MLA documentation: works cited 3

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undefined. The student has paraphrased information from a government report, A Failure of Initiative, written by the United States House of Representatives Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The report was published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, DC, in 2006.
◯ Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. A Failure of Initiative. Washington: GPO, 2006. Print.
◯ United States. Cong. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. A Failure of Initiative. Washington: GPO, 2006. Print.
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undefined. The student has quoted from an article titled “The Katrina Conspiracies: The Problem of Trust in Rebuilding an American City,” which was published in volume 35, issue 2, of Journal of Urban History in January 2009. The article appeared on pages 207-19 and was accessed on February 4, 2009, in the Academic Search Premier database. The authors of the article are Arnold R. Hirsch and Lee A. Levert.
◯ Hirsch, Arnold R., and Lee A. Levert. “The Katrina Conspiracies: The Problem of Trust in Rebuilding an American City.” Journal of Urban History 35.2 (2009): 207-19. Web. 4 Feb. 2009.
◯ Hirsch, Arnold R., and Lee A. Levert. “The Katrina Conspiracies: The Problem of Trust in Rebuilding an American City.” Journal of Urban History 35.2 (2009): 207-19. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2009.
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undefined. The student has paraphrased information from an article titled “Hurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare.” The article was written by Vicki Bier and appeared on pages 243-54 of the anthology On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. The anthology was edited by Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther and was published in Philadelphia in 2006 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
◯ Bier, Vicki. “Hurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare.” On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. Ed. Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2006. 243-254. Print.
◯ Daniels, Ronald J., Donald F. Kettl, and Howard Kunreuther, eds. On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. Vicki Bier. “Hurricane Katrina as a Bureaucratic Nightmare.” Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2006. 243-254. Print.
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undefined. The student has summarized information from two articles in the book Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities, edited by John Brown Childs and published in Santa Cruz, California, by New Pacific Press in 2005. The first article is titled “The Battle for New Orleans”; it was written by Paul Ortiz and appears on pages 1-6. The second article is “Katrina and Social Justice” by Bettina Aptheker, and it appears on pages 48-56.
◯ Aptheker, Bettina. “Katrina and Social Justice.” Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities. Ed. John Brown Childs. Santa Cruz: New Pacific, 2005. 48-56. Print.Ortiz, Paul. “The Battle for New Orleans.” Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities. Ed. John Brown Childs. Santa Cruz: New Pacific, 2005. 1-6. Print.
◯ Aptheker, Bettina. “Katrina and Social Justice.” Childs 48-56.Childs, John Brown, ed. Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities. Santa Cruz: New Pacific, 2005. Print.Ortiz, Paul. “The Battle for New Orleans.” Childs 1-6.
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undefined. The student has quoted from an entry in the work Class in America: An Encyclopedia, edited by Robert E. Weir and published by Greenwood Press in Westport, Connecticut, in 2007. The entry being cited is “Katrina” by Richard Jensen, and it appears on pages 415-18 of volume 2.
◯ Jensen, Richard. “Katrina.” Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Robert E. Weir. Westport: Greenwood, 2007. Print.
◯ Jensen, Richard. “Katrina.” Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Robert E. Weir. Vol. 2. Westport: Greenwood, 2007. 415-18. Print.
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undefined. The student has quoted information from a segment of the program Nightly News with Brian Williams, which aired on MSNBC on August 29, 2006. The program was archived on msnbc.com and accessed by the student on February 1, 2009. The segment, reported (narrated) by Carl Quintanilla, is called “Katrina Money Spent and Wasted.”
◯ “Katrina Money Spent and Wasted.” Narr. Carl Quintanilla. Nightly News with Brian Williams. MSNBC, 29 Aug. 2006. msnbc.com. Web. 21 Feb. 2009.
◯ “Katrina Money Spent and Wasted.” Narr. Carl Quintanilla. Nightly News with Brian Williams. MSNBC, 29 Aug. 2006. Web. 21 Feb. 2009.
MLA documentation: works cited 3 – 6

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undefined. The student has paraphrased information from a film on DVD titled Inside Hurricane Katrina, which was produced by the National Geographic Channel and released in 2006 by Warner Home Video.
◯ “Inside Hurricane Katrina.” Prod. Natl. Geographic Channel. Warner Home Video, 2006. DVD.
◯ Inside Hurricane Katrina. Prod. Natl. Geographic Channel. Warner Home Video, 2006. DVD.
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undefined. The student has quoted information from a newspaper article accessed online on January 30, 2009. The name of the newspaper’s Web site is NOLA.com, and the publisher is the Times-Picayune. The article was published on August 30, 2006, and is titled “Death. Loss. Rebirth.” The authors are Bruce Nolan, Michelle Krupa, and Gordon Russell.
◯ Nolan, Bruce, Michelle Krupa, and Gordon Russell. “Death. Loss. Rebirth.” NOLA.com. Times-Picayune, 30 Aug. 2006. Web. 30 Jan. 2009.
◯ Nolan, Bruce, Michelle Krupa, and Gordon Russell. “Death. Loss. Rebirth.” NOLA.com, 30 Aug. 2006. Web. 30 Jan. 2009.
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undefined. The student has paraphrased a blog entry titled “Katrina” written by Chris Matthew Sciabarra on his blog Notablog, for which a sponsor is not clear. The entry was posted on September 6, 2005, and accessed by the student on February 2, 2009.
◯ Sciabarra, Chris Matthew. “Katrina.” Notablog. 6 Sept. 2005. Web. 2 Feb. 2009.
◯ Sciabarra, Chris Matthew. “Katrina.” Notablog. N.p., 6 Sept. 2005. Web. 2 Feb. 2009.
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undefined. The student has summarized information from an article on the Web titled “Post-Katrina Education Problems Linger.” The article appears on the Web site eSchool News with the date August 30, 2007; the student accessed it on January 31, 2009. No author name is given, and eSchool News is listed as the sponsor of the site.
◯ eSchool News. “Post-Katrina Education Problems Linger.” eSchool News. 30 Aug. 2007. Web. 29 Jan. 2009.
◯ “Post-Katrina Education Problems Linger.” eSchool News. eSchool News, 30 Aug. 2007. Web. 29 Jan. 2009.
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