes: Argentina.Washington: GPO, 1994.NEWSPAPER ARTICLEGive the name of a newspaper as it appears on the masthead omitting introductory articles.Include the city of publication for locally published newspapers when it is not part of the name.City of publication is omitted for national newspapers.Reporter (name reversed). "Article title." Newspaper Name date, edition (if any): page.ex: Cauchon, Dennis. "More Children Undergo Shock Therapy." USA Today 7 Dec. 1995: 4D.Gordon, Jim. "Summer Movie Guide." Times [Hammond] 8 May 1997: G2.MAGAZINE ARTICLEAuthor (name reversed). "Article Title." Magazine Title date: pages.ex: Hoffer, Richard. "Great Impostor." Sports Illustrated 15 Jan. 1996: 77-79."Drunkproofing Automobiles." Time 6 Apr. 1987: 37+.DATABASESCD/ROM Published Periodically(Infotrac, CD Newsbank, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Researcher)For material with publication information for a printed source:Author (name reversed). Publication information for the printed source (refer to book/magazine/newspaper format). Title of the database. Medium (CD-ROM). Vendor. Electronicpublication date.ex: McGowan, William G. "Don't Read This!" Scholastic Update 17 Sept. 1993: 15+.Infotrac. CD-ROM. Information Access. Dec. 1995.Gillmore, Dan. "Help Put a Stop to Censorship in Cyberspace." Knight-RidderTribuneNews Service 15 Mar. 1995. Infotrac. CD-ROM. Information Access.Dec. 1995.
Bruning, Fred. "Generation X." Star Tribune [Minneapolis] 1 Dec. 1991: 1E+. SIRSResearcher. CD-ROM. SIRS, Spring 1999.Boyd, Robert S. "Extensive Computer: Records Endanger Privacy Security."Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau 15 Nov. 1995. CD NewsBank. CD-ROM.NewsBank. Dec. 1995.CD-ROM Nonperiodical PublicationCite a nonperiodical CD-ROM database product as a book, adding the medium of publication.Author (if given). Title of the part of work. Title of the product. edition. Medium. City ofpublication: Publishing date.ex: "Bronti, Emily." Discovering Authors. Vers. 1.0. CD-ROM. Detroit: Gale, 1992."Chemical symbols." Encarta. 1994 ed. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA., Microsoft, 1994.ONLINE DATABASESPublication information for the printed source. Publication medium (Online). Name of thecomputer network. Date of access.ex: Linday, Robert K. "Electronic Journals of Proposed Research." E Journal 1.1 (1991): n.pag. Online. Internet. 10 Apr. 1991.INTERVIEWName of person interviewed(reversed). Kind of interview. Date.Pei, I. M. Personal interview. 22 July 1993.TELEVISION /RADIO PROGRAMTitle of the program (underlined). Pertinent data--such as name of writer, performers orproducer. Title of series, if any. Name of the network. Call letters and city of the local station(if any). Broadcast date.ex: Into the Woods. By Stephen Sondheim. Dir. James Lapine. Perf. Bernadette Peters andJoanna Gleason. American Playhouse. PBS. WNET, New York. 3 Mar. 1991.A VIDEO RECORDING is similar. Include name of videorecording company rather than localstation and city.ex: It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, LionelBarrymore, and Tomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946.
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