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General Encyclopedia (i.e. World Book, Encyclopedia Britannica) Article

Author Last Name, First Name.  "Title of Article."  Title of Encyclopedia.  Edition (if there is one).  Year Published.  Medium of
       Publication.

Examples (with and without author):
Caldwell, Marian.  "Horses."  World Book Encyclopedia. 1998.  Print. 

"Japan."  The Encyclopedia Americana.  2004 ed.  Print.

Specialized Reference Books

Author Last Name, First Name.  "Article Title."  Title of Reference Book.  Volume Number.  Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of
       Publication.  Page #s.  Medium of Publication.

Example:
Allen, Anita.  "Privacy in Health Care."  Encyclopedia of Bioethics.  Vol. 4.  New York: Macmillan-Thomson, 2004. 23-29. Print. 

Dictionary Entry

"Entry Title."  Title of Dictionary.  Edition.  Publication Date.  Medium of Publication.

Example:
"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997.  Print.

Anthology or Collection

Cite like a book, but list by editor or editors, followed by a comma and "ed." or, for multiple editors, "eds."

Examples:
Hill, Charles A. and Marguerite Helmers, eds. Defining Visual Rhetorics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
        2004.  Print.

Peterson, Nancy J., ed. Toni Morrison: Critical and Theoretical Approaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. Print.

Poem or Short Story Examples:
Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories. Ed. Tobias Wolff. New York: Vintage,
       1994. 306-307.  Print.

Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems. Ed. Philip Smith. New York: Dover, 1995. 26.  Print.
 

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