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Plagairism
The intellectual content of books, articles, speeches, movies, and music belongs to the person who created it. If you use any part of a publication or another person's exact or paraphrased words, you must give credit with a citation! In a high school class, failure to properly credit your sources will usually result in a failing grade on that assignment. Depending on your school, you may be subject to further disciplinary action. Please see page 22 of the NHS Code of Conduct for more information on how NHS deals with cases of plagairism. In college, you will certainly fail any assignment found to contain plagarism, and more than likely you will fail the course. Additionally, many colleges and universities will dismiss those who plagairize. There are also legal consequences to plagairism. See this site for more information.

Book w/ One Author
Author's name (last name, first name). Underlined title of book. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:
Freedman, Richard. What Do Unions Do? New York: Basic, 1984.

Book w/ Multiple Authors
List the authors' names in the order that they are given on the book. The first author's name should be in the last name, first name format. The rest of the authors are to be listed first name followed by last name, with a comma separating each author. The list of authors' names is followed by a period. Continue as you would if you were citing a book with one author.

Example:
Berry, Jason, Johnathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music since World War II. Athens: U of Georgia P, 1986.

Book w/ An Anonymous Author
Underlined title of book. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:
Encyclopedia of Photography. New York: Crown, 1984.

Electronic and Internet Sources
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Work." Title of Complete Work. [protocol and address][path] (date of message or visit).

NOTE: The MLA-Style citation of electronic sources was developed by Janice R. Walker, Department of English, University of South Florida. Copyright J. Walker (jwalker@chuma.cas.usf.edu). Endorsed by the Alliance for Computers & Writing. Reproduced with author's permission.

E-mail, Listserv, and Newsgroup Sources
Author's name (if known), the subject line from the posting in quotation marks, and the address of the listserv or newslist, date. For personal e-mail listings, the address may be omitted.

Example:
Bruckman, Amy S. "MOOSE Crossing Proposal." mediamoo@media.mit.edu (20 Dec. 1994).

Encyclopedia
See "Book w/ anonymous author".

Interview (broadcasted)
Name of interviewee (last name first). Interview. Underlined name of program that broadcasted the interview. Name of station. Station call letters, city of station's location. Date of broadcast.

Example:
Morrison, Toni. Interview. All Things Considered. Natl. Public Radio. WNYC, New York. 16 Feb. 1988.

Interview (personal)
Name of interviewee (last name first). Personal interview. Date of interview.

Example:
Morrison, Toni. Personal interview. 27 July 1993.

Interview (telephone)
Name of interviewee (last name first). Telephone interview. Date of interview.

Example:
Smith, Jane. Telephone interview. 16 August 1998.

Magazine article (weekly or bi-weekly publication)
Article author (last name first). "Title of article." Underlined name of magazine date of publication: page number(s).

Example:
Walsh, John. "U.S. - Japan Study Aim Is Education Reform." Time 16 Jan. 1987: 27-28.

Magazine article (monthly or bi-monthly publication)
Article author (last name first). "Title of article." Underlined name of magazine month and year of publication: page number(s).

Example:
Ferrara, Jerry L. "Why Vultures Make Good Neighbors." National Wildlife June 1987: 16-20.

Article from magazine with continuous pagination
Article author (last name first). "Title of article." Underlined name of magazine Issue#(year of publication): page number(s).

Example:
Brock, Dan W. "The Value of Prolonging Human Life." Philosophical Studies 50(1986): 401-26.

Movie or Video
Underlined title. Motion picture. City of production: name of producing company. Name of releasing studio, year of release.

Example:
Valley Forge. Motion picture. New York: Steve Krantz Productions. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1972.

Pahmplet
"Name of pamphlet." Mimeographed pamplet. City of publication. Publication sponsor, date of publication.

Example:
"The Reading Problem." Mimeographed pamphlet. Center City, Ark. Concerned Parents Committee, 25 Dec. 1979.

Sound Recording (discs)
Author's name (last name first). "Name of recording." Sound recording. City of publication: Name of publisher, [year of publication]. Total number of discs (no comma) disc format. Disc number, side number.

Example:
O'Neill, Eugene. "Long Day's Journey into Night." Sound recording. Caedmon, [1972]. 3 discs TRS350. Disc 3, Side 2.

Sound Recording (tapes)
Author's name (last name first). "Name of recording." Sound recording. City of publication: Name of publisher, [year of publication]. Tape number.

Example:
York, Herbert Frank. "The Missile Race Destination Unknown." Sound recording. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Center for the Study of Democratic Institution [1972]. Tape no. 576.

Example:
McDuff, Rachael. "Interpreting the Media." Sound recording. Lecture presented at the Department of Journalism, Winston State College, 20 Apr. 1980.

Web Sites
See "Electronic and Internet Sources".