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Citing
nIn the text of your paper:
¨The first gambling Web site appeared in 1995, and online gambling has since become the most
lucrative Internet business (Will 92).or,
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¨George Will reported that in 2002 Internet gambling surpassed pornography to become the Internet's
most lucrative business (92).
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nIn the works cited page:
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nDocument from a Web Site
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nAuthor. "Title of Web Page." Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of
Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access <URL>.
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nexample:
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nSherman, Chris. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." SearchEngineWatch. Ed. Danny
Sullivan. 24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004 <http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3398511>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE (ONLINE)
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nAuthor. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume. Issue or other identifying number, pages. Access
date <URL>.
nExample
Koehn, Daryl. "The Ethics of Handwriting Analysis in Pre-Employment Screening." The Online Journal
of Ethics 1.1 (1995). Retrieved 2 June 2001 <http://condor/depaul.edu/ethics/hand.html>.

Entire Internet Site: Scholarly Project or Professional Site
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nTitle of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of
Access <URL>.
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nExample:
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nEncyclopedia Mythica. 2004. 13 May 2004 <http://www.pantheon.org/>.

ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL
nLast Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Journal Title Volume Number (Year): pages.
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nCraner, Paul M. “New Tool for an Ancient Art.” Computers and the Humanities 25 (1991): 303-13.
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BOOK BY A SINGLE AUTHOR
nLast Name, First Name and Initial (if given). Title. Location: Publisher, Year.
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nWilson, Frank R. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain. New York: Pantheon, 1998.
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