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Article from a printed journal

Brown, Erella. "The Lake of Seduction: Silence, Hysteria, 
           and the Space of Feminist Theatre." JTD: Journal of
           Theatre  and Drama  2  (1996):  175-200.

 

Article from an online journal

Evnine, Simon J.  "The Universality of Logic: On the Connection
           between Rationality and Logical Ability."  
            Mind 110.438 (2001).  31 July 2001
            <http://www3.oup.co.uk/mind/>.

 

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.  
           Houff Library, Weyers Cave, VA. 31 July 1998 <http://www.jstor.org>.

 

 Article from a printed magazine

Gawande, Atul.  "The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating."
            The New Yorker  9 Jul. 2001: 66-75.

 

Article from an online magazine

Saletan, William.  "The Ethicist's New Clothes."  Slate
          16 August 200117 August 2001
          <http://slate.msn.com/framegame/entries/01-08-16_113959.asp>.       

 

Full-text magazine article from a database

Gore, Rick.  "Pharaohs of the Sun."  National Geographic  Apr. 2001. 
            Expanded Academic ASAP.  Gale Group.  Houff Library,
            Weyers Cave, VA.  21 Aug. 2001.

 

Book with a single author

Fleming, Thomas. Liberty!: The American Revolution. New
           York
: Viking, 1997.

 

Book with more than one author

Sennett, Richard, and Jonathan Cobb. The Hidden Injuries of 
           Class. New York: Vintage Books, 1972.

 

Electronic book

Norman, Richard.  The Moral PhilosophersNew York: Oxford 
             UP, 1998.  Houff Library, Weyers Cave, VA.
              14 Aug. 2001  <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

 

Article within a book

Cassel, Jeris, and BethAnn Zambella. "Without a Net: Supporting
           Ourselves in a Tremulous Atmosphere." "LOEX" of the West:
           Teaching and Learning in a Climate of Constant Change. Ed.
           Thomas W. Leonhardt.  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996. 75-92.

 

Encyclopedias and other multi-volume works

Lumiansky, R.M.  "Chaucer."  The New Encyclopaedia
            Britannica: Macropaedia.  15th ed.  1998.

 

Book reviews

  Salinger, Sharon V.  Rev. of Not All Wives: Women of Colonial
         Philadelphia, by Karin WulfThe Journal of American 
         History 88 (2001): 184-185.   

 

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.

 

Stand-alone document on the Internet

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. 3 Oct. 2001.
            National Park Service. 19 Oct. 2001    
            <http://www.nps.gov/abli/>.

 

Don't forget to double space and alphabetize your bibliography.