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Book with one author: ( Burns 48)
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Book with two authors or editors: (Ashby and Anderson 54) ; (Smith and Jones, eds. 59)
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Book with three or more authors or editors: use the first last name followed by et al.
(Applegate et al. 86-88) (Brown et al., eds. 90-91)
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Source without an author's name: the title replaces the author's name in your
documentation (Beowulf line 5)
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Work of more than one volume:
a) If you refer to only one volume of a multi-volume work,
give author and page numbers in documentation. The listing in Works Cited will include the
volume number. (Bradley 416-18)
b) If you refer to more than one volume of a multi-volume work, give author, volume
number, and page numbers in documentation (Abrams 2: 631)
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Two or more works by the same author: Place a comma after the author's name and add
the title of the source and page number (Rosenfeld, The Sherwood Anderson Reader 45)
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Indirect source: Put the abbreviation qtd. in before the source you cite. Your lead-in should
name the person quoted because the indirect source will not appear on the Works Cited
page.
Example: Wells discusses with accuracy the distressing picture of his first marriage,
calling it a "hopeless union" (qtd. in Vallentin 90). Note that Wells is the indirect source.
Vallentin's name will appear on the Works Cited page.
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Work by a corporate author: Use the corporate name either in your documentation or in your
lead-in. If the corporate name is long, refer to it in your lead-in. Example: The Commission
on Aboriginal Cultures has suggested in their most recent publication that "the cultural
evolutions of Australia's aboriginal inhabitants is still in progress" (92).
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Essay in a collection: If the collection is edited by someone other than the author of the
essay, your documentation should include the author's name, not the editor's name. (See
page 16, number 9).
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Citing Online Databases: Use the author's last name and a page number if given.
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