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Sedaris recalls, “We rode round and round the block on our pony, who groaned beneath the collective weight of our rich and overwhelming capacity for love and understanding.”¹

1. David Sedaris, Barrel Fever (New York: Little, Brown, 1994), 9–10.

“We rode round and round the block on our pony, who groaned beneath the collective weight of our rich and overwhelming capacity for love and understanding.”¹

1. David Sedaris, Barrel Fever (New York: Little, Brown, 1994), 9–10.

Collins and Blum outline the way socioeconomics and politics outside the university also play a role in instigating the division between “basic” and “normal” writers (14).

The authors outline the way socioeconomics and politics outside the university also play a role in instigating the division between “basic” and “normal” writers (Collins and Blum 14).

Cincotta et al. assert that the launch of Sputnik expanded the competitive arena between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (68).

Historians assert that the launch of Sputnik expanded the competitive arena between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (Cincotta et al. 68).

Cincotta, Brown, Burant, Green, Holden, and Marshall assert that the launch of Sputnik expanded the competitive arena between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (68).

Cincotta et al. assert that the launch of Sputnik expanded the competitive arena between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.²

2. Howard Cincotta et al., An Outline of American History (Washington D.C.: United States Information Agency, 1994).

For the first use in text, list all author names:

Cincotta, Brown, Burant, Green, Holden, and Marshall (1994) […]

For subsequent entries, use et al.:

Cincotta et al. (1994) assert that the launch of Sputnik expanded the competitive arena between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (p. 68).

A study determined that subjects lose time when switching from task to task.⁴

Short citation:

4. “Is Multitasking,” 3.

According to David Bartholomae, students who were less successful at this “invention” were considered basic writers; those who were more successful were not.⁶

6. David Bartholomae, “Inventing the University,” in When a Writer Can’t Write, ed. Mike Rose (New York: Guilford, 1985). 134–65.

A citation is a “quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author.”¹⁰

Use footnote only; does not appear in bibliography.

10. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th ed., s.v. “citation.”

For electronic sources, include the first item (author name, title, etc.) in the Works Cited entry that corresponds to the citation.

Do not include URLs in the text unless absolutely necessary; if included, make the URL as brief as possible, such as npr.org rather than http://www.npr.org.

When possible, cite a web document the same as any other document.

If no author or date is given, cite it using the title in the lead-in, or include an abbreviated version of the title in the parenthetical citation, and use the abbreviation “n.d.” (“no date”).

If no page number is available, include information that will help readers find the material being cited. If the paragraphs are numbered, use “para.” and follow with the paragraph number.

Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, details the extraordinary life of Edward Bloom.¹⁵

15. Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton (2003; Culver City, CA: Sony Home Pictures Entertainment, 2004), DVD.

In Criminal Minds, a suspect awakens from a coma with no memory of having committed the crimes of which he is accused.¹⁶

16. Jeff Davis, Dan Sworkin, and Jay Beattie, “Tabula Rasa.” Criminal Minds, season 3, episode 19, directed by Steve Boyum, aired May 14, 2008. (Los Angeles, CA: Paramount, 2010), DVD.

Three to seven authors:

Rubenstein, J., Meyer, D., & Evans, J. (2001). […]

More than seven authors:

Barnes, S., Buchanan, W., Chenn, H., Elrick, H., Graham, J. A., King, D…Law, K. (2008). […]

Remnick, David. “Putin and the Exile.” New Yorker. NewYorker.com, 28 Apr. 2014. www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2014/04/28/

140428taco_talk_remnick. Accessed 28 Apr. 2014.

Remnick, D. (2014, April 28). Putin and the exile. New Yorker. Retrieved

from http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2014/04/28/

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