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BOOKS

 

One author

Nathan, Andrew J. China's Crisis: Dilemmas of Reform and Prospects for Democracy. New York:

        Columbia University Press, 1990.

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Two authors

Snodin, Michael, and Maurice Howard. Ornament: a Social History Since 1450. New Haven: Yale

        University Press, 1996.

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Three authors

Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen. The Rope, the Chair, and the

        Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990. Austin: U of Texas P, 1994.
 

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More than three authors

Gilman, Sander, et. al. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.

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No author

New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference. New York: Prentice, 1993.

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Corporate author

National Research Council. China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration. Washington:

        Natl. Acad., 1992.

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Editor

Friedman, Emily, ed. Choices and Conflict: Explorations in Health Care Ethics. Chicago: American

        Hospital Publication, 1992.

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Translation

Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances,

        and Home Remedies. Trans. Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen. New York: Doubleday,

        1992.

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Edition

Newcomb, Horace, ed. Television: The Critical View. 5th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1994.

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Book in several volumes

Lauter, Paul, et al., eds. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Lexington: Heath,

        1994.

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Essay or article in a collection

Franklin, Benjamin. "Emigration to America." 1782. The Faber Book of America. Ed. Christopher Ricks

        and William L. Vance. Boston: Faber, 1992. 24-26.

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Bulletin or Government publication

United States. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography. Attorney General's Commission on

        Pornography Final Report. Washington, DC: GPO, 1988.
 
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
 
 

Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

"China: Rise of the empress Wu-hou." Britannica CD. Version 97 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 1997.

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Signed or initialed

Truzzi, Marcello. "Graphology." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1993 ed.

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Unsigned

"Mandarin." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1993 ed.

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PERIODICAL ARTICLES
 

Weekly or biweekly magazine (signed)

Bazell, Robert. "Science and Society: Growth Industry." New Republic 15 Mar. 1993: 13-14.
 
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Weekly or biweekly magazine (unsigned)

"The Decade of the Spy." Newsweek 7 Mar. 1994: 26-27.

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Monthly or bimonthly magazine (signed)

Frank, Michael. "The Wild, Wild West." Architectural Digest June 1993: 180+.

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Journal article (new paging each issue)

Hallin, Daniel C. "Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988." Journal of

        Communication 42.2 (1992): 5-24.

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Journal article (consecutive paging through volume)

White, Sabina, and Andrew Winzelberg. "Laughter and Stress." Humor 5 (1992): 343-55.

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Newspaper (signed)

Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A. "What's in a Movie Soundtrack? Catchy Tunes and Big Business." Wall Street

        Journal 1 Apr. 1994, eastern ed.: B1.

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Newspaper or editorial (unsigned)

"Death of a Writer." Editorial. New York Times 20 Apr. 1994, late ed.: A18.

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CD-ROM

Coates, Steve "Et Tu, Cybernetics Machine User?" New York Times. CD-ROM. UMI-ProQuest.

        Dec. 1996.

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Review

Crutchfield, Will. "Pure Italian." Rev. of Verdi: A Biography, by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz. New Yorker

        31 Jan. 1994: 76-82.

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Infotrac Web Online Databases

 Fichter, Darlene. "Seven Habits for Effective Project Managers." Online July-Aug. 1999: 74. General

        Reference Center Gold. Infotrac Web. Baker Coll. Lib., Flint. 24 June 1999

        <http://web4.infotrac.galegroup.com>

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ProQuest Direct Online Databases

 Fichter, Darlene. "Seven Habits for Effective Project Managers." Online July-Aug. 1999: 74. ProQuest

        Direct. Baker Coll. Lib., Flint. 24 June 1999 <http:/proquest.umi.com/pqdweb/>

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MISCELLANEOUS AND UNPUBLISHED
 
 

CQ Researcher

Clark, Charles S. "The Obscenity Debate." The CQ Researcher 20 Dec.1991: 969-992.

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Facts on File
 

"Democratic Race Gets Personal." Facts on File World News Digest 5 Mar. 1992: 149.

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SIRS article

Moore, Curtis A. "Poisons in the Air." International Wildlife Sept./Oct. 1995: 38-45. Pollution. Ed.

        Eleanor Goldstein. Vol. 6. Boca Raton, FL: SIRS, 1996. Art. 19.

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SIRS Enduring Issues

Larsom, Erik. "Waiting for Hurricane X." Time 7 Sept. 1998: 62-66. Science 1999. Ed. Eleanor

        Goldstein. Boca Raton, FL: SIRS Mandarin, Inc., 1999. Art. 19

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Opposing Viewpoints

Loos, Ryland. "Hunting Animals Is Morally Acceptable," Conservationist, (November, 1993). Rpt. in

        Animal Rights: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Andrew Harnack. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1996.

        167-181.

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Paper read or speech delivered but not published

Torline, Donald R. "Handling Difficult People." Baker College Travel Club. Flint, MI, 11 Apr. 1991.

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Interview

Arnold, Margaret. Personal Interview. 17 Apr. 1991.

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Nonprint medium

"Yes . . . but Is It Art?" Narr. Morley Safer. Sixty Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York. 19 Sept. 1993.

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WWW SOURCES

 

Professional and/or Personal Site

Dawe, James. Jane Austen Page. 15 Sept. 1998. <http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~dawe/austen.html>  

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