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MLA BASICS Author. Title of the Work. City of Publication: Publishing company, house. Print. Robinson, Jenn. Teaching STAT. Stafford: Tor Press, Print. Anonymous – drop the author.
MLA B ASICS - I NTERNET Is it a news article? Or a web page? WEBPAGE: Green, Joshua. “The Rove Presidency.” The Atlantic.com. Atlantic Monthly group. Sept Web. 19 September NEWS ARTICLE: Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?” Newsweek. Newsweek. 16 November Web. 19 September 2011.
I N T EXT C ITATIONS MLA Style (Last name page number) (Robinson 34) APA Style (Author’s last name, year of publication) (Bradbury, 1953)
P RACTICE #1 AUTHOR: Jenn Robinson BOOK: A Midsummer’s Night Scream PUBLISHER: Tor Books CITY: New York, New York YEAR: 2003 TYPE: Book
P RACTICE #2 NAME: Jenn Robinson WEBSITE: Newsweek.com TITLE: Why is English so cool? LAST UPDATE: Not found DATE ACCESSED: November 16 th SPONSOR: Newsweek
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APA S TYLE - B OOK Author. (Date). Title of work. City, State Robinson, J. (2011). Teaching STAT. (pp ). Stafford, VA: Tor Books.
APA S TYLE - I NTERNET Author, Initial. (Date updated or ND). Title of Article. Name of Periodical. Retrieved from http: Specify website here Robinson, J. (2011). Teaching stat. Newsweek, 12 (1), Retrieved from
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PRACTICE #3 AUTHOR: Justin Thyme TITLE: “Germs and You.” BOOK: Encyclopedia of Biomedicine EDITION: 3 rd PUBLISHING YEAR: 2010 PAGES: