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Type of source Sample entry in reference list
Journal Article
Dabundo, Laura. "'The Voice of the Mute': Wordsworth 
     and the Ideology of Romantic Silences." 
     Christianity and Literature 43.1 (1995): 21-35.
Magazine Article
Alpern, David M. "Has Moscow Violated SALT?" Newsweek 
     22 Oct. 1984: 32.
Newspaper Article
Crossette, Barbara. "India Lodges First Charges in Arms 
     Scandal." New York Times 23 Jan. 1990, natl. 
     ed.: A4.

Article or Chapter in Anthology

Magny, Claude-Edmonde. "Faulkner or Theological 
     Inversion." Faulkner: A Collection of Critical 
     Essays. Ed. Robert Penn Warren. Englewood Cliffs: 
     Prentice-Hall, 1966. 66-78.

 


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