Works cited entries
Brummitt, Chris. “Indonesia’s Food Needs Expected to Soar.” Boston Globe 1 Feb. 2005: A7. Print.
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Wilford, John Noble. “In a Golden Age of Discovery, Faraway Worlds Beckon.” New York Times 9 Feb. 1997, late ed., sec. 1: 1+. Print.
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Explain
Give as much of the following information as is available:
the name of the author, if known
the title of the article, in quotation marks
the newspaper, italicized
the day, month, and year
the page numbers (including the section letter)
the medium (“Print”)
Notes
Use a plus sign (+) after the page number if the article does not appear on consecutive pages.
If the city of publication is not obvious, include it in brackets after the name of the newspaper: City Paper [Washington].
If the section is marked with a number rather than a letter, use the abbreviation “sec.” before the section number.
When an edition of the newspaper is specified on the masthead, name the edition after the date and before the page reference (eastern ed., late ed., natl. ed., and so on).
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